We would like to remind the community that the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has updated the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes for 2020. The 2020 CIP codes list of eligible majors and their corresponding CIP code values is available on the NCES website at nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode.
In this announcement, we provide high-level information about operational implementation of the 2020 CIP codes in Federal Student Aid systems and describe upcoming communications that will provide system-specific details about the changes.
Impact on the COD System
With the implementation of the 2020–21 Award Year in the COD System on April 26, 2020, schools must use the 2020 CIP codes list for all programs for the 2020–21 Award Year and forward. In addition, the CIP Code Year value, along with the CIP code, will be required by the COD System for the 2020–21 Award Year and forward for all Pell Grant, Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant records.