<p>Vocational schools and colleges are basically a consequence of class division in the United States. Traditionally, lower-income students go to technical school, and higher-income students go to college. </p>
<p>So basically, you choose one or the other instead of doing both.</p>
<p>That said, the country is churning out too many college grads with no hands-on experience or skills, so a lot of technical trades are lucrative these days.</p>
<p>A lot of it depends on your interests, choice of lifestyle, and preferred way of learning. What does an ‘engineering career’ mean to you exactly?</p>