Part of the problem is that the Liberal Arts today offers literally nothing to an ambitious lad wanting to succeed in the world. Any man wanting to succeed should do math/science/engineering type work, with a smattering technical and creative writing, economics, statistics, political science, accounting, business law, and a foreign language. Those are the subjects you REALLY need to succeed.
Modern day English, Psychology, Philosophy, and History classes are painful like a root canal without anesthesia. Unfortunately, some sciences are joining them, especially physics, "higher" math, environmental engineering, and science/engineering policy classes. These classes also tend to get flooded with women.
Most Universities haven't a clue what is really needed by their students though, because the Professors have no practical experience. If they did, the curiculums would radically chance.
The key is to be able to reason logically and express oneself clearly, verbally and in writing. That is a generic and translatable skill, in any field, although of course critical in mine, the law. English, history and some other sissy subjects you put down can do that, if one masters the art.
That is right. I had more Bull$hit classes than ones in my major. Heck, most of High School teachers could not teach their way outside of 3 sided wet box.
College degrees, when executed properly, can simply be an education into how to think. How to research. How to analyze. These are valuable tools which will serve anyone well over the duration of their career. I have a BA in Classical Civilization with an emphasis in Classical greek language. Now I sell drugs (legally). My education was indispensable in developing my ability to communicate and relate to others, as well as to analyze data and clinical research.
Though this is anecdotal evidence, I believe it is representative of what a college education should be. One of my philosophy professors said that one should become an expert in anything, say medieval french literature. It's not the topic that's important, it's developing the ability to study, to analyze, and to research. If you can do that with medieval French literature, you can do it with anything.
In the end, success depends almost not a whit upon which courses you took, but simply upon your ability to apply yourself and your wits to the task at hand.