!WOW! 35K X4 = $140,000, that is A LOT of money.
Thats is tuition alone?
Is room and board included?
Regardless that is massive debt to burden yourself with once you graduate.
Are they going to hook you up with some money?
I hope your parents are loaded ( I don't mean to sound rude saying that).
To my knowledge UNCSA does not give much money out to any one.
My two cents do not go there, any place that will put you in that much debt once your done at 22 ( if you finish in 4 years) I do not care how prestigious the name is, it is not worth it. Go somewhere that won't put you into massive debt, with student loan interest rates you will never pay that off.
Another part of my two cents but you will also have a stigma attached to you once you graduate. UNCSA is also known as North Carolina School of the Attitudes due to the entitlement their grades tend to have. I have worked with many colleagues in various parts of the industry who refuse to hire them based on that. They do know their stuff, all the ones I have met are sharp but I have only met two who did not have massive entitlement.
Again these are just my thoughts.
Have you looked at UNLV out in Vegas at all, they have a really good up and coming program and it is located in an entertainment Mecca.
Also look at non traditional education avenues.
www.fullsail.edu
Look at their show production program, Full Sail has had some bad rep in the industry but the organization has come a long way in the past ten years. You can get you associates in show production done in a year. It is still pricey but way less than what you wrote for UNCSA. It is worth checking out.
http://stagecraftinstitute.com
The
stage Craft Institute of Las Vegas is definitely worth looking into. It is a 4 month program and you learn from industry leads, I have worked with people who teach there.
Both of these options have a lot of networking opportunities as well, they hold job fairs for the students once done from everything ranging to tours, install shows, av companies, production houses
etc.