Thanks for the pointer. I was able to find a Gallup link: http://www.gallup.com/poll/151310/u.s.-republican-not-conservative.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/151

Thanks for the pointer. I was able to find a Gallup link: http://www.gallup.com/poll/151310/u.s.-republican-not-conservative.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/151310/u.s.-republican-not-conser... By the numbers, it seems that having completed a high school diploma or less puts you in better standing than having completed just a degree (27% vs 23%), though a post-graduate degree is the clear winner. So, it seems that if you are not willing to go through post-graduate studies (which, I assume, is primarily limited to the professional degrees you mentioned – MD, JD, etc.), you are slightly better off dropping out or not going to college at all in terms of achieving success as defined by the top 1%. That is actually pretty interesting data with regards to the subject of this thread.