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.
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1985 Edition: 1st revision
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1990 Edition: 2nd revision, distributed summer 1992
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2000 Edition: 3rd revision, distributed May 2002
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2010 Edition: 4th revision, for use in fall 2010
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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
programs
2) 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.
aspx?y=55
Texas:
http://www.txhighereddata.org/Interactive
/CIP/
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 Browse
 Search
 Updates: CIP Wizard
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228778 UT Austin’s code
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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 Selector
CIP 2010
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode
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 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
Digits 1-6 Federal CIP code
0404010006000
Digits 7-8 Texas CIP code
0404010006000
Digits 9 -10 Texas funding code
0404010006000
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
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 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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