Chadzat...."a dedicated intergrated aviation degree or just some engineering or arts degree". There are degrees and then there are degrees. A friend of mine just a got a teaching degree which was an absolute joke and I would be ashamed to have it after my name. A science degree or an engineering degree however has basic core matarial and standards and has not changed too radically over the years. They are worlds apart with respect to dedication/effort/basic IQ required to achieve them. I like to think of them as "soft degrees" and "hard degrees". A dedicated integrated aviation degree is definately "semi-soft" and "just an engineering degree" would stand you in much better sted.
Gotta go....the shelves need stocking in aisle 12.