They still have better employability and alternatives to college tho like community colleges offering 2 year programs which can transfer to a 4 year degree and they can finish the remaining 2 years Like polytechnic here in India etc Just that it take lesser time Plus they have trade schools too And trades make a lot of money maybe even 6 figures if you play your cards right it doesn't necessarily have the scope which colleges have but they are good alternatives to college and a few more too This is one thing I like about USA but maybe Australia and Germany do this better than USA ? In providing vocational and other alternatives to college and giving them earning potential

German schools are usually hard to be in and maybe also the course duration is much longer so you can expect a person to be in college till 26 etc I guess idk

As for the healthcare part in USA Yes it's really expensive Hence the meme "hEAlthcare"

India has the potential to be there too

Sorry for sounding defensive about the education part It's just one thing I admire about USA That it provides other options too Except college but maybe other countries are better than USA in this aspect like Germany idk

College is valuable But shouldn't rule out some other things too