This is a question that I have struggled with myself (for myself) throughout my life…. Here are a few things.
I didn’t meet my husband until I was 32 – that was a lot of years to support myself, and because of my Post Sec. Education, I was able to do so very well. In theory, if my husband should predecease me, I would be able to support my family well too – but the career I had gets obsolete, so I wouldn’t be able to get a job without re-training…. but that was due to my choice of career.
While I was working, one of the companies worked out a method to determine pay for the employees. Everyone with my Job title had their pay determined by this method. There were various factors such as experience, time at the company, performance, and education. A person with a University Degree, with the same experience, time at company, and performance, would get $700 a month more than a person with s Technical Diploma (which is what I had.) So – for doing EXACTLY the same work at EXACTLY the same performance and results, a person with a diploma got $8,400 more a year than I did…. if our performance was rated as Expected. Because performance was a multiplier, if we both had gotten Exceeds Expectations or higher, the difference was even more. (A person with a Technical Certificate would get $300 a month less than for the Diploma – and someone with only a HS diploma would get $500 a month less – but probably wouldn’t have the job anyway.
The knowledge and experience gained from College, or University, or even a Technical Institute can be very useful. There are things a person interested in homeschooling could look at taking that would directly benifit that goal.
Just a few thoughts, anyway.