I agree with @dfbdfb.
“But that said, why have so many people bought into the idea that the point of a degree named X is intended to result in placement into a job named X? Yes, this is the case in many of the applied fields (engineering, speech pathology, finance,…), but it certainly isn’t the case for most degree fields.”
College isn’t supposed to be trade school.
I was a political science major at a very selective school and ended up in marketing for Nike and Levis. Certainly had nothing to do with political science. I’ve continued to be very interested in politics in my personal life. My husband also did not directly use his Economics degree in his career path and has been very successful as well. We have a friend who was a Classics major and started his own tech company and is one of the most successful (and interesting) people we know!