My ex’s father caused a permanent rift between them by refusing to fund ex’s major in music (and he was good enough to have already been on a record by then). He was required to major in CS, because he was “good at it” and it was a stable career path. Ex did as he was told, but they were never close again, and ex eventually took on a second job in music. So require your kids to major in YOUR choice at your peril.
As for HBCU’s, my D will be attending one in the fall, and our family researched them very extensively. If your S is at all interested, NCAT is a very strong STEM school. It produces a large percentage of African American engineers. Every student or parent I’ve met associated with it can’t stop raving about it. And Greensboro is a lovely city.