My advice.
Do it close to where you live. The cheapest motel is living at home especially when undertaking an expensive programme like learning to fly.
If you can afford to fund it without a student loan I would do it that way, so long as you are not going to take too long to get the training completed.
If you need a student loan that really reduces your options. Don't get sucked in by the glossy brochures and wonderful statements of some of the bigger organisations. They are no better than most of the other places out there, in fact probabaly not as good as some smaller places.
You don't need a degree or diploma programme to get a job however diplomas and degrees tend to go hand in hand with student loan funded programmes.