The recording business is getting tougher every day. There's never been as many bands as nowadays, and as few pro studios. Everyone is getting a home setup, and millions of youngsters, after trying some Ptools LE, want to be "engineers" this days, because it's so *easy and cool*. Some try it without knowdledge, some get into SAE, and many REAL pro engineers have to get dayjobs because studios close.
Chances of getting hired are narrower and competence is big. I'd say, get an Electrical Engineer degree instead, and intern in pro studios in the summers. After you're done, you'll have a solid education to develop a career in many fields, plus much more to offer than 95% of the *audio engineers* in the studio side.
Also, after 50, if you do so prefer, you'll have some other job chances than having to deal with young drunk punks at 3 AM in some recording session of hell.
Gosh, do I sound like my father .
