I heard that. I went to college in the mid to late 90s. The engineering profs just taught the subject. I went after a 6 year enlistment in the Navy, so I wasn’t intimidated by the process or the few BS-ers in authority that liked to intimidate the kids for fun.
One thing that torqued me off was the general ed requirements. I ran into some real buffoons there talking their liberal/pro-communist crap. Just had to put my head down and get through it. I was so glad that I was an engineering student. The prerequisite math, chemistry, and physics teachers didn’t do that crap. The engineering profs didn’t, either.
Like you, I just wanted to get through it and go get an engineering job. I’m glad I wasn’t distracted by the parties and girls, most of them were 7-8 years younger than me and were totally worthless. I met my wife after I got a real job.
I got a master’s degree online (mechanical engineering).
That wasn’t bad. It was JUST engineering classes, no general ed crap. Being 40 years old and a working engineer for 10 years, they treated me like a colleague instead of a kid that’s a waste of their time.
I did grad school right out of undergrad, but was also working a FOR REAL job as well. I didn't have time for "garbage" and fortunately, my profs, in grad school, weren't pushing lefty crap, even though the place was/in in NYC!