Morris Brown College vs Paine College

Metric	Morris Brown College	Paine College
Undergraduate enrollment	432	388
Acceptance rate Lower means more selective	—	95.4%
In-state tuition	$9,558	$14,596
Out-of-state tuition	$9,558	$14,596
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$24,901	$16,670
Graduation rate	25.0%	14.4%
First-year retention	70.6%	53.6%
Median salary (10 yr)	—	$33,338

Metric

Morris Brown College

Paine College

Undergraduate enrollment

432

388

Acceptance rate
Lower means more selective

—

95.4%

In-state tuition

$9,558

$14,596

Out-of-state tuition

$9,558

$14,596

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$24,901

$16,670

Graduation rate

25.0%

14.4%

First-year retention

70.6%

53.6%

Median salary (10 yr)

—

$33,338

What the numbers say

Paine College costs less after aid — $16,670 a year versus $24,901, a difference of $8,231 annually, or roughly $32,924 across four years.
Morris Brown College graduates a larger share of its students — 25.0% versus 14.4%.

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 Morris Brown College and Paine College run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.