I experienced this regret back in the 80s with my “communication arts” degree. By the end of my third semester, I realized courses like Communication Theory and Rhetorical Criticism were not training me for any kind of real job. I switched to TV production where I was actually trained for employment in the real world and which led to a job at a local TV station.
I took a lot of business classes and really didn’t see them getting me anywhere at the time.
There was some money left over so I took the TV production program and got into a slot in public broadcasting but it became a dead end career back in the early 00s.
I took some night classes in computer repair that eventually led to a good paying job after paying my dues as a contractor here and there.
Journalism degree prepared me too sell coal and then later, bunker fuel.