If there is a need to narrow the field down, a college degree can be used as a screening tool. It has nothing to do with the ability to fly an airplane. There are numerous examples of outstanding pilots who never got a college degree. Chuck Yeager, Wiley Post, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart. Dick Rutan got his college degree 16 years into his USAF Career - well after his many military flying accomplishments.