Going to uni to do photography seems like a colossal waste of money to me. With art you learn by doing and you don't need to go to uni to learn photography. I don't know what they teach you, but it seems like every other wasteful B.A In my opinion.
I have to sound a bit condescending here, but that's the opinion of an 18-year-old with a limited outlook on things.
First of all, i don't know of too may "wasteful B.A."s out there. Most likely you'd count philosophy in with them, won't you?
Second, and that's more important: Photography is quite a large subject that does not only include aesthetics, but also physics and mechanical engineering. On top of that, there are different skill sets needed depending on what kind of photographer one wants to become.
Saying you "don't need to go to uni to learn photography" most of all shows that you don't know too much about the job. If by "photography" you mean "doing boring passports, portraits and wedding jobs" you're most likely right, no need to go to uni for that. You'll need only a total of three lenses, two lightning setups and enough photoshop to stamp the pimples from the bride's face to do just this. Will make you steady money and hate your life.
If you want to do anything else, for example doing press photography (this includes related specialities like sports or war photography), product photography for advertising and the like (this includes fashion photography, an especially preposterous kind of advertising) or even want to become a photo artists, going to uni is almost a necessity, as you'll need every bit of knowledge (theoretical as well as practical) to be able to succeed in this fields, because competition is harsh (which is where hidden_hunters argument comes in, sadly).
On top of that, good fine arts colleges usually have shitloads of equipment for their students to try out - that alone justifies enrolling if one wants to achieve anything more than "mid-sized town general purpose photographer".
Every interesting field of photography requires the use of exotic technology, ranging from weird high-speed cameras with 100000+ dollar brutal zoom lenses for sports coverage to a full-size truck full of high-tech lightning equipment for an indoor advertising shoot. The more you know on how and what for you use all this stuff, the better you can succeed - and there is no easier (and cheaper, even with tuition to pay) to gain that knowledge than to enroll at uni.