# Classification of Instructional Programs

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See also: [Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education](/source/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education)

The **Classification of Instructional Programs** (**CIP**) is a [taxonomy](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)) of [academic disciplines](/source/List_of_academic_disciplines) at institutions of [higher education](/source/Higher_education) in the [United States](/source/United_States) and [Canada](/source/Canada).

The CIP was originally developed by the [National Center for Education Statistics](/source/National_Center_for_Education_Statistics) (NCES) of the [United States Department of Education](/source/United_States_Department_of_Education) in 1980 and was revised in 1985, 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. The 2020 edition (CIP 2020) is the fifth and current revision of the taxonomy. Instructional programs are classified by a six-digit CIP at the most granular level and are classified according to the two-digit and four-digit prefixes of the code. For example, "[Forensic Science and Technology](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/cipdetail.aspx?y=56&cipid=90824)" has the six-digit code 43.0406, which places it in "[Security Science and Technology](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/cipdetail.aspx?y=56&cipid=91660)" (43.04) and "[Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/cipdetail.aspx?y=56&cip=43)" (two-digit CIP 43).

## External links

- [Classification of Instructional Programs](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/) from the [National Center for Education Statistics](/source/National_Center_for_Education_Statistics) (NCES) of the [United States Department of Education](/source/United_States_Department_of_Education)

- [Ask the CIP Specialist](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/blog.aspx?y=56) blog provides additional information about using the CIP and how to code different academic programs

- [Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0](https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects/standard/cip/2021/index) from [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada)

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