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19 fieldsOfficial education crosswalk

Broadcast Journalism

CIP 2020 · 09.0402

6 careers →

Business/Corporate Communications, General

CIP 2020 · 52.0501

9 careers →

Business/Corporate Communications, Other

CIP 2020 · 52.0599

8 careers →

Children's and Adolescent Literature

CIP 2020 · 23.1405

4 careers →

Comedy Writing and Performance

CIP 2020 · 50.0511

4 careers →

Communication, General

CIP 2020 · 09.0100

10 careers →

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other

CIP 2020 · 09.9999

4 careers →

Creative Writing

CIP 2020 · 23.1302

5 careers →

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication

CIP 2020 · 19.0202

5 careers →

General Literature

CIP 2020 · 23.1401

4 careers →

Journalism

CIP 2020 · 09.0401

6 careers →

Literature, Other

CIP 2020 · 23.1499

4 careers →

Mass Communication/Media Studies

CIP 2020 · 09.0102

6 careers →

Playwriting and Screenwriting

CIP 2020 · 50.0504

3 careers →

Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing

CIP 2020 · 23.1303

6 careers →

Rhetoric and Composition

CIP 2020 · 23.1304

5 careers →

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Other

CIP 2020 · 23.1399

5 careers →

Speech Communication and Rhetoric

CIP 2020 · 09.0101

7 careers →

Writing, General

CIP 2020 · 23.1301

7 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.