Nice to meet you Hyper, Blue Bay, and Repsol Rave! Not sure what your goals are, but let me give you some pointers based on my (limited) life experience so far.
In college, your professors are probably going to talk about the paths you can go with a degree. These, however tend to be mid to high level positions for people with experience. Many fresh graduates have a hard time getting (those) jobs because they don't have the necessary experience. Chances are, you will have to start out at an entry level position that doesn't require much formal education, if any at all. It is later down the road that the degree will count. I have an unrelated degree for the career I am looking into, so this is the likely path that I will follow.
LED does stand for light emitting diode in my username. Glad it was noticed.