The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Southern University at New Orleans are Social workers, all other (266,303 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (214,276 people), Other managers (183,631 people), Police officers (144,441 people), and Postsecondary teachers (119,537 people).

The most specialized majors at Southern University at New Orleans in 2021 are Public Administration and Social Service (99 degrees awarded), Protective Services (64 degrees), Human Sciences (9 degrees), Math & Statistics (8 degrees), and Psychology (24 degrees) (as of 2021).