I’m just throwing this out there and I don’t know much about majoring in percussion.
But I do know musicians who hire drummers. And some of the BEST percussionists–honestly, in good markets, live out of their cars. They need another skill to keep them going. Talent is not the factor–it’s that technology makes it cheaper to buy a machine than hire for regular gigs. Sad but true.
The music industry is very tied these days to technology. and percussion is the first to go.