There are lots of adults with degrees in Art History or similar who are self supporting. They work as claims adjusters for P&C insurance companies, they work as corporate event managers for hotel chains, they work in marketing for cruise lines, they are facilities managers for sports arenas, they manage partnerships for rental car companies and they develop “planograms” and coach the sales teams as merchandise leads for consumer products companies.
There are hundreds of roles which require a college degree. In something. Preferably from an accredited non-profit institution, where there is evidence of a strong work ethic, ability to be a go-getter, and evidence of good interpersonal skills.
These middle management roles are not paying $100K plus a bonus to a 22 year old. They require a couple of years of grinding away in junior, entry level jobs before they master some skills. But it’s lunacy to pretend that everyone must become an engineer or a nurse in order to pay their mortgage and put food on the table. Do you know what the qualifications are to work in employee relations at a large industrial company? College degree. Evidence of team work-- able to be both a leader and a follower. There will likely be a test- not a SAT test, but a personality type test to weed out the sociopaths.
That’s it. There are millions of college grads who support themselves in a variety of corporate careers and are pretty happy with their professional choices. I’ll bet you know a couple of dozen of them.
