I like to give advice that is against popular opinion, so please allow me to do that here.
Money can always be made. Debt can be paid off. Happens all the time.
Admission to arguably the world’s best technical education happens once (ok maybe twice) in a lifetime.
I remember graduating from college and looking at the TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DEBT! I had when I left, wondering how I would ever pay it off?
The debt is long paid off of course, and laughable now. Thank goodness I took those loans. By the time you are my age, $160K will seem like $10K. (OK, maybe $30K? lol) The fact you don’t have to take debt to do it makes it a no-brainer.
You are one of the elite and uniquely gifted. Go be with your people and never look back. Highly unlikely you will regret that decision, but entirely possible you’ll regret the other.