There are many options better than ERAU for someone intersted in being a pilot. No one can tell you the right answer, you need to do a LOT of research...the internet isn't a bad place to start.
"Average Pilot" salary surveys are probably out of the ballpark on the high side for two reasons:
1) They include pre - 9/11 data. The death-spiral of bankruptcies has cut average pay in half, I suspect.
2) Those average numbers include a very few super-senior wide-body captains who make so much $$$ that they skew the average for the rest of us (who will never fly those large airplanes).
Getting to be a wide-body captain is all about seniority...if you want to do it: a) graduate from high school early b) immediately accept an ROTC or service academy scholarship c) upon graduation, get accepted to fly tactical jets d) fly your butt off, volunteer for every sh*thole contingency operation in the third world e) at the end of your minimum committment at age 30 resign and join a major airline. By age 55 you should be able to hold international widebody captain $$$$$$$$$$.