Affordability of Aviation Colleges

Yeah, I figured 200k is too much. My only real hope there is to get as much in scholarships and since I am technically low-income, I hopefully should get a good bit. As for the 3 year track, I heard that to do that, you would need your PPL before you come to Purdue. Is that true? If it is, I would have no choice but to do 4-year because it would be virtually impossible to get it before high school because of reasons