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19 fieldsOfficial education crosswalk

Applied Economics

CIP 2020 · 45.0602

14 careers →

Applied/Public Sociology

CIP 2020 · 45.1102

10 careers →

Behavioral Sciences

CIP 2020 · 30.1701

9 careers →

Development Economics and International Development

CIP 2020 · 45.0604

11 careers →

Econometrics and Quantitative Economics

CIP 2020 · 45.0603

16 careers →

Economics, General

CIP 2020 · 45.0601

13 careers →

Education Policy Analysis

CIP 2020 · 44.0502

4 careers →

Environmental/Natural Resource Economics

CIP 2020 · 03.0204

10 careers →

Health Policy Analysis

CIP 2020 · 44.0503

4 careers →

History and Political Science

CIP 2020 · 30.4601

12 careers →

International Policy Analysis

CIP 2020 · 44.0504

3 careers →

Political Economy

CIP 2020 · 45.1004

12 careers →

Political Science and Government, General

CIP 2020 · 45.1001

10 careers →

Psychology, General

CIP 2020 · 42.0101

9 careers →

Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology

CIP 2020 · 42.2708

11 careers →

Public Policy Analysis, General

CIP 2020 · 44.0501

4 careers →

Social Sciences, General

CIP 2020 · 45.0101

11 careers →

Sociology, General

CIP 2020 · 45.1101

10 careers →

Survey Research/Methodology

CIP 2020 · 45.0103

12 careers →

This directory covers fields present in the published education crosswalk. It is not a complete CIP classification or a list of currently available college programs. A relationship is a research lead, not an admission, licensing or employment requirement.

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Education relationships: O*NET® Resource Center crosswalks, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, based on NCES CIP data. CIP 2020 → O*NET-SOC 2019, source edition July 2024. Used under CC BY 4.0. StudyIndex groups the source relationships and adds exploration pages; no USDOL/ETA endorsement.