Was anyone else drilled with the idea since childhood that you simply cannot earn enough money with a college degree despite so many people working high paying jobs without one?

It was so black and white that it felt like everything depended on getting into college, getting the grades for college, graduating college, then finding a job. Anything less would surely result in life failure. I can’t believe most of my childhood anxiety came from that constant fear that as a undiagnosed neurodivergent kid who struggled in school, I would be absolutely doomed if I didn’t do life perfectly according to this plan. I’m reconsidering what industry to work in now and I’m at a loss because I still hold this belief to some extent.