“Typical” might be doing a lot of work there. I wouldn’t buy it in the general case.
However, it would be interesting to have some data to compare, for example GRE writing scores of Classics vs. CS graduates.
I do have a bias against overly flowery language that obscures meaning, and tend to find that more often comes from the less technical side of the academic spectrum: http://www.paulgraham.com/talk.html
That's a bit of a joke. Clarity is of course a primary virtue in all forms of academic writing, and one that is often ignored either unintentionally or in an attempt to impress one's reviewers and/or to signal one's membership in a particular tribe.
HackerNews tradition requires that I point out the considerable difference between software developer skills and knowledge of computer science.
Coding experience doesn't give you what a degree in computer science gives you, neither is a degree in computer science a substitute for experience as a developer.
If that is true it probably says more about the short-sightedness of the job market rather than the practical benefits of a program in Classics.
A Classics education – like CS in fact – actually has wide applicability over a range of disciplines. There is a reason we call things "Humanities" after all. Greek and Latin classics, for example, have proven their value and relevance to humanity over centuries if not millennia! They are unlikely to become obsolete any time soon.
Classics graduates are likely to have superior reading and writing skills compared to a typical CS graduate. And the complexity of real languages like Latin or Greek puts computer "languages" to shame.
Moreover, it's a lot easier to learn CS on your own or on the job. ;-)