I'm so confused about going into college. Help?

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Where do you live? For a medium income family, your best choice is likely a state school (University of Florida, or California State University at Fresno, etc). They're going to be least expensive. Most schools are 5 years for teaching (4 +1 student teaching).

Don't buy the bull that teachers don't make any money. Their starting salary for 9 months of work is almost $40k is my state. That's plenty to support a family on; comfortable, but not rich.

Depending upon your state, consider a junior college for the first two years to take care of your general ed. Most will have a direct transfer agreement with a university that offers secondary education. You'll want to make certain to take classes that will count toward the education degree.

If you add your state, we can give you more specific information.