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Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in
Science and Engineering (GSS) Fall 2025
GSS Code List
Complete List of GSS Eligible Fields and Codes
Contents:
Agricultural Science Fields ...................................................................................................................................... 1
Biological and Biomedical Science Fields ............................................................................................................... 2
Computer and Information Science Fields .............................................................................................................. 4
Engineering Fields ................................................................................................................................................... 5
Geoscience, Atmospheric and Ocean Science Fields ............................................................................................ 6
Health Fields – Clinical Medicine ............................................................................................................................ 6
Health Fields – Other Health ................................................................................................................................. 11
Interdisciplinary Fields ........................................................................................................................................... 14
Mathematics and Statistics Fields ......................................................................................................................... 14
Natural Resources and Conservation ................................................................................................................... 14
Physical Science Fields ......................................................................................................................................... 14
Psychology Fields ................................................................................................................................................. 15
Social Science Fields ............................................................................................................................................ 15
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Fields ........................................................................................... 17
Do not include certificate programs. Do not include units that only award professional degrees at the
doctoral level, such as AuD, DDS, DED, DN, DNP, DO, DPM, DPT, DScPT, JD, MBA. MLA, MD, ND, OD,
OTD, PharmD, PsyD, or SLPD.

GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Agricultural Science Fields
Agricultural Sciences

501 • Agricultural and Horticultural Plant • Food Technology and Processing
Breeding
• Horticultural Science
• Agricultural Animal Breeding
• International Agriculture
• Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterina • Livestock Management
ry Science and Related Fields,
• Ornamental Horticulture
Other
• Plant Protection and Integrated
• Agriculture, General
Pest Management
• Agroecology and Sustainable
• Plant Sciences, General
Agriculture
• Plant Sciences, Other
• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Poultry Science
• Animal Health
• Range Science and Management
• Animal Nutrition
• Soil Chemistry and Physics
• Animal Sciences, General
• Soil Microbiology
• Animal Sciences, Other
• Soil Science and Agronomy,
• Dairy Science
General
• Food Science
• Soil Sciences, Other
• Food Science and Technology,
Other

Agricultural Science Fields continued on next page

1

GSS Field Title
Veterinary Biomedical and
Clinical Sciences
(exclude DVM)

GSS
Code CIP Program Title
• Veterinary Nutrition (PD/NFR only)
502 • Comparative and Laboratory
Animal Medicine
• Veterinary Ophthalmology
(PD/NFR only)
• Laboratory Animal Medicine
(PD/NFR only)
• Veterinary Pathology (PD/NFR
only)
• Large Animal/Food Animal and
Equine Surgery and Medicine
• Veterinary Pathology and
Pathobiology
• Poultry Veterinarian (PD/NFR
only)
• Veterinary Physiology
• Small/Companion Animal Surgery • Veterinary Practice (PD/NFR only)
and Medicine
• Veterinary Preventive Medicine
• Theriogenology (PD/NFR only)
(PD/NFR only)
• Veterinary Anatomy
• Veterinary Preventive Medicine,
Epidemiology, and Public Health
• Veterinary Anesthesiology
(PD/NFR only)
• Veterinary Radiology (PD/NFR
only)
• Veterinary Behaviorist (PD/NFR
only)
• Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary
and Clinical Sciences, General
• Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology
(PD/NFR only)
• Veterinary Surgery (PD/NFR only)
• Veterinary Dentistry (PD/NFR
• Veterinary Toxicology (PD/NFR
only)
only)
• Veterinary Dermatology (PD/NFR • Veterinary Toxicology and
only)
Pharmacology
• Veterinary Emergency and Critical • Zoological Medicine (PD/NFR only)
Care Medicine (PD/NFR only)
• Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical
• Veterinary Infectious Diseases
Sciences, Other
• Veterinary Internal Medicine
(PD/NFR only)
• Veterinary Medicine (PD/NFR
only)
• Veterinary Microbiology (PD/NFR
only)
• Veterinary Microbiology and
Immunobiology

Biological and Biomedical Science Fields
Biochemistry

602 • Biochemistry
• Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology

Biology

603 • Biology/Biological Sciences,
General

Biomedical Sciences

623 • Biomedical Sciences, General

Biophysics

605 • Biophysics

• Molecular Biophysics

Biostatistics and
Bioinformatics

618 • Bioinformatics
• Biometry/Biometrics
• Biostatistics
• Computational Biology

