Rich Schefren argues college matters less for job skills than for growing up. He says copywriting and marketing careers reward practical experience over degrees, but college still teaches you how to think and expands who you become.
All my kids are going to college. They're going to college, so they could be better, well rounded people. I don't think there's any job that you're more prepared for from college than you would be by taking that amount of time and just being out in the field. If you want to be a copywriter or a great marketer, you're much better off being a protege or working as an intern or something like that. Generally, a university education is not about job performance. It's more about maturity, worldview, and stuff like that in general. I certainly did not know anything about philosophy, history, or any of those things when I went to college, and I'm very pleased that I got my worldview expanded when I was in college. So I'm a fan of university education, but not for the purposes of getting a job.