You can also get a BA without a high-priced university, though. I didn’t finish the thought that I started: the degree is less important always than the education. I don’t have any degrees, not even an Associate’s. I don’t brag about it or lead off many conversations with it, but when I am in conversation with people who do go on about their degrees… and prove themselves to be over-educated fools without understanding or sense, then I don’t feel any lack.
I suppose my lack of ‘credentials’ may have prevented me from getting a job or two that I’ve applied for, but I’ve never much worried about losing a job where a BA / BS was simply a ticket to admission. Presumably in your career choice, that ‘credential’ means even less than in more technical fields. But to get back to where I started, your education always matters.