-Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the best colleges for a photography career. The school for Photographic Arts and Sciences is renown, and it is located in the imaging center (rochester is home to Kodak and Xerox). It offers a number of degrees in the photographic fields and even has a few unique degrees
(such as Biomedical Photography) The resources and facilities available at the college is quite enormous.

I could probably think of some other colleges in the east coast and midwest, but RIT comes to the forefront of the mind, especially if you want to pursue a commercial degree.

-I went to college and studied photography...it was a complete waste of time. I had worked at a newspaper while in high school for four years, then went to college, while there I started assisting for Sports Illustrated. I can HONESTLY say that I learned absolutely nothing in college.

To top it off, a lot of schools won't let students take actual shooting classes until they are juniors. So, for me, I couldn't continue my strengths as a photographer without actually just going out and doing it anyway. So, that's the way to do it.

Everything I learned came from DOING IT! Go find a photographer to assist and you will learn tons more than you ever will at a school.