I’m an older millennial who went to a not great high school and an ok state university.

Of all the people from high school still working dead end service jobs, I don’t know any with a college degree.

Sure there are people who studied English who aren’t making tons of money, but they also aren’t stuck working at Walmart like some of the people who don’t have degrees are.

An English degree isn’t enough to get you a $100k a year job out of college, but it is enough for just about anyone to get their foot in the door to a career where they can make close to that eventually.