• Biomathematics, Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology, Other

Biotechnology

624 • Biotechnology

Botany and Plant Biology

606 • Botany/Plant Biology
• Plant Molecular Biology
• Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

Biological and Biomedical Science Fields continued on next page
2

• Molecular Biochemistry
• Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Molecular Biology, Other

• Plant Physiology
• Botany/Plant Biology, Other

GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title
• Developmental Biology and
Embryology
• Cell/Cellular Biology and
Anatomical Sciences, Other

Cell, Cellular Biology and
Anatomical Sciences

619 • Anatomy
• Cell Biology and Anatomy
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular
Biology
• Cell/Cellular Biology and
Histology

Ecology and Population
Biology

• Population Biology
620 • Aquatic Biology/Limnology
• Conservation Biology
• Systematic Biology/Biological
Systematics
• Ecology
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology • Ecology, Evolution, Systematics
and Population Biology, Other
• Environmental Biology
• Evolutionary Biology

Epidemiology

621 • Epidemiology

Genetics

• Molecular Genetics
610 • Animal Genetics
• Genetics, General
• Plant Genetics
• Genome Sciences/Genomics
• Genetics, Other
• Human/Medical Genetics
• Microbial and Eukaryotic Genetics

Microbiological Sciences
and Immunology

611 • Immunology
• Infectious Disease and Global
Health
• Medical Microbiology and
Bacteriology
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Microbiology, General

• Mycology
• Parasitology
• Virology
• Microbiological Sciences and
Immunology, Other

Molecular Biology

622 • Molecular Biology
• Photobiology
• Radiation Biology/Radiobiology

• Structural Biology

Neurobiology and
Neuroscience

950 • Neuroanatomy
• Neurobiology and Anatomy
• Neurobiology and Behavior

• Neuroscience
• Neurobiology and Neurosciences,
Other

Nutrition Science

612 • Nutrition Sciences

Pathology and
Experimental
Pathology

613 • Pathology/Experimental
Pathology

Pharmacology and
Toxicology

614 • Environmental Toxicology
• Molecular Pharmacology
• Molecular Toxicology
• Neuropharmacology
• Pharmacology

• Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Biological and Biomedical Science Fields continued on next page

3

• Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Toxicology
• Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Other

GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Physiology

615 • Aerospace Physiology and
Medicine
• Biomechanics
• Cardiovascular Science
• Cell Physiology
• Endocrinology
• Exercise Physiology
• Molecular Physiology

• Oncology and Cancer Biology
• Physiology, General
• Reproductive Biology
• Vision Science/Physiological
Optics
• Physiology, Pathology, and
Related Sciences, Other

Zoology and Animal
Biology

616 • Animal Behavior and Ethology
• Animal Physiology
• Entomology

• Wildlife Biology
• Zoology/Animal Biology
• Zoology/Animal Biology, Other

Biological and Biomedical
Sciences, not
elsewhere classified

617 • Molecular Medicine

• Biological and Biomedical
Sciences, Other

Computer and Information Science Fields
Artificial Intelligence,
Informatics and CIS
Topics (exclude DCS
and MBA)

416 • Artificial Intelligence
• Human-Centered Technology
Design

Computer Science
(exclude DCS and
MBA)

410 • Computer Science

Computer and Information
Sciences, general
(exclude DCS and
MBA)

411 • Computer and Information
Sciences, General

Computer and Information
Systems Security
(exclude DCS and
MBA)

413 • Computer and Information
Systems Security/Auditing/
Information Assurance

Information Science and
Studies (exclude DCS
and MBA)

415 • Information Science/Studies

Information Technology
(exclude DCS and
MBA)

414 • Information Technology

Computer and Information
Sciences, not
elsewhere classified
(exclude DCS and
MBA)

412 • Cloud Computing
• Computer Graphics
• Computer Systems
Analysis/Analyst
• Computer Systems Networking
and Telecommunications
• Data Modeling/Warehousing and
Database Administration
• Information Technology Project
Management

4

• Informatics
• Computer and Information
Sciences, Other

• Modeling, Virtual Environments
and Simulation
• Computer Software and Media
Applications, Other
• Computer Systems Networking
and Telecommunications, Other
• Computer and Information
Sciences and Support Services,
Other

GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Engineering Fields
Aerospace, Aeronautical,
and Astronautical
Engineering

• Aerospace, Aeronautical, and
101 • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and
Astronautical/Space Engineering,
Astronautical/Space Engineering,
General
Other
• Astronautical Engineering

Agricultural Engineering

102 • Agricultural Engineering

Architectural,
Environmental,
Construction and
Surveying Engineering

117 • Architectural Engineering
• Construction Engineering

Biological and Biosystems
Engineering

115 • Biological/Biosystems
Engineering

Bioengineering and
Biomedical
Engineering

103 • Bioengineering and Biomedical
Engineering

• Biomedical Technology/
Technician (PD NFR Only)

Chemical Engineering

104 • Biochemical Engineering
• Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Engineering Chemistry

• Paper Science and Engineering
• Polymer/Plastics Engineering
• Chemical Engineering, Other

Civil Engineering

105 • Civil Engineering, General
• Geotechnical and
Geoenvironmental Engineering
• Structural Engineering

• Transportation and Highway
Engineering
• Water Resources Engineering
• Civil Engineering, Other

Computer Engineering

118 • Computer Engineering
• Computer Hardware Engineering

• Computer Software Engineering
• Computer Engineering, Other

Electrical, Electronics, and
Communications
Engineering

106 • Electrical and Computer
Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics
Engineering
• Laser and Optical Engineering

• Telecommunications Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and
Communications Engineering,
Other

Engineering Mechanics,
Physics, and Science

107 • Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering Physics/Applied
Physics

• Engineering Science

Industrial and
Manufacturing
Engineering

108 • Industrial Engineering

• Manufacturing Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

109 • Electromechanical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

• Mechatronics, Robotics, and
Automation Engineering

Metallurgical and Materials
Engineering

110 • Ceramic Sciences and
Engineering
• Materials Engineering

• Metallurgical Engineering
• Textile Sciences and Engineering

Mining and Mineral
Engineering

111 • Geological/Geophysical
Engineering

• Mining and Mineral Engineering

Nanotechnology

116 • Nanotechnology

Nuclear Engineering

112 • Nuclear Engineering
5

• Environmental/Environmental
Health Engineering
• Surveying Engineering

GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Petroleum Engineering

113 • Petroleum Engineering

Engineering Fields continued on next page
Systems Engineering and
Operations Research

119 • Operations Research

• Systems Engineering

Engineering, not
elsewhere classified

114 • Applied Engineering
• Energy Systems Engineering,
General
• Energy Systems Engineering,
Other
• Engineering Design
• Engineering, General

• Forest Engineering
• Naval Architecture and Marine
Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Power Plant Engineering
• Engineering, Other

Geoscience, Atmospheric and Ocean Science Fields
Atmospheric Sciences and
Meteorology

301 • Atmospheric Chemistry and
Climatology
• Atmospheric Physics and
Dynamics
• Atmospheric Science and
Meteorology, General

• Meteorology
• Atmospheric Science and
Meteorology, Other

Geological and Earth
Sciences

302 • Earth Systems Science
• Geochemistry
• Geochemistry and Petrology
• Geology/Earth Science, General
• Geophysics and Seismology

• Hydrology and Water Resources
Science
• Paleontology
• Geological and Earth
Sciences/Geosciences, Other

Ocean and Marine
Sciences

303 • Marine Biology and Biological
Oceanography
• Marine Sciences
• Mathematics and
Atmospheric/Oceanic Science

• Oceanography, Chemical and
Physical

Geoscience, Atmospheric
and Ocean Sciences,
not elsewhere
classified
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

304

Health Fields – Clinical Medicine
• Pediatrics/Anesthesiology
Combined
• Anesthesiology, Other

Anesthesiology
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

701 • Anesthesiology
• Emergency
Medicine/Anesthesiology
Combined
• Internal Medicine/Anesthesiology
Combined

Cardiology and
Cardiovascular
Disease
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

• Interventional Cardiology
702 • Cardiovascular Diseases
• Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Health Fields – Clinical Medicine continued on next page

6

GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Clinical and Medical
Laboratory Science
(Exclude Master’s, DN,
DO, DPM, MD, OD)

725 • Clinical Laboratory
Science/Medical Technology
/Technologist
• Clinical Medical Laboratory
Technician
• Cytogenetics/Genetics/ Clinical
Genetics
Technology/Technologist

