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CIP 2010(change year)

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What is the CIP?

The Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) provides a taxonomic scheme that supports the accurate tracking and reporting of fields of study and program completions activity. CIP was originally developed by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1980, with revisions occurring in 1985, 1990, and 2000. For information about these early revisions to the CIP, click here or access specific links to historical versions from the resources page. For information about versions after CIP 2000, click the 'change year' link on this site to see the available versions.

CIP Wizard Users can view a list of CIP codes used by a postsecondary institution for their last three years of Completions data and how these codes map on to the latest version of the CIP. Users can also generate custom reports by selecting specific CIP codes to see how they map to the latest version of the CIP.

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Note: IPEDS Keyholders and Coordinators will be required to use the CIP 2010 beginning with the 2010-11 data collection year. The surveys affected are the Completions Survey (Fall 2010), the Institutional Characteristics Survey (Fall 2010) and the Fall Enrollment Survey (Spring 2011)

CIP Selector Designed for IPEDS Keyholders and Coordinators to help them find what CIP code best describes their instructional program.