http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/s...tion08_001.pdf
Seemingly, at Leeds university you can do a degree in Pilot studies and get a PPL out of it. As a degree!
Of course, the thread title is meant to grab attention, and on balance I am glad that I went through the UAS. But if one was keen to fly then the above degree might be an attractive alternative.
Blunty