Originally Posted by
JamesNoBrakes
22.50? Wow! You must be just counting block-time

Go for a better education than an aviation degree. Like many have said, fly on the side at a FAR part 61 school. Any benefit from getting an aviation degree, such as a reduced hour requirement for the ATP, is small. Aviation degrees are not much use outside of flying. I know many people with agree with and augment this.
Nothing really wrong with the schools mentioned, but the cost is high!! Believe me, many pilots stopped flying after graduating from these colleges. They just couldn't afford to live on a regional FO salary.
An additional consideration you will be faced with is paying an airline to give you a job. This is referred to sometimes a P2F.
Pay to Fly. You may want to work around this.