Also, you can't make your educational choices based on your dogs. I love mine and would do anything for her, but just like I wouldn't limit myself for a boyfriend, I didn't decide on my college based on where I could live off campus. I'll tell you right now, about 50% of universities REQUIRE incoming freshmen to stay on campus. 60% of the time, the areas of town where your university is can be described as 'ghetto' 'run-down' and 'unsafe'.
Oh, that's no problem, You'll say, I have a German Shepherd to protect me! You can't take that dog with you everywhere you go. It will not be allowed in lecture halls or the library. Leaving it tied up outside in the middle of winter isn't reasonable either. Even if the weather permits, leaving dogs restrained in public areas in a prime way to have it tormented without your knowledge - My uncle's Doberman hated teenagers because two of the local boys would pound on the window everyday on the way home from school. It doesn't take much.
I understand the thought of 'I'm responsible enough.' I'm 19, attending my freshmen year of college this fall, but I have a prime advantage - I live with my parents, with a huge yard, a great neighborhood, and natural trails less then fifteen minutes away in any direction. In Alaska, many apartment buildings allow pets - they have to. Does that mean you should hightail it to Anchorage for college? Not unless you want to shell out 900 a month for a mediocre apartment in a shady part of town.
Ridiculous, yeah? How do you know where you decide to go won't have the same cost of living problems?
If you want to take your dogs with you, you won't just have to pay for them. Aside from Room and Board for yourself, lab fees, cost of living, and entertainment money - because you will be needing it, you'll have to pay for the dog's food, vet bills, entry fees, you'll likely have to find a training course, possibly a trainer, a kennel club - most which charge membership fees.
And, a biggy, you'll need a car big enough to haul your dogs and your equipment. That means, reasonably, a pick-up or an SUV. There goes another 150 per tank - if you're lucky - not to mention car insurance for a 18-20 something woman - which, depending on your driving record goes from expensive to exhorbent - and, I'm guessing since you love them so much, for your dogs, too.
You seriously need to research price qoutes for all of that - and I don't mean 'The cheapest apartments run 150 a month!' because you won't want those. That'll be in the bowels of town where no one dares walk the streets alone. If you can reasonably afford all of that, you have to add on top of it the possibility of you falling very very ill and needed to go to the hospital/doctors office- You'd be surprised how many college student do, for things like the flu, mono, or - a nasty but possible problem - stds. Do you know what your health insurance covers? Do you know know for a fact you're still covered after 18? Not everyone is.
Sorry, this has turned into a raving rant of 'be prepared', but the truth is, if you're not your parents and the dogs are the ones suffering for it, not you.