Actually there are lots of jobs you can get with and art degree but its not traditional art as in taking a canvas and making pretty pictures.
Its in graphic art and animation and such like that.
And a lot of that stuff pays pretty well and there is a lot of job opportunities. (Way more than "woman's studies" or "gay and lesbian humanities" etc.)
My daughter is one of those students who is walking around with art supplies BUT those classes are requirements to get her on the path she wants to take. She has taken the approach that she wants to do either architecture OR a job in animation OR art therapy And if she goes the architect route she is also considering structural engineering. And every one of those paths require she take basic art classes.
Your daughter is getting a great education in the fundamentals of art. That’s what the paint brushes are for. My nephew is in art school as well - he’s employed, also, as a game designer in a startup business in L.A. He’s making more than I ever did at age 18!