I'm glad I live in Canada...
I never graduated from University (though I did from college...we have both here)and at 22 went into the work force making $1000-$3000 a week as a medical research recruiter. They hired without experience and trained me.
I did that for 8 yrs, then I got a great job at the largest Valve co in the world without a purchasing or college degree. They gave me a shot based on my persistence and sent me to school to get my Purchasing cert.
It's not about education for certain jobs, it's about how bad you can kick ass. The richest people in the world have little to no schooling. Education doesn't make you smart and people with high IQ's are often borderline sociopaths or have Asperger syndrome, so you don't have to have a high IQ to make money. You just have to want to make money really bad