Please see the delightful website below for an argument for why undergraduates have good reasons to pursue philosophy for pragmatic as well as humanistic reasons.
https://philosophyisagreatmajor.com/
It might be useful for blog members who are professors in the US, as advising season approaches. . .
While on this topic, here is an allied site by a fellow in my own graduate cohort:
https://sites.google.com/site/whystudyphilosophy/
Philosophy is a great major. It helps the individual to coordinate his thought, words and actions. Dvaita philosophy of Sri Madhvacharya
may be encouraged in academic circles.