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So Cal, I hate to be the one to rain on your parade.... but since I know kids who work at ESPN I have to tell you-- you aren't going to be one of them. The path is: unpaid internship; second, more prestigious unpaid internship, minimum wage " job" (often no benefits and freelance status so your hours aren't guaranteed) in production, marketing or news; after a year or so a promotion to a real job.
Why won't this be you? 'cause you gotta pay your loans and can't afford to spend two summers or an off-term living in CT with no income; mom and dad won't be able to bankroll you for a few years until you get health insurance and a real job; you have never been to Bristol so you don't understand that unlike NY or Boston there is no subway system so you'll need a car and insurance for a 21 year old man in CT costs big bucks; etc.
You sound like a great kid. If you're interested in ESPN or NBC sports or the NFL or any other cool job you need to get a degree; you need to find a way to be able to afford a semester or a few summers working an unpaid internship in your field; you need to graduate as close to debt free as possible so that when you're working your minimum wage job and sleeping on a friend's couch you can focus on making contacts and getting good at your job, and not focus on how your shift at Subway or Walmart starts in an hour so you'd better get out of work soon to get there on time.
I am willing to bet your first semester's tuition that those salary numbers they quote you at Kelley are comprised of all the kids who take jobs at banks and insurance companies and energy companies, et al. These kids minored in Corporate Finance or majored in Accounting and plan to do the CPA or are halfway through self-studying for the CFA. Those are the big bucks which skew the numbers from Indiana-- the kids who take jobs in the arts or sports or want to do non-profit administration aren't coming out of Kelley (or anywhere else for that matter) with a BS and big bucks.
So- IU is a great place. If you can afford it, and if your career plans realistically jive with your family's financial situation and capacity to support you after you graduate, it sounds like you'd have a ball. If you can't afford it, sounds like you've got some great back up schools as well. Try not to fall in love before all the cards have been played.
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