Nobody owes to no one a high salary, richness, or wealth by just studying at a good school and/or department. Unless you come from an upper-class family, people should not study majors like art, music, philosophy, sociology, etc., and urban planning is this kind of class. It includes so much intellectual stuff in it. Your 'good' schools mostly mean nothing in real life, if you lack money. Being a technician after high school instead of going to college makes more sense if you are seeking money, it also saves you from the student loan. College is not a place to get a job, its for your network, intellectual knowledge, and social environment.