If you're going to college, assuming your university doesn't have a real estate program, finance/banking.Find a niche you're interested in, and learn everything about it.

There are also three colleges in Abilene and a satelite campus for a fourth (Texas Tech).

I graduated from college and have had a broker license since 1980.  

Wilmington also has a big college student presence with UNC-W being located there and the constantly growing community colleges.Not certain about the real estate market although a childhood friend of mine is a successful RE broker there. 

Now I'm 49, fairly wealthy, have a nice portfolio of real estate, 2 kids in college and don't even notice the tuition payments, can travel a lot....it's a good life.

I feel it's in a great up and coming location next to the new Real Salt Lake Soccer Academy, as well as new community college and there are plans to do a shopping center below.

(built in 2007) in College Station, TX for $89K.The loan is a 30 year conventional at 3.75%, 20% down.

I lived in center city Allentown when I was a broke intern in college 10 years ago.

Did you do it while in College?

For instance, I recently picked up a duplex in Portland, with 100% debt funding (not super conventional), and the reason I am doing this is for cash flow coverage of overhead (mostly debt) and I am hoping for capital appreciation, so I can refinance/pull out proceeds when my kids entertain the idea of going to college (8 years and counting).