I received a resume recently for a junior software engineer role. Under the 'Education' section was a paragraph that listed a prestigious university and entrance year, but under it stated something like, "I was accepted to this university, but rather than attend and go over $100,000 in debt, I taught myself computer science and coding for 3 years with online tutorials. Here are the projects I did over that time," with links to a github repo showing the projects from his self study.
I gave him a phone screen, and while he wasn't a fit, I did not exclude him because of the nature of his education.
I think more hiring managers in companies that are struggling to find talent will begin to accept this narrative about education. The signal to me (if it checked out) was his acceptance to a prestigious school, and his lack of attendance was not very important to me, provided he could do the work.