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CIP Code

Definition

A six-digit code assigned to plans using the federal Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) taxonomy. The code assignment is coordinated during the governance process. Codes are in the XX.YYZZ format where XX denotes the broadest disciplinary area (i.e. Biological Sciences), YY indicates a diciplinary area within the XX (i.e. Botany) and ZZ indicates a specialty within the XX.YY area (i.e. Plant Pathology).

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Academic Planning

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This visualization provides data on the number of awards completed by students at four-year, degree-granting institutions in the United States that participate in or are eligible to participate in any federal student financial assistance program authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

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Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research UW Madison Enterprise Internal UW-Madison Employees (NetID Required) 06/28/2024
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Includes details of the CIP Code assignment and change process, current CIP Code assignments for UW-Madison degree-majors and certificates, all CIP Codes relevant to public research universities, and eligibility for the federal STEM-OPT program which is based on CIP Code assignments. See the additional information section below for general information about CIP codes, their structure, and their uses.

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Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research Academic Planning Public Publicly Available 11/01/2024