The funny thing is all my life I was taught that society downed on anyone who did not go to college the opposite is happening, society does not care if you are a college grad or not anymore unlike back then, maybe HR but thats it.
HR may still require it for “political reliability”, since the current function of HR is to be modern day zampolits.
My wife and I both have college degrees but when we retired, we moved to Florida to the farm and raise beef cattle. No degree required. The cows don't care what our resumes say.
A college degree is only another notch on your pistol grip. It is not an end all to end all.