Do you think a university music program is needed to learn composition, or are there enough info out there to piece it together yourself (pardon the pun)? For

Do you think a university music program is needed to learn composition, or are there enough info out there to piece it together yourself (pardon the pun)? For reference, I am an employed self taught software engineer (learned from MOCs) and have played piano many years along with theory basics already. I haven't found many great resources yet, at least not in one place.