I "did" an associates of applied science at Spartan School of Aeronautics. I only did 9 months 'cause i couldn't keep up with the ~1500USD a month they charged. A loan would of helped but i couldn't get one as a foreign citizen. Its a pretty expensive school, but one with a pretty good rep, or at least thats what they advertise. Been around since 1923 or so; they also train china airlines pilots.
Anyhow, the general idea by doing this kind of training in this kind of schools is to get an aviation degree which "might" get you a job before a guy who has a regular degree from a Community college. DOes it work? Most say yes. Some say only if your a low time pilot. After you got your first 1000' hours it is "worthless".