well, I am finishing up my degree in Aviation Management at Eastern Michigan University. I guess I came to this crossroad 4 years ago as to what to do, and I'll kinda share my thought process through the entire ordeal. Went/ go to Jackson COmmunity college, working on finishing up my CFI. I saved A LOT of money going there first, which was one of the thigns I felt I did correctly. Mainly, you'll find college is a joke. About the only thing of value I have learned has came form the flight center at JCC. $66,000 of student loan debt, and 1 year left for a BA, with comm., multi, and ins, the savings have been huge compared to going to EMU first. Remember, very few us us have the money to drop the entire amount it costs for US to go to college. Unlike evereyone else, we get about 40K in flight training as an extra. go to a JC, and you get to cut a butt load off of tuition and probably wont have to live on campus. I drive to EMU, and its expensive, just not as expensive as living there. As far as degree goes, I think the only time, honestly, you will NOT be able to get any type of flying job is if you fail a medical. If you spend 10 years, fail a medical, and have a degree in say business, honestly, how easy will it be for you to get a job? NO business expirance, just a degree. You'll be older, so the jobs will the same qualifications will go to the younger person.

Do what you want. You'll always have time to go back and add on to your aviation degree into management or something. There is nothing worse than taking classes you dont want to take. You'll take plently of thoes while getting an aviation degree anyway, what get 120 credits worth? I suggest a degree in aviation management. Its in the field you love, but yet something that may help you in the field YOU love if you lose an eye or something. At LEAST get it in that field, if not directly in that profession.