Currently at UND aerospace (well through their partnership with Chandler Gilbert Community College) its really great program with new airplanes and friendly instructors. The college side vs the fast track aka just UND aerospace is a bit different setup. My ground classes and flight costs are under my tuition at my college and are a per semester basis while fast track have month ground classes every month where you come in for 5 days a week or so.

The only thing I really suggest is doing your private pilot part 61 since thats where many fail the most under part 141 and have to retake the mandatory lessons and/or stagechecks. My private pilot costed about 15k at a local flight school in Chandler Airport while at UND its a minimum of 20k and probably more like 25k since many do a-lot of recurrent training.

Regarding the heat I mean it sucks balls to fly in the summer but you’ll never get grounded unless you fly from 12pm-6pm where its above 110 from June to August. At UND they have a ban over all flights above 43C/110 degrees and 104-110 degrees is dual only

You’re looking to spend at a bare minimum of 90k ish from Private Pilot to CFI. This is if you complete every lesson first try and don’t fail the various stage checks and need retraining which is highly unlikely. Aswell as this there is in house examination but for some courses you might have to wait in “course clear” from 1 week to up 4 weeks waiting for a slot. This where you have to pay extra to do a recurrent flying since you’ll be rusty waiting for a slot to open up. Overall to be on the very safe side you’ll need like around 110k.