First off, it is HARD to make a decent living in photography.
Even if you are very persistent and talented, my guess is that your career track in photography will take several different tracks before you retire. Get an education that prepares you to learn for your entire life.
My sophomore level photography courses were taught out of the physics department. There was a rule that you had to have 18 credits in each of the three colleges to graduate. The physics department helped a lot of struggling art majors to get their science credits. Guess what, along the way I found that I liked physics.
I went on to get a graduate degree in what is now called Data Science.
I still shoot a lot as a hobby. But, before I retired, I was really good at what I did and it paid far better than all but the top fraction of a percent of professional photographers.
So, if you find a photography class in the physics department, take it! It could change your life.