Big schools are a waste of money. You'd be better off to find a good CFI at a nearby FBO and study and fly as much as possible. It all depends on how much effort you put in it, but you can get all your ratings within a year or so. A lot of those grads from big schools might think they rock because they have a degree that they spent $90,000 on, but I have met plenty of them that dont have crap for real experience. I have met plenty of big school grads that have their CFI and have 0 actual instrument time. How horrible is that?