The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Norfolk State University are Elementary & middle school teachers (288,734 people), Other managers (286,149 people), Social workers, all other (255,362 people), Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (206,234 people), and Postsecondary teachers (137,606 people).

The most specialized majors at Norfolk State University in 2021 are Public Administration and Social Service (91 degrees awarded), History (18 degrees), Psychology (99 degrees), Communications (57 degrees), and Interdisciplinary Studies (53 degrees) (as of 2021).