How important is a University degree?

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See the GAPAN/EPST airline survey and read this quote from the results to question 1;

"[...] The airline responses also indicate that family background; education and previous employment are not considered important selection criteria."

Note that this is not necessarily the universal truth, but it might help you make a decision.

In addition I can tell you the following. I have worked for a IT consultancy company a few years for which a bachelor degree (higher technical education) are minimums. There were a few colleagues with a master degree (=university) but the only difference I saw there was that their salary raise was slightly higher. Keep in mind that a university degree is not a condition to be airline pilot.

An argument in favor of getting the degree might be that
- you get more life experience in the mean while
- you obtain a degree in in something else than flying
- you have a backup in case it goes wrong

Hope this helps. Good luck.