It's understandable that every college and university is not able to offer a degree in every discipline. But, I would hope that, say, in each individual state there is at least 1 school that will offer a major in any particular discipline. Say, 1 university in Rhode Island will offer a major in music.

...and chatted briefly with the young an at the cash register. He was majoring in mythology. I remember wondering what career opportunities there are for mythology majors.

He was a late-20's Catholic seminarian, but he was going to switch sects so he could get married.

So the Catholic Church is hiring, but the pay sucks.

…where they looked to the enhancement in their outlook: film, art, writing, and a slew of practicing psychologists. They were an amazing lot.

My program was fairly unique, because it was Pacifica Graduate Institute which houses the Joseph Campbell Archives. Pacifica teaches for degrees in depth psychology, but when they decided what they could do with mythology 30 years ago, I was there for the first class.

I think it is what you make it, like the other humanities. The problem is that the Humanities are not much valued any more — and I am one of those people who believe they expand our minds and helps make us really human.

arts and the humanities are the first to be cut, and here we are. These higher culture programs of society serve "no purpose" as far as repugs are concerned. Never mind the depth of understanding and beauty they contribute to the world it's people. I love the idea of majoring in mythology... I'd have dearly loved to see that when I was in college. Then on to teaching it in secondary and post secondary courses. Not to mention the adjacent religion based courses and degrees. Might have saved me a bunch of money spent getting my pysch degree during a time when everyone was doing business majors, and thus ending up doing tech workshops to teach myself computers when they first came out... and *that* being my career until retirement. Art, literature, humanities, courses which teach the ancient past (other than out-and-out History classes), courses that teach the how and why to help people, none of these types of degrees are worth anything in a red, autocratic society positioned only on making money for people who already have so much of it they can't spend it in their lifetime.

society to value majoring in business, finance and tech to the detriment of the arts and humanities which foster a more broadly educated public.

It's too much, not healthy and can lead to to an unbalanced society.

In the 1980s during Reagan, I remember how B School was all the rage. The movie Wall Street with Gordon Gekko, the wealthy corporate raider and villan influenced many young people to go into business and investment banking.

And the ethos of greed is good is still very much with us, sorry to say.

Years ago during the 2008 financial crisis, the columnist Evan Thomas discussed this development. In his college English class he showed the film, Wall Street. He wanted the students to see the dark side of corporate corruption, but instead they admired Gekko and were thrilled at story's theme of success and money. They missed the point by a mile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Thomas

There are simply not enough college-age bodies to fill all the available seats, and the students that are enrolling are less likely to study liberal arts. Students are understandably reluctant to study subjects that typically don't lead to stable, well-paying jobs. Also, their parents are probably also pointing them away from majors that are going to see them living in their old bedrooms after they graduate.