Zach,
Go to a college where you can get the education that applies to something you are interested in and 'good' at. College degrees are required by a lot of companies, but the specific course of study does not seem to have much bearing on weather or not you get hired.
Some people work on degrees related to aviation/aerospace because it interests them, and the flying or ground school classes can be used as course credits. Others prefer to study something that will give them training or a vocation to fall back on when you get laid off or if you are between flying jobs (notice I say when not if...).
Visit the 'aviation' schools and see if they have good academics in addition to flying.
One other note...if costs are a factor (staying in state)...start getting together with your parents now...learning to fly and going to college is not cheap, but can be done.