That's mostly because most Americans are informally encouraged by their family/friends to "hedge their bets" so to speak, "go to college and get a job". Startu

That's mostly because most Americans are informally encouraged by their family/friends to "hedge their bets" so to speak, "go to college and get a job". Startup success is pretty binary, either millionaire or broke. College success is a gradient of like 50-125k per year in income. Though now with student loan monthly payments approaching a plurality of one's paycheck, college is even less of a hedge than it used to be.