I encourage you to dig into the departments of her prospective major at each school. Have your daughter email professors and ask some specific questions. See how your daughter reacts to the responses. How many professors in the department? Are there multiple choices for science majors, maybe some minors/concentrations?
What kind of acceptance rates for PA schools? Get past just the numbers, and have a discussion with appropriate staff to understand what kind of support the under grad students get as they prepare to apply to PA school. Does every student get supported or is there a weed out process at the under grad level?
Talk with the PA schools she is interested in attending. Ask about both these colleges, do they accept students from both places? How many students?
Can you get all the required courses in four years that PA schools need you to complete? What GPA is needed to be competitive ?
And what if she changes majors? Look at other majors offered and see how those departments compare.
I encourage your family to set aside the finance question for now, and concentrate on finding the best fit. If your child is unhappy, can’t easily find her tribe, that could affect her academics. But fit includes other things, like campus location, campus food, and surrounding areas.
I have been to all three campuses…Oxford, Emory, and UAH. They have pros and cons. UAH is small campus but in the middle of a city. Oxford is small campus also, but extremely remote. I don’t know how she would get hospital hours easily at Oxford. Emory is the best campus for medical type students. Ask Oxford how they assist their students in connecting with local hospitals. Emory is in Atlanta, but not in the downtown Atlanta area. Emory is near small but interesting neighborhoods. Lots of dining and entertainment near Emory as compared to the other two schools.
I wanted both my kids to consider UAH. Both my kids would have been Stem or CS majors. That is the real strength for UAH. I would not be as excited about sending a biology kid there. UAB in Birmingham is where I would send a kid with that interest. So be sure to check the depth and strength of the biology major at UAH.
Emory has a better reputation in the medical fields, and might offer a better support system for students applying to PA school. Emory is more liberal and preppy than UAH, and Greek life is more dominant at Emory. (Not sure about Greek life at Oxford.)
Good luck as you consider all the aspects of these schools.