It's not. Unfortunately, a great many jobs today require a college degree, even if it's in basketweaving as long as you have a diploma. Pretty much every white-collar job. This didn't used to be the case.
And if you want to know why college is now so expensive, here's just one school:
And another:
Big Education:
Funneling borrowed money to Educrats to donate to Democrats.
Those lists are insane.
ALL of those type of jobs will be erased from the “need” list. We are fast coming to a time of austerity, whether we like it or not.