Please people, not another thread on this topic. Bitochon is a nearly impossible sugya to understand.
And intrinsic to the question asked. This is as good of a spot as any to discuss it, if the OP wants a real answer.
You can teach/learn a trade without college.
You can also go to Touro which avoids all of the “college” problems, except that it is a college (and therefore by definition unacceptable to the Lakewood/BMG crowd, while spending more time and effort learning a trade that requires more time would be muttar).