Future

Hello Everyone I’m a 18 year old high school student and I am very interested in cybersecurity and I’ve decided that that’s what I wanna do for my future, but I can’t decide if college is the best choice to get my computer science bachelors degree at seton hall or if I get the certificates at NJIT, of course there’s many ups and downs like missing the college experience for actual cyber experience and missing out on opportunities in future management by not going to get my bachelors. My girlfriend is going to school for a field in archeology and I want to her to be comfortable with my choice too but I also want to have the same college experience as her. Overall I looked at many job websites like linked in and for most of it you need to degree but some do say or equal experience.

I do want to get into the field fast but I do wanna get a good paying job before I hit 30 years old. Any advice will help but I only have two days to make a decision or else I loose my money at seton hall. People who live in the tri state area would be very beneficial