The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Jackson State University are Elementary & middle school teachers (1,701,172 people), Physicians (480,991 people), Secondary school teachers (468,081 people), Education administrators (285,516 people), and Postsecondary teachers (283,057 people).

The most specialized majors at Jackson State University in 2021 are Public Administration and Social Service (160 degrees awarded), EDUCATION. (449 degrees), Biology (124 degrees), Interdisciplinary Studies (63 degrees), and Physical Sciences (26 degrees) (as of 2021).