No one can answer this for you. If you want the fastest path to get a $50,000 -$90,000 job - you may want to consider self study. There are jobs in every city

No one can answer this for you. If you want the fastest path to get a $50,000 -$90,000 job - you may want to consider self study. There are jobs in every city that could fit for this. If you want a career path and want to work on high level engineering, then go to college. You will need the basics and a network. If you are asking and not sure, you should most likely go to school.