Originally Posted by
Uncle Bose
Continue to get your ratings at a local FBO, and attend a respectable state school for an in-demand business or engineering degree.
You can't get better advise than this. Either an FBO or ALL ATP for the training, and get a BS in whatever your second choice for a career would be. Don't get in debt for a degree that is useless if another 9/11 happens, or you want to change careers at a later time.