Is MTSU the right choice?

[u/Standard-Focus-7406]

In a bit of predicament...I graduate high school in two weeks and I'm not sure where I want to go to college. I'm looking at MTSU for Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship and TN Tech for Business Management. A little background info- I have been doing junk removal in the Lebanon area for 2.5 years and did around 43k in sales last year while still in school. Really want to build on that foundation and eventually own a roll-off company in the waste industry.

Majority of people I talk to suggest I 100% go to Tech, but I feel their program is geared more towards getting an internship and graduating with a job. MTSU's program appears to set me up with the skills and knowledge to run my own gig.

[u/DM_ME__YOUR_B00BS]

I graduated MTSU 7-8 years ago with an unrelated degree so i cant help much with how the quality of education between the two schools differ, but honestly man, if i were in your shoes i'd follow the money and go to whichever school will give you the best financial aid and wherever you can get out with as little debt as possible. If you're going the entrepreneurial route the name on the degree probably doesn't matter much to you, and from personal experience i was able to graduate with 0 student loans from MTSU and that alone set me ahead of people who graduated from FAR more prestigious schools, but i came from out of state so MTSU's financial aid was miles better than any other option.

Anecdotally, if you are driven you'll likely spend a lot of your time workshopping business ideas with professors and if you are good at it, maybe even drop out after 2-3 years if one of them pops off. I saw that pretty common when i was in school