Absolute nonsense. Getting an education and going university is a lifestyle choice in this country, pandering to the middle-class population of this country. You can look at the working-class population, and see many people who own big homes and cars, and have never attended university, instead they became carpenters, taxi drivers, electricians, etc. Now, that doesn't mean education is success in life over the other options?
A middle-class person saying education = success, is like a middle-class person claiming rugby is the most entertaining sport.