Endocrinology, Diabetes,
and Metabolism
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

704 • Endocrinology, Diabetes, and
Metabolism

Gastroenterology
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

705 • Gastroenterology

Hematology
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

706 • Hematology

Medical Clinical Sciences
(exclude DN, DO, DPM,
MD, OD)

730 • Clinical and Translational Science • Tropical Medicine
• Medical Science/Scientist
• Medical Clinical
Sciences/Graduate Medical
• Pain Management
Studies, Other
• Temporomandibular Disorders
and Orofacial Pain

Neurology and
Neurosurgery
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

707 • Child Neurology
• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Epilepsy
• Headache Medicine
• Internal Medicine/Neurology
Combined
• Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

• Neurological Surgery
• Neurology
• Neuromuscular Medicine
• Vascular Neurology
• Neurological Surgery, Other
• Neurology, Other

Obstetrics and Gynecology
(Postdocs and NFRs
only)

708 • Gynecologic Oncology
• Maternal and Fetal Medicine
• Medical Genetics and
Genomics/Maternal-Fetal
Medicine Combined
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Reproductive Endocrinology and
Infertility/Medical Genetics and
Genomics Combined

• Reproductive
Endocrinology/Infertility
• Obstetrics and Gynecology, Other

Oncology and Cancer
Research
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

703 • Hematology-Oncology

• Medical Oncology

Ophthalmology
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

709 • Ophthalmology

• Ophthalmology, Other

Otorhinolaryngology
(Postdocs and NFRs
only)

710 • Neurotology
• Otolaryngology

• Pediatric Otolaryngology
• Otolaryngology, Other

Health Fields – Clinical Medicine continued on next page

7

• Hematology
Technology/Technician
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory
Science and Allied Professions,
Other

• Transplant Hepatology

GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Pediatrics
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

711 • Adolescent Medicine
• Child Abuse Pediatrics
• Developmental-Behavioral
Pediatrics
• Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Combined
• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Pediatric Cardiology
• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Pediatric Endocrinology
• Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
• Pediatric Infectious Disease
• Pediatric Nephrology

• Pediatric Pulmonology
• Pediatric Rheumatology
• Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
• Pediatrics
• Pediatrics/Emergency Medicine
Combined
• Pediatrics/Medical Genetics and
Genomics Combined
• Pediatrics/Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation Combined
• Pediatrics/Psychology/ChildAdolescent Psychology Combined
• Pediatrics, Other

Psychiatry
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

713 • Addiction Psychiatry
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Family Medicine/Psychiatry
Combined
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
Combined

• Psychiatry
• Psychiatry/Neurology Combined
• Psychosomatic Medicine
• Psychiatry, Other

Public Health

• Occupational Health and Industrial
712 • Behavioral Aspects of Health
• Community Health and Preventive Hygiene
Medicine
• Patient Safety and Healthcare
Quality
• Environmental Health
•
Public
Health Education and
• Health Services Administration
Promotion
(exclude MHSA and MBA)
• Public Health Genetics
• Health/Medical Physics
• Public Health, General (exclude
• International Public Health/
MHSA and MBA)
International Health
• Public Health, Other (exclude
• Maternal and Child Health
MHSA and MBA)

Pulmonary Disease
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

714 • Pulmonary Disease

Radiological Sciences
(Postdocs and NFRs
only)

715 • Diagnostic Radiologic Physics
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Diagnostic Radiology/Nuclear
Medicine Combined
• Medical Nuclear Physics
• Neuroradiology
• Nuclear Medicine
• Nuclear Medicine, Other
• Nuclear Radiology
• Pediatric Radiology

Health Fields – Clinical Medicine continued on next page

8

• Radiation Oncology
• Radiation Oncology, Other
• Radiologic Physics
• Therapeutic Radiologic Physics
• Vascular and Interventional
Radiology
• Radiology, Other

GSS Field Title
Surgery
(Postdocs and NFRs only)

GSS
Code CIP Program Title
716 • Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Complex General Surgical
Oncology
• Congenital Cardiac Surgery
• General Surgery
• Musculoskeletal Oncology
• Orthopedic Sports Medicine
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery of the Spine
• Orthopedic Surgery, Other
• Pediatric Orthopedics

