Hold on...you mentioned New Jersey right?
OK, go to mercer county community college. Get your PRIVATE, INSTRUMENT, COM. MULTI AND CFI RATINGS as well as your degree. Then transfer to a 4 year college and you are allllllllllllllllll set. You will save a lot of money. In my personal opinion be very careful with those " big name schools"...you might end up paying a lot more than you actually need to.
G. Luck!
TI