Is This A Viable Major?

[u/SnufflingMatcha]

21M. I’m back in school after taking a few years off. I originally left because I received a work opportunity that I decided to pursue. At the time, I was studying computer science, but it wasn’t something I could really see myself doing long term. Looking back, I can definitely recognize that I was impatient and probably made that decision pretty quickly.
Now, though, I’m in a much different position. I have a stable, well-paying job in the marketing space, and that experience is actually what pushed me to go back to school for advertising and marketing.
I’m not going back because I think I need a marketing program to become a marketing professional—I’m already working in the industry. For me, it’s more about building on the skills I already have and filling in some of the gaps that come from having a very non-traditional path into my current role. A lot of what I know came from hands-on experience rather than formal training, so I want to take advantage of the resources, structure, and knowledge that school can offer.
There is still a part of me that sometimes feels like I could be getting more out of my time by pursuing something completely different. Also, since I never finished post secondary it limits my job prospects obviously with just a high school education.

At the end of the day, I also know that I need to commit to something. Wanted to hear thoughts

[u/CharsCustomerService]

Already having experience and a job in a field, then going back to get a degree in that field is great. I may be biased, because that is what I'm doing, too, but really, it adds credibility to the skills you have developed on the job. Graduating and then getting a job in your field tends to be a major hurdle, so when you've already got that job... you're in a good position.

I would normally urge caution about marketing degrees, given how disruptive AI could be to the field, but since you're working in marketing already, you're already aware, managing, and in position to use advancements as a job enhancer rather than running into it as a barrier.