Have you ever heard of Mankato?
I'd like to put in a little plug for my current university and soon to be alma mater, Minnesota State University, Mankato. MSU is a school of about 18,000 students an hour and a half south of the Twin Cities. Currently there are about 300 students enrolled in the aviation program. You can get a degree in Aviation with an emphasis on Management or Professional Flight. The flight program emphasizes multi-engine training from the very beginning, suggesting you get your private pilot single engine, then multi-private, multi-instrument, multi-commercial, and then multi-engine instructor. This multi-engine time is extremely important in getting any kind of flying job. Rental prices are about $50 an hour cheaper for a Piper Seminole than Embry Riddle, U of North Dakota, or most other expensive schools. There are other opportunities that MSU can set you up with that are also invaluable to your career. This past summer I completed an internship at Northwest Airlines. Without getting too specific in the open forum, let me just say that I learned an amazing amount in a short period of time, jumpseating dozens of times in all of NWA's aircraft. Many MSU students have recently been accepted to the bridge program with Atlantic Coast Airlines, which after a successful internship guarantees them an interview with a smaller number of flight hours than would usually be required. Many have been successful with this and are now flying with ACA. I worked this summer at NWA with many other interns from Embry Riddle (from both Prescott and Daytona), Purdue, Univ. of North Dakota, Western Michigan, and St. Cloud State and I can honestly say that after talking to them I am SOO thankful I went to MSU instead of to ANY of those other schools. I payed in some cases only 1/3 as much for my training and tuition and I was in the exact same place they were! Anyway, try private messaging me if you want more details, and best of luck with your search!