'''Classification of Instructional Programs''' ('''CIP''') is a [[taxonomy]] of [[FieldList of studyacademic disciplines|fieldsacademic of studydisciplines]] at academic institutions of [[higher education]] in the [[United States]].
The CIP was originally developed by the U.S. Department of Education's [[National Center for Education Statistics]] (NCES) of the [[United States Department of Education]] in 1980,withand revisionswas occurringrevised in 1985 and 1990<ref>http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/cip2000/</ref>. The 2000 edition (CIP-2000) is the third 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''" has the six-digit code '''430106''', which situates itplaces in ''Criminal Justice and Corrections'' (four-digit CIP '''4301''') as well asand ''"Security and Protective Services''" (two-digit CIP '''43''').
==References==
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==External Linkslinks==
*[http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/cip2000/ Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP 2000)] from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]] (NCES) of the [[United States Department of Education]]
[http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/cip2000/cipsearch.ASP?Search1=&AND1=0&Search2=&AND2=0&Search3=&STEP=1&SUBMIT1=GO Complete list of CIP codes (CIP-2000)]
[[Category:United States Department of Education]]
