my boss is a P.E. major, I am an English major. Our company makes a product that has nothing to do with either. He’s out of shape, I still read a lot. He thought he would be a high school football coach, and I thought I would be a lawyer (was for a decade). He makes more money than any high school coach, and I make about as much as I did lawyering (and have time to read, and can sleep at night) and am a lot happier. These kids should get a job, work at it, learn, and be on the lookout for ways to advance. Getting a degree in x,y or z doesn’t guarantee anything, and might mean you wasted four years listening to and reading a bunch of garbage.
My brother has a degree in Civil Engineering, five years commissioned service in the Army and now make $350k a year selling software. He doesn’t have any formal education in software.