I have a relative with an ME/Aerospace degree from a very well-regarded state university. Decent GPA, but family circumstances made it impractical for him to leave an area that does not have a lot of aerospace openings. He is on his 3rd or 4th year of tending bar.
Getting a film degree and hoping to stay in Oregon, if you aren’t incredibly driven (ie. making youtube movies non-stop in your backyard until one catches someone’s attention, interested in teaching or doing something very tangental to the film business is simply an unfortunate decision. I understand how people make those decisions or get caught in circumstance, but the best thing to do is look at statistics. Of the 2 million or so bachelor degrees awarded every year, something like 350k are business or business related, 200k iirc are health/health sciences, I think humanities/social sciences is <20% of all bach degrees. Engineering degrees have risen quite a bit since 2000, if I remember the stats I saw. By 50% or more. Most students are “trying” to build an education that translates into marketable skills, but some, like the poster’s brother or my relative, don’t really know at the college level what that entails or who they will want to/be able to be at the end of 4 or 5 or 6 years.