Everything You Always Wanted to Know

About CIP Codes

Classification of Instructional Programs Codes

CIP codes permeate almost everything IMA

does. They are used in our federal and

state reporting; we track degrees, facilities,

departments, majors, faculty, etc. by CIP

codes.

In addition, IMA needs to be able to convey

to others on campus what the codes are

and how they are used.

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A taxonomic coding scheme of

instructional programs that supports

the accurate tracking and reporting of

fields of study and program

completions activity.

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The CIP is not intended to be a regulatory device. CIP codes and their associated programs are standard statistical coding tools that reflect current practice, not a prescriptive list of officially recognized or permitted programs.

CIP codes, for the most part, are not intended to correspond exclusively to any specific degree or program level.

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Federally: Primarily used by postsecondary

institutions when submitting the

Completions Component of IPEDS

(Integrated Postsecondary Education Data

System – federal collection of data)

Institutionally: To track degrees, faculty,

courses, etc.

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1979-80: As part of its program to provide assistance to the

education community, the National Center for Education

Statistics (NCES) awarded a contract to the National Center for

Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) to develop

a classification of instructional programs and to provide terms

and definitions for describing instructional programs for all of

education.

1985 Edition: 1st revision

1990 Edition: 2nd revision, distributed summer 1992

2000 Edition: 3rd revision, distributed May 2002

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The CIP taxonomy is organized on three levels of codes and programs: 1) a 2-digit Series, representing the most

general groupings of related programs2) a 4-digit Series, representing

intermediate groupings of programs that have comparable content and objectives

3) a 6-digit program level, representing the specific instructional programs

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Title: Computational and Applied Mathematics.

Definition: A program that focuses on the application of a broad range of mathematical and computational methods to modeling, analysis, algorithm development, and simulation for the solution of complex scientific and engineering problems. Includes instruction in numerical analysis, discrete mathematics, operations research, optimization, differential equations, statistics, scientific computation, and applications to specific scientific and industrial topics.

See also: 27.0301) Applied Mathematics., 27.0303) Computational Mathematics.

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Federal:

http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/default.asp

x?y=55

Texas:

http://www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive/CI

P/

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Browse

Search

Updates: CIP Wizard

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National Center for Education Statistics

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

Help Documentation, Version 1, June 2009

CIP Website, CIP Wizard, and CIP SelectorCIP 2010

http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode8/12/2010

Example: NRDEGMAJ

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NR – Registrar’s Office report

DEGMAJ – Degree Major

This is UT Austin’s official record of the

degree programs that we grant degrees in

Contains the13-digit degree/major code

based on CIP

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File location Table name

CIP

code

to

find

List the table starting with

this code

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Table location Table type Table name

0404010006000

0404010006000

0404010006000

0404010006000

Digits 1-6 Federal CIP code

Digits 7-8 Texas CIP code

Digits 9 -10 Texas funding code

Digits 11-13 UT Austin codes (not reported to Feds or state)

The “9” is the school code (Architecture), the “2” means it is a master’s level

degree, the name is “Sustainable Design” and the “898” is the degree code

M.S.S.D. Master of Science in Sustainable Design

IPEDS Completions – Fall 2010> Use the 2010 CIP for reporting on

completions during the 2009-2010 academic year

Fall Enrollment – Spring 2011> Use the 2010 CIP for reporting on enrollment in Fall 2010

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Re-organized:• Series 23 (4-digit level) – English, Literature,

Rhetoric & Composition

• Series 42 (4-digit level) – Psychology (general),

Research & Experimental Psych, and Clinical,

Counseling & Applied Psych

• Series 50.10 – Arts, Entertainment & Media

Management

• Series 51.16 – Split into 51.38 Registered Nursing

and 51.39 Practical Nursing

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This presentation will be posted on the IMA

web site

Questions?

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