I got the ultimate anything degree, Sociology. Then I went to work for myself in fields completely unrelated to Sociology, I thought. Turned out I was wrong. Many of the things I learned applied to how people behaved at certain ages, what they consumed, etc.
Sociology applied quite well to selling, investing in and developing real estate.
Dumb luck.
One of my cousins became a veterinarian, which he practiced unitl he retired, but he made his fortune in real estate. I don't think I see any relationship between those fields. ;o)