HM671
Not an easy one this...
I went to uni - actually a polytechnic (which later became a uni) - and studied Aersospace Engineering (Rocket Science
) on the basis that it had something to do with aeroplanes! The poly was chosen as it had lower entry requirements and offered a more practical slant to the academicly minded courses at proper unis.
I always wanted to fly and I saw the course as a path to a back-up career in very likely case that I couldn't get sponsored and have to pay my way.
As it was sponsorships were non-existant due to a recession, so I used my degree to go off to work as an engineer at a Big Airline. This I did for a while until during a re-organisation we all had to apply for our own jobs. At the same time the airline started a new sponsored pilot training scheme. I applied and was accepted. I am now co-pilot on 744
It seems my masterplan worked; but I found aerospace engineering a tough course, with too much emphasis on engineering and not enough on aerospace. Post degree, most of my fellow students had a tough time getting sensible, well paying jobs. Knowing that now, I would probably have chosen a course in IT / computing. But that could have taken me down a very different road.
I don't think doing an aviation degree will make you any more attractive to a potential sponsor. It is still down to showing you have worked hard at your chosen course and that together with all the other activities you do have produced a well rounded character.
One school of thought is that if you are going to get in to massive debt going to a second rate uni to get an 'ology - why not go into massive debt going to a first rate flying school and get a CPL!
Whatever your choice - good luck and I hope it works for you.
T'bug