T-Price, my advice would be to get a job while completing your college. I've always loved education, have two degrees (Computer Science and Finance, rec'd 15 yrs apart). I had to get a full time job (was in loan dept of a bank) after my first yr and completed college at night. I honed some awesome skills working while attending college that would spread across industries. (didn't hurt that the bank paid my books and tuition up front!) I took every class that interested me after I earned my first degree. Since I dealt in mortgage loans, I took real estate classes and got my realtor's license, for instance, something else to fall back on. I purchased a used car at an automobile recycler and they offered me double my bank salary (and they paid 100% of health insurance premiums, along with the same deal to pay my books and tuition up front). It was the late 80s when every small business was becoming computerized. That job lead to a competitor where I started making the big bucks with all sorts of perks, co. car, gas card, etc. (I became general manager there) I took Environmental Geology while employed there b/c that industry is highly regulated by the EPA. I was surprised at how much I liked the environmental aspect. So parlayed that into a career in environmental consulting, very rewarding. I eventually left for an executive directorship of a non-profit trade association, where I did all the legislative monitoring and lobbying. The association had small pockets, but I went up against the Automobile Manufacturer's Assn. (Ford, Chrysler, GM, Toyota, etc.) and won. (It didn't hurt that I was on the board of directors of our state EPA). Testifying in Senate and House committee meetings, my words beat out the deep pockets. But alas, I was so disillusioned by how gov't actually works, so I earned my Finance degree during that job (on student loans). Next, I went to work for a large brokerage firm. See how things can fall into others? Strange road, but it was what I had to work with.

That being said, my husband of 40 yrs never finished high school, owns his own service business, and earns more than my college educated self.

Best of luck, hope I presented another point of view. And I'm sorry I got carried away with my story. I'll leave you with one of my favorite sayings: "Knowledge is the one thing you can give away and still keep."