Mathematics at Norfolk State University

If you are interested in studying mathematics, you may want to check out the program at Norfolk State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Norfolk State is located in Norfolk, Virginia and approximately 5,457 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received a bachelor's degree in math from Norfolk State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Norfolk State Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Norfolk State Mathematics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the math progam at Norfolk State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at Norfolk State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	850
Most Focused Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	850
Most Focused Mathematics Schools	1,042

Math Student Demographics at Norfolk State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at Norfolk State University.

Norfolk State Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

The math program at Norfolk State awarded 3 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at Norfolk State since its program graduates 61% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 66% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Norfolk State University with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Norfolk State also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Norfolk State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Mathematical Science Professors	2,030	$68,640
Natural Sciences Managers	1,270	$133,360
Statisticians	1,180	$87,700
Mathematicians	440	$121,240

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.