That's great. Which university aviation program did you attend?

After first going to a large state university and a local community college's aviation program, I was able to compare them to my experience at ERAU; I know for certain that ERAU provided a much better education.
Most of my classmates at the state university were too busy partying and smoking weed to learn anything. It definitely made for a fun experience, but it didn't really help me in class.
Also, their classes often contained around 200 students which made it easier to fall asleep in class than to learn.
I also remember how those schools often proclaimed they provided as good an education as you would receive at ERAU. I wasn't sure why at the time, but it seemed they were always comparing themselves to ERAU.

In addition, when I later flight instructed at an even larger state university, they often paid their flight instructors to teach large groundschool classes to save money, even though the instructors had never taught in a large group setting before.
I agree with you, ERAU is too expensive now. But sometimes you get what you pay for. That's why every year, millions of prospective college students around the world choose to go to a college that may not have been their least expensive option. And every year, their parents agree to pay for it.