Liberal Arts degrees

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Although the above is true for certain careers, there are a lot of other careers were HR is more interested in your ability to learn. There are a set of skills that many business are happy to have, and they do not necessarily look for a specific degree. Some are looking to see if you can communicate (write and speak) clearly, able to comprehend a certain level of difficult information, complete assignments in a timely fashion (deadlines), etc. In this day and age, some degrees that had values even 5 years ago, today the persons who have them are finding it difficult to get a job and are back retraining for another career.

Bottom line is that it depends on what you are doing or plan to do.

One of the things nice about EC is that you can have a "focus" for your liberal arts degree. If you plan it right, you may have two of them. One has to be in science or arts but the other can be in your professional development area. It allows you to have your cake and eat it too. This would allow you to get your degree more easily and less expensively but still have a lot of courses in your chosen career, which certainly will please my employer.

Again, no it will not get you a career in areas like accounting, engineering, medicine, etc., but for many it will be what they need.