[dennisw]

Thumbs down. It's possible to make careers from the so-called useless degrees with dedication and hard work. My fine arts education is the basis for my current livelihood. I also employ two other people.

Good for you, I assume you are using that specialized university education directly? Anyways what percent of graduates in fine arts end up using that degree to make money excluding working for the Gov't or a university? University meaning mostly subsidized by the Gov't such as employed by a State U

My guess on the above Q is 3%

[texanred]

What percentage? Very tiny. Very few people are willing to put in the literally thousands of hours of work it takes. Lazy people think arts require less dedication and hard work than other careers. Those sorts of people usually amount to nothing no matter what degrees they get.

The pity is that a lot of really talented artists never “make it”. Not for lack of skill but for lack of business education. Another argument for cross discipline training.