More troubling:  students pushed into studying something for which they have little interest or aptitude, by someone who speculates that it will yield a lucrative job in a few years.  When these students drop out (and many do) they will have wasted time and money and be left with a sense of personal failure.  

The fact is that many students entering their first year of college do not know where their interests and abilities really lie.  This is one reason in favour of a good broad based education.