English major here, with minors in Classics and Business. There was a time when a liberal arts major would have been the most reasonable and useful preparation for a career in law or government. Sadly, with the corruption of the liberal arts, apart from a very small number of great books and/or conservative Catholic institutions, it’s downright dangerous to one’s mental and emotional health to major in anything but the servile arts, such as accounting or engineering.
Before the 1971 Griggs v Duke Power decision,
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/401/424/
Companies could give IQ and aptitude tests to high school graduates and put them to work, and employees could study materials relevant to their careers either in the library or take night classes.
But the Supremes ruled that any test which blacks did worse than whites did was presumed discriminatory under the “disparate impact rule.