There is also a case to make for not getting a degree in arts so you can be a free soul.

Once you get a degree in arts, you have to produce what makes you money. Almost no one gets to make money making exactly that what they love. And an arts degree doesn't make you any more competent or not having one any less competent than what your art shows you are capable of. The only real reason to get one is to network or to get a job as a arts teacher.

If you develop your arts independent of your professional career, you have the luxurity to make whatever art you feel like making. And if you have a good job for a while, you have money to spend on your art or the freedom to make art without income inbetween hopping from job to job.

Making art your soul isn't quite into drains you of creative energy, which takes away of the art you really want to make.