It is possible to get out of college what you put into it, intellectually, spiritually, personally, but there is no guarantee that you will get out of it what you put into it financially, and that was my point.
Also, PLEASE beware of online colleges. Many are not accredited by the proper educational institutions and you come out of them with a degree that does not say for instance, that you have a BA in history, but that you took all of the online classes at University of Whatsit in order to get what the University of Whatsit calls a BA in history. So please, do your reasearch and don't take the online college's word that they are 'accredited'.