Is working in a factory building chrysler cars worth putting education aside?

I have a friend that went straight from high school five years ago and started working in the UAW chrysler plant making $26.00 an hour bolting two parts onto the car as it goes down the assembly line. He told me college is a waste of time/money and he out earns most people with bachelors degrees. He also said college is just designed to make money off the students nobody gets a good job after they get there degree. We know a guy with a business degree and he only makes $30,000 a year and the guy working at chrysler has a much easier job with no education making almost $60,000 a year with overtime.