fr people mainly break into modeling through their connections and going to more and more amateur shows until a real agency scouts you & now has to leverage their connections to get you in real shows. it’s all about your looks lol u don’t need a degree, although iiuc a lot of people going into fashion design or fashion marketing are trying to break in (according to my friend at fit lol)
Yup there's modeling dept/major in korean university, you can watch it here!
https://youtu.be/_BjNAbl4eqw?si=uffgD3EpNsRnkaDD

Are there actually schools that have modeling departments? I swear in bls they always give the main characters the most random majors