The stats don't matter because college has been the default choice of young people for decades. The winners in life usually go to college, so the best companie

The stats don't matter because college has been the default choice of young people for decades. The winners in life usually go to college, so the best companies will usually be founded by college graduates. The point is that college isn't adding much, certainly not $250k, towards the success of those founders. And it may be even more detrimental to society than the debt - so many of New York and Chicago's best and brightest were steered to banks and hedge funds, for example. YC funds a lot of founders who are young and have not finished college.