First, your goal going to college should be to learn _way_ more than you did ever in high school. Most people find it's where your real learning begins. It's a time to grow, experiment, and dream big. For many, it's also a time to take all the required courses necessary to do what are considered professional jobs - engineering, science, math, medicine, the list goes on.
Secondly, you've eliminated the 4 year degree barrier which is still actively deployed nation-wide by companies for jobs which otherwise have no business *requiring* a 4 year degree. The lack of a 4 year degree can be weaponized to reduce pay during employment negotiations. The same talking heads advising people on TV and YouTube to not get a college degree, somehow don't seem to have followed that same advice themselves.
Each step in education to a point provides you more choices, and sometimes more upward mobility. You can always, always find the one-offs, the make-it-rich-quick stories - but the reality typically doesn't reflect their luck.
I remember joining the military as a private, no college. It wasn't even six months in that I fully regretted that decision, suddenly understanding that even doing two or three years of college first could have drastically altered my lifestyle. 35+ years later, I've never regretted for a moment spending the money (which took years to pay off) or time invested in my college education.
