Some of the acting students I know have discussed doing TV and film and commercial work in order to finance their love for live theater. I suppose that would be the ideal. In the meantime, in college they are receiving superb training to do very difficult theatrical works for which there is no audience. (My kid disagrees: “Just because you wouldn’t want to see it, Mom, doesn’t mean there isn’t an audience for it.”) The larger pool of available work will require additional specialized training.
I just feel frustrated to get the news that they will not, after all, be fully prepared for their chosen profession after graduation.