Colleges worth going to?

It seems that a lot of academia has a bad reputation here. Or maybe we only hear from the people who want to fume about what happened at school, but never any requisite praise. Putting aside economic utility for a moment, are there any universities worth going to for the sake of learning?

only if your doing STEM

>universities worth going to for the sake of learning
No.
Unless you require facilities and tech for certain STEM fields then there is no reason to go to university for the sake of learning, ever. You go for qualifications and building connections. At most unis provide learning guidelines, if you really want to know a field you'll need to do 90% of your study outside of required work.

Let me put my question differently: I'm in the military and have the G.I. Bill to look forward to once I get out. This means that I can get paid to go to most any undergraduate or graduate school for 36 months (9 months of classes in a standard academic year x 4 years). Would I be stupid not to expend my benefit, or are there better things I could be doing with my time assuming I don't opt for a career that I need a piece of paper for.

They have very good libraries and thousands of qt girls.

Look into careers first.

If you want to chase money (business, STEM, etc.) you're gonna need the associated degree.

If you want something Veeky Forumserary (writing for a periodical, being a librarian, teaching high school), you'll need an undergrad degree in the associated field to even have a chance, and a master's to stand out.

If you decide you have no interest at all in any field which requires a degree, then it's still worth taking a few free classes at a university just to learn something that interests you. Just don't put off working, because you'll need the extra four years of earning potential & saving for retirement (start doing that now, if you haven't already) in order to keep your finances above water.

>bad reputation here
Kek. Pop into 'your current state in life' thread and see who the people discussing higher education here are. Universities are what you take from them - if you spend your days partying or attending endless activist meetings then it's pointless, if you seize the opportunities and engage with professors and other motivated students and properly use the educational resources then it's worth. Being an autodidact is certainly a possibility, but it requires inhuman dedication and a hardworking student will almost inevitably come out on top anyways. Most fags memeing about it here like are NEETs/retail workers who delude themselves into thinking that playing vidya for 3 hours and then spending 30 minutes watching online lectures is actual autodidacticism.

lmao

Only if by learning you mean job qualifications. Real learning is what books are for.

Only go to college for learning for learning's sake if you are from a rich background.