Get the degree before you enter the airlines. Don't worry about 1500, 'cuz there are going to be ways around it. Look what's happening
RIGHT NOW (click here for how government works) on the eve of publishing the new rest rules. Lobbyists coming out of the wood work, and it looks like it will get delayed to fit in some "extra special exemptions" that I always knew would happen.
Don't shape you life on a rule that isn't even here yet, and one that we won't know the final result of for some time. If you're that concerned, transfer to one of the programs that are most likely to get an exemption (read that as, who has deep lobbying pockets?).
ERAU, UND, and other big aviation colleges are a good bet. Have you considered serving your country after college?