nfgo3 – not sure what salaries are everywhere but a Rebbe can make $33k-$40k and the tuition breaks are usually less then he would get as a low income family. (minimum is about $3000 per kid, teacher’s break is often 50% of 10k). Also, the morah’s are paid closer to $10k-$25k.
As i have stated in other threads, i am not opposed to secular college for those who can handle it spiritually, but i do disagree that not having college is putting anyone at a disadvantage. There are a huge amount of individuals that have college degrees but no jobs are available. And many, many of the kids with the street smarts grew up barely scraping together a hs diploma and are making a lot of money in administraive, sales, real estate positions. You need to believe that your PATH must be chosen based on what is good for your relationship to Gd, and your result will be chosen by Gd.