It would help to also know what area of the country you are looking at, unless that's not really an issue for you. I mean, I could type a whole response based off the southeast, but that's not going to help if you have no intention of ever going to school here. lol
Anyway, I know my school does not have a bachelor's degree requirement for example, BUT they will tell you that it's greatly preferred. In fact the requirements were just changed from 60 credits (or two years) of college to 90 credits (or about 3 years)... so yeah... you might as well just get a degree in that case.
My school is also private and has TONS of out of state students, so that's a benefit if you don't like your state and want to leave... lol
It just depends...