Originally Posted by
JamesNoBrakes
The government doesn't force you to go to a $200K university or fly a brand new G1000 airplane.
A 4-year government college is going to be about $35k for tuition, probably another $10k for books and misc, and then living expenses ??$.
Flight training to get all one's tickets is around $60-90k including gear and check rides.
So $175k for a 4 year degree, plus flight training is not unrealistic. Granted the more one works while they are in training and college, the lower the number, but it is essentially impossible to do both these days for less than $140k without help (scholarships, angel donors, etc).
This is not even an aviation degree.
Getting a degree in aviation is a different ballgame all together (UND/Riddle/MTSU, etc).