It’s not entirely the student’s fault.
Colleges will shamelessly lie to you. Want to major in 12th century French poetry? The poetry department will tell you what a great idea that is.
And then the department will give you a list of jobs you can get with that degree. I’m not exaggerating here. I’ve seen this happen.
Some FReeper (sorry, I don’t remember who) had a great idea. Make the colleges co-sign for any student loans over $10,000 per year.
But ultimately the student needs to have enough sense to think things through and get all the info and make a decision.
My daughter saw this deliberate misrepresentation of reality as a senior. She had a 3 hour social science requirement meet so she took first semester of freshman psychology. She said the Psych instructors were constantly selling a psych major to the students, claiming all sorts of high paying jobs out there for psych majors.
She got a BS in Chemistry & Physics. PhD now, married & works at a research lab.
Your problem is that you majored in useless 12th Century French poetry!
You dumb a$$ kid.
The big money is in 14th Century French poetry.
You screwed up. Sorry.