What? Most of 'em are loser liberal types. And none of the writers I like have degrees in any field related to writing, so it's obviously not a requirement...
Speaking as someone who spent time as an English major, and as someone who married an English major who is now an English professor, I'd have to say that's an ignorant statement Jen.
In our small English/Speech group from my small Christian college we produced:
All conservative. None of them losers. And that's just from two graduating classes.
No, you don't need a degree in the field of writing to be a success. But you've got to have a bigger world view than you've yet exhibited.