It depends. There's a such thing as opportunity cost. Not sure if you are in the US and not sure what college education you are speaking of. Its not that simple. Few things are.

In the US a degree in many fields is required. Where it isn't it is often used as a filter. A stamp of approval. I have a degree and I can say it helped me, but I would not say that is always the case. I can't speak to other countries but in the US a college education is expensive and its far from as obviously the better option.

If you can get a college education and skills and not go into debt. That's amazing. I do think it is tempting for people to say you don't need college but also not have a plan. That's not a recipe for success.

I think the general advice that everyone in the US should go to a 4 year university hasn't been good. But its also not true that a university education has no value. Depends on the person, their career plan, and the school.