My D picked a school with a BM in Musical Theatre instead of a BFA for this very reason. Two years of piano and two years of music theory. After years of last minute panicking of OMG what key do you need this sheet music in, and her trying to figure it out by ear- I KNOW this will be a good skill to have 
She is in an art/theatre/music dorm so she plans to pick up basic guitar and accordion (!!) from her dorm-mates before she graduates.