Originally Posted by
Freightpuppy
How is that? A four year aviation degree takes 4 years and you fly at the same time. My four year non-aviation degree took 4 years and I flew on the side.
I flew at an fbo for a year to earn all of my ratings and then began an aviation degree. I recieved 35 credit hours for that training. That was more than 1/4 of the required hours, leaving less than 3 years for a bachellor's degree. If you don't get an aviation degree you go to college for four years then you have to spend another 9 months to a year earning all of your ratings. Having a family, I couldn't do both at the same time.
Not knocking the state college/non aviation degree plan, just pointing out that you can save a little time if you need to.