Major Categories
If you wish to receive student and cross-institutional scores by major, you must specify the major labels that are used at your institution. Each label must be associated with a standard category. Your students' scores will be reported using the labels you provide. For cross-institutional reporting, the standard category to which you assign each label will be used.
The standard categories that you can choose from are based on the IPEDS CIP 2010 two-digit codes (in parentheses below). For a list of the instructional programs that are included in each category, click on the category title to display the IPEDS CIP listing in a new window.
- Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, & Related Sciences (01)
- Architecture & Related Svcs (04)
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, & Group Studies (05)
- Biological & Biomedical Sciences (26)
- Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Svcs (52)
- Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs (09)
- Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Svcs (10)
- Computer & Information Sciences & Support Svcs (11)
- Construction Trades (46)
- Education (13)
- Engineering (14)
- Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields (15)
- English Language & Literature/Letters (23)
- Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences (19)
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics (16)
- Health Professions & Related Programs (51)
- Health-Related Knowledge & Skills (34)
- History (54)
- Homeland Sec, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Rel Prot Svcs (43)
- Legal Professions & Studies (22)
- Leisure & Recreational Activities (36)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies & Humanities (24)
- Library Science (25)
- Mathematics & Statistics (27)
- Mechanic & Repair Technologies/Technicians (47)
- Military Science, Leadership & Operational Art (28)
- Military Technologies & Applied Sciences (29)
- Natural Resources & Conservation (03)
- Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies (31)
- Personal & Culinary Svcs (12)
- Philosophy & Religious Studies (38)
- Physical Sciences (40)
- Precision Production (48)
- Psychology (42)
- Public Administration & Social Service Professions (44)
- Science Technologies/Technicians (41)
- Social Sciences (45)
- Theology & Religious Vocations (39)
- Transportation & Materials Moving (49)
- Visual & Performing Arts (50)
- Other
- Undecided
Category Groups
Because many of these standard categories will have very few participating institutions, we have combined similar categories into Category Groups. In addition to the standard categories, cross-institutional scores will be reported for these Category Groups.
The Category Groups and the standard categories assigned to them are listed below:
| Category Group | Included Categories |
|---|---|
| Agriculture and Environmental Sciences |
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, & Related Sciences Natural Resources & Conservation |
| Architecture |
Architecture & Related Svcs |
| Business |
Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Svcs |
| Communication and Journalism |
Communication, Journalism, & Related Programs |
| Education |
Education Library Science |
| Engineering and Computer Sciences |
Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Svcs Computer & Information Sciences & Support Svcs Engineering Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Science Technologies/Technicians |
| Health Professions |
Health Professions & Related Programs Health-Related Knowledge & Skills |
| Humanities |
English Language & Literature/Letters Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics History Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies & Humanities Philosophy & Religious Studies Theology & Religious Vocations |
| Legal, Military, and Public Administration |
Legal Professions & Studies Military Science, Leadership & Operational Art Public Administration & Social Service Professions |
| Leisure and Recreation |
Leisure & Recreational Activities Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies |
| Mathematics and Sciences |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences Mathematics & Statistics Physical Sciences |
| Social Sciences |
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, & Group Studies Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Homeland Sec, Law Enforcement, Firefighting & Rel Prot Svcs Psychology Social Sciences |
| Trades and Related Programs |
Construction Trades Mechanic & Repair Technologies/Technicians Personal & Culinary Svcs Precision Production Transportation & Materials Moving |
| Visual and Performing Arts |
Visual & Performing Arts |