Thanks all! I am finding I'm Having a hard time thinking... and I could really use the help and advice. I'll give you the main points in my decisions...

I don't have any money in the family... well, enough for like 50-70k but that's it. and I have been into flying all my life. My grandfather was personally taught by Paul Riddle in 1927. So I want ERAU to be apart of my life and I want to learn at the Prescott, AZ school. I want the four year collage experience that I missed out on when I went to the Community collage after high school. I want to fly. Anything anywhere. I want a family someday. A wife who is already on a career path and independent.

I have read threads all day saying go to school for a degree outside of aviation. I do have four and a half years of working in accounting, taxes and divorce litigation, under my belt as of now. I feel like I have a good fall back plan and am ready to go for flight training. I understand the math of reality when it comes to the figures of how much pilots can make and what most do make. I want to know is, is the student loans idea a HORRIBLE idea. Can the yearly wages of the first five year in a commercial job pay for the interest so I don't go under right after school...