Well you know you need a college degree to have solid prospects in a career in flying. Our standard advice here is not to get it in aviation. Instead, do something that broadens your horizons and makes you a more rounded person. Do flight training as an adjunct to your college career. You won't lose much ground over someone who goes to an aviation academy, as long as you have the money to continue and keep working at it. The person with the aviation degree will realize its uselessness at some point when they get furloughed, while you will havwe the option of falling back to a decent paying job for a while. Get a degree in engineering, for example.