ROTC paid my way thru a BSEE degree and I was commissioned as a 2LT.
Once I was on active duty and the Clinton scum started turning the Army into a social experiment--'coed' barracks, OSHA oversight of army training, don't ask--smoke pole, women in combat positions...
A lot of us hard science guys said: "screw this!" and left to pursue good jobs in our fields with clearances and some experience.
Unfortunately, the 'Russian studies', 'English' and 'History' guys could either stay and enforce the Clinton doctrines or leave and trade in their rank and benefits for a crap job.
They stayed and were willing to push their subordinates under a bus if it meant they wouldn't have to lose their status job and bennies.
I saw it myself. It was awful to watch otherwise honorable men enforcing policies they did not and could not agree with in order that their families didn't have to suffer the slings and arrows on the real economy. Sickening....
I got a history degree and later went for a more practical advanced degree. The liberal arts education has been an outstanding preparation both for work and non-work life.
IMHO college is not just about job offers, but is more about becoming an educated person, learning about who the human race is and where our civilization came from.