There are a lot of state schools who do the same thing. My little daughter is in the NICU at the University of Iowa. I got to talking to some of the blood techs. Most of them were UofI grads in other fields who couldn’t find a job.
Heck, we have interns with engineering degrees now.
A college education is not worth it for a lot of fields, even the STEM fields.
Without experience, it’s a hard road. That’s why we push internships and Student Wage jobs at Tech.