A community college for two years is an excellent choice simply because it will get you, at the very least, an Associate's Degree at a very manageable pay-as-you-go cost. If you are pursuiing your flight credentials at that time, you can ease toward the remaining four-year degree at a pace you like and at a cost you can afford. I can't overstate how important it is to keep your debt under control.

By all means, get a degree in a field where you can begin working immediately. You may find that you can make considerably more in a non-aviation field (with much more upside potential) than you can flying professionally. And that, for practical reasons, means you will probably kiss goodbye to an airline career and, instead, go rent, say, a new-model Diamondstar 40 whenever you want to scratch your flying itch.

Don't underestimate the financial upside of many non-aviation careers. Annual bonuses, stock options, pension plans and Supplemental Pension Plans, even for lower-level managers, are a huge employment incentive. Consider that many employers have a "Rule of 75", where you add your age and years of service to get 75 (25 years of service at age 50 = 75). At that point, you might have 90% medical coverage for life. Airlines will never touch that. They can't.

The benefit of business courses is that it exposes you to many fields, both quantitative and qualitative. Pick a study you like and specialize.

Again, keep your debt manageable (better yet, stay out of debt) or you'll regret it big time before you know it.