okay, you really do talk like my ex-bestfriend, with "learning outside of school is better" and "find another country where education is less expensive"....I'm scared of you now! LOL
University is a whole new world of learning. There's a wide variety of things to learn, and the way they teach you leaves a lot of room for free-thinking and innovation. Where I go, you can apply as an Independent Student, and what that allows you to do is that you can choose what subjects to learn, without being in a specific program. So you're free to attend whatever courses you want. It was something I wanted to do, but you have to be at least 22 and there were other conditions that I didn't meet.
We have something similar to Peace Corps here, it's a great place to start.