Lots of kids go to both pricey and non-pricey schools and never get high paying jobs. Look around- the world is filled with people with college degrees working in early childcare, as probation officers, administrative assistants, etc.
You don’t really think that paying a lot for college guarantees a high paying job, do you? Tenzimom- if your D doesn’t have a lot of direction and doesn’t have her ADD challenges under control, there’s no rule that says she has to go to college right away.