if you want to work for a SEO company... it doesnt mather much anymore, just make sure you are able to show you know SEO or IM
I think it is the minimum basic educational requirement. Now in India graduates are also not having any value. Masters degree or something in excess of graduation has become primary need for getting service.
Learn - but not necessarily for a degree. How do you become the prime minister? Which school do you go too? How do you become successful? Education helps, titles might, but real knowledge is what you apply and brings result - has nothing to do with schooling really! I know broke graduates and rich "dummies". But these last ones are clever with knowing how to make money, which is not taught at schools. Read Robert Kiyosaki's books. They are eye-opneres!