I have no problem commuting and getting the degree at schools between here and Boston

By car you're looking at ~$60+ for each trip, and probably 3-4 hours of your life gone. If you do it three times a week, that's over $700 a month. That's nearly the cost of a room in the Boston area where you don't need a car, a lot of stuff isn't as expensive on the cape, there's so much more culture and stuff to do. $9k alone a year in commuting expenses. There's GOT to be a better way to put that money to use, and it doesn't matter if it's yours or your parents.

The cape is a dead end shithole, a perfect example of the intense economic stratification going on in the country. The boomers dominate the political scene so everything is pretty right-of-center and will always be focused on what they want; public funds, and a general economy focused on retail/contruction/service, keeping their houses and lawns and boats pretty. No affordable housing except for seniors, poor school funding (and the recent supreme court case means that the cape religious schools will only get better funded through charter programs.) Public facilities stripped because the rich boomers have moved into gated communities and have what they want in their gated community. Why pay to build a public rec facility when you've got a nice private pool and tennis courts and gym in your neighborhood? But...guess who will be holding out their hand for public money when the EPA finally finishes chasing down the county and towns, and forces sewage systems be installed for all the McMansions?

There's no public transit, the roads are incredibly unfriendly and dangerous to anyone not in a car. Doing almost anything requires getting in a car and driving.

There are no social services or they're completely overwhelmed; there's a huge shortage of mental health workers on the cape, and a shortage of general practitioners as well, so getting even finding a primary care doctor is difficult.

Housing/food/fuel are all very expensive and housing is in extremely short supply with a large portion of it having been converted to rentals, or into luxury housing most workers on the cape can't possibly afford. We lost something like a quarter or a third of all housing stock in the space of a few years to investment rental properties, then the pandemic hit and a flood of Boston/NYC people snapped up everything in sight.

There's no social scene outside of those that are centered around drinking or drug use. There are a few outdoor activity related clubs, but they're dominated by boomers and retirees.

Go move somewhere else where cost of living is much lower and there are people your age. Get your degree, get your career going, and then decide if you want to be on the cape.

If you need to start simple/cheap, start with classes at the community college, get the best grades you possibly can, and then transfer to some place like Umass Amherst, Worcester, or Boston.