From what I understand, these programs are some of the only programs in this field in the entire country. My program (Automated Packaging Systems) has a 80% job placement rate. Many of the 2nd year students already have ridiculous job offers.

I'm very skeptical of this.

I know an alumni who graduated 2 years ago and is on track to make $110,000 this year.

They're an outlier.

Our instructors are incredibly talented and have over 100 combined years in the industry. (mainly have 3 instructors)

This is a very, very good thing.

AC/DC Electricity Fluid Power Systems Industrial Safety Motion Controls Welding. Machine Rebuilding. Machine installation. Welding Intro to robotics And many more!

Not a bad starting point, but if you want to excel in that field you're going to need skills that your classes may not mention. Excel proficiency is strongly preferred, how to make a Gantt chart in excel, a clean driving record, knowing how to wire up PLC panels, knowing how to draw electrical diagrams in Autocad, the ability to program PLCs in languages other than RLL, knowing how to take a concept or idea and make it a reality, knowing how to troubleshoot any system by the "divide and conquer" method, understanding P&ID diagrams, being extremely comfortable with boolean algebra, being good at certain types of mathematics, how to create or tune PID loops, being able to read electrical and hydraulic drawings, potentially getting ISA certification, etc.

I suggest you make what you're learning into a hobby. Build yourself a PLC trainer from scratch and play around with it. Do fun stuff like hook up a bunch of small LEDs to a PLC and make them blink to the song jingle bells, with one light illuminating each note.