if you don't want to get a degree just yet, and test the waters to see if you really want to be a photographer, i'd suggest attending some nikon courses. they have them all over the place.
http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Nikon-School/index.page
if you want to skip that and go straight to college to be a photographer, i would suggest going to nyc to Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), which is a very popular, respected school. If you want something more low key, I would check out Miami Ad School. You can do your first year there and teh next year you get to travel wherever you want.