My point is that degrees from other schools are great to have even as backups.

I am not a professional [pilot. But I have been a pilot for more than 45 years and involved in the operation of flight schools and other aviation training establishments longer yhan that (yes, I was a mere kid when I started working as the mechanics/insatrcutor’s ‘gofer’ and other dlight school peripheral tasks). I’ve earned good living from one aspect or another of aviation ever since, so judge what I am going to say by my age and possible wisdom, not by the ratings I hold.

Price is the last thing you should be considering when selecting training. No matter how cheap one school might be you can always find one cheaper.

Also, some very expensive schools are just diploma mills and crank out students with ratings by rote .. they really don’t know crap about flying, especially airmanship.

To simply ‘get’ even an ATP is not that difficult. It’s a private pilot written with a lot more weather questions and a flight test with tighter tolerances, but passing the written and practical does _not_ an airline pilot make.

What makes an airline pilot, and what makes Part 25 flying 4 ro 10 times safer than any other category are the procedures, precision of thought, decison making skills training and adherence to rules that exemplify “real” ATP training.

Neither price or time to graduate is a reliable guide.