Given a tower of extensions how to show that the degree of an extension is even?

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Suppose $\Bbb{Q} \subseteq F \subseteq \Bbb{C}$ is a tower of extensions and suppose that $i \in F$.

If the extension $\Bbb{Q} \subseteq F$ is finite, show that $[F : \Bbb{Q}]$ is even.

What I have attempted so far:

By the tower law we have

$$ [\Bbb{C} : \Bbb{Q}]= [\Bbb{C} : F][F : \Bbb{Q}]$$

Now $ [\Bbb{C} : \Bbb{Q}]=\infty$ and so since $[F : \Bbb{Q}]$ is finite we must have $[\Bbb{C} : F]=\infty$ now I don't know how to proceed any advice?