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^^^ +1
Technique can be taught but it takes a long time and lots of practice. You either grew up drawing or you didn't. To get proficient takes years and hundreds/thousands of drawings. Once you have that proficiency, you can learn to paint.
It would be like trying to learn baseball in college and then expecting to have a career in the majors. You'd be competing against thousands of kids that played it every day since they were five. Not likely...
Only a relative handful of people make a good living in painting. You can do other things with an art degree, such as teach the next generation, but its not a great living. Given the current outrageous cost of college, I wouldn't pursue it.
It can make for a fun hobby. Doing it for a living can take the fun out of it.
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