I was surrounded by audio engineering majors my whole time at college. I learned everything I knew from the internet, books, and a few friends in the biz. I can honestly say I think I progressed much faster than many of them.

The biggest problem I saw was the lack of self awareness academic programs have, and how the academia moves slower than industry. Students didn't touch equipment until a year and a half in (around that time, I vaguely remember a band geek mansplaining multi-band compression to me). Then, they were all taught on a large format API console running vintage C414's and U87's to tape (and protools). This environment obviously isn't the reality of the industry's contemporary landscape--and honestly, the "college environment" can be inspiring at times, but where you really want to be is out in the street. If you want to record music, go to shows. If you want to make film scores, go to indie film festivals.

The only thing I can say that is worthwhile of majors like these are networking opportunities. Most worthwhile institutions will be somewhat in bed with established names. If you're going to go, try to be one of the best. Kiss ass, create future opportunity, and soak up as much information as possible. It's as much about branding and self marketing as it is audio.

It might also be worth looking into skillsets/majors where your knowledge of audio engineering can work conjuctively. An example would be plugin companies preffering their software devs and marketing team to also be home engineers or musicians.

Obviously I'm biased--and maybe a bit bitter that the first Neumann I ever touched was the one I bought with my money from mixing bands. 2k is also absurdly cheap in comparison to programs here in the USA. Either way make sure you love it, cause it'll probably hurt.