Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee vs Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta

Metric	Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee	Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta
Undergraduate enrollment	521	538
In-state tuition	$11,330	—
Out-of-state tuition	$11,330	—
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$15,506	$30,801
Median debt at graduation	$10,555	$10,521
Graduation rate	37.0%	63.8%
First-year retention	59.5%	59.9%
Median salary (10 yr)	$27,065	$31,914

Metric

Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee

Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta

Undergraduate enrollment

521

538

In-state tuition

$11,330

—

Out-of-state tuition

$11,330

—

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$15,506

$30,801

Median debt at graduation

$10,555

$10,521

Graduation rate

37.0%

63.8%

First-year retention

59.5%

59.9%

Median salary (10 yr)

$27,065

$31,914

What the numbers say

Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee costs less after aid — $15,506 a year versus $30,801, a difference of $15,295 annually, or roughly $61,180 across four years.
Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta graduates report higher median earnings — $31,914 against $27,065 ten years after entry.
Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta graduates a larger share of its students — 63.8% versus 37.0%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee comes out ahead at 1.7× versus 1.0×.

How to actually choose

Comparison tables are a starting point, not a decision. Three things matter more than anything in the table above:

Your real aid offer. Net price is an average across all income levels. Two students at the same school can pay amounts that differ by tens of thousands. Wait for actual award letters before ruling anything out on cost.
Your intended major. Earnings vary more between majors at one school than between schools for one major. A computer science graduate from the "lower earning" school here will likely out-earn a general studies graduate from the other.
Whether you will finish. Graduation rate is the metric most predictive of whether the money spent turns into a credential. Campus fit, support services, and commute all feed into it more than prestige does.

Visit before you commit

Both Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee and Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.