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I got a joint degree (still one degree but you focus on two areas equally) to expand my employment opportunities and yes, they directly relate to my field of potential employment (criminology). Some job postings do favor these degrees. Although I will say if you have top marks in any discipline you can get into any professional program like law, doing a masters, etc.

I also feel that university was about learning and not necessarily to get a job so I still think the "investment" was worth it even if it was in liberal arts. There are certainly a lot of things I never would have been exposed to otherwise (writers like Foucault, Durkheim, Marx) and subjects (moral philosophy, business, econ, legal system). Ideas that I still have. Even if I forget most of the information, I still know where to find it and I can pick it up that much faster. I also have all my old papers to reflect upon. Also my writing has definitely improved (grammar, vocabulary, structure). I think the best part of school was it got me into a habit of reading and loving to read. That is something I will carry with me.