Health Fields – Clinical Medicine continued on next page

9

• Pediatric Surgery
• Plastic Surgery
• Plastic Surgery Within the Head
and Neck
• Plastic Surgery, Other
• Surgery of the Hand
• Surgical Critical Care
• Thoracic Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Surgery, Other

GSS Field Title
Clinical Medicine, not
elsewhere classified
(Postdocs and NFRs
only)

GSS
Code CIP Program Title
• Laboratory Medicine
717 • Aerospace Medicine
• Medical Biochemical Genetics
• Allergy and Immunology
• Medical Education
• Allergy and Immunology, Other
• Medical Genetics and Genomics,
• Blood Banking/Transfusion
Other
Medicine
• Medical Microbiology
• Chemical Pathology
• Medical Toxicology
• Clinical Biochemical Genetics
• Molecular Genetic Pathology
• Clinical Genetics
• Multiple-Pathway Medical, Other
• Clinical Molecular Genetics
• Nephrology
• Combined Medical, General
• Neuropathology
• Combined Medical, Other
• Occupational Medicine
• Critical Care Medicine
• Osteopathic Medicine, Other
• Cytopathology
• Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal
• Dermatology
Medicine
• Dermatology, Other
• Pain Medicine
• Dermatopathology
• Pathology
• Disaster Medicine
• Pathology, Other
• Emergency Medical Services
• Pediatric Dermatology
• Emergency Medicine
• Pediatric Pathology
• Emergency Medicine, Other
• Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
• Family Medicine
• Pediatric Urology
• Family Medicine, Other
• Physical Medicine and
• Family Medicine/Emergency
Rehabilitation
Medicine Combined
•
Physical
Medicine and
• Family Medicine/Osteopathic
Rehabilitation,
Other
Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
Combined
• Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
• Podiatric Medicine, Other
• Family Medicine/Preventive
Medicine Combined
• Preventative Medicine, Other
• Forensic Pathology
• Public Health and General
Preventative Medicine
• Geriatric Medicine
• Radioisotopic Pathology
• Health Policy (Medical/Clinical)
• Rheumatology
• Hematological Pathology
• Simulation
• Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Sleep Medicine
• Immunopathology
• Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Infectious Disease
• Sports Medicine
• Integrative Medicine
• Telemedicine
• Internal Medicine
• Undersea and Hyperbaric
• Internal Medicine, Other
Medicine
• Internal Medicine/Dermatology
• Urology
Combined
• Urology, Other
• Internal Medicine/Emergency
Medicine Combined
• Wilderness Medicine
• Internal Medicine/Emergency
• Women’s Health
Medicine/Critical Care Medicine
• Medical, Other
Combined
• Internal Medicine/Family Medicine
Combined Internal
Medicine/Preventive Medicine
Combined
10

GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Health Fields – Other Health
Communication Disorders
Sciences (exclude
AuD and SLPD)

723 • Audiology/Audiologist
• Audiology/Audiologist and
Speech-Language
Pathology/Pathologist
• Communication Sciences and
Disorders, General

• Speech-Language Pathology/
Pathologist
• Communication Disorders
Sciences and Services, Other

Dental Sciences (exclude
DDS)

718 • Advanced General Dentistry
(PD/NFR only)
• Dental Clinical Sciences, General
• Dental Materials
• Dental Public Health and
Education
• Dentistry (PD/NFR only)
• Digital Dentistry
• Endodontics/Endodontology
• Geriatric Dentistry
• Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
(PD/NFR only)

• Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
(PD/NFR only)
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
(PD/NFR only)
• Oral Biology and Oral and
Maxillofacial Pathology
• Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
• Orthodontics/Orthodontology
• Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics
• Periodontics/Periodontology
• Prosthodontics/ Prosthodontology
• Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and
Oral Sciences, Other

Kinesiology and Exercise
Science

724 • Kinesiology and Exercise Science

Health Fields – Other Health continued on next page

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GSS Field Title
Nursing (exclude ND and
DNP)

GSS
Code CIP Program Title
• Nurse Anesthetist
719 • Acute Care Nursing (PD/NFR
only)
• Nurse Administration
• Adult/Gerontology Acute Care
• Nursing Science
Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Adult/Gerontology Critical Care
Nursing (PD/NFR only)
Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Occupational Health Nursing
• Cardiology/Cardiovascular
(PD/NFR only)
Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Orthopedic Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Clinical Informatics Nursing
• Orthopedic Surgery Nursing
(PD/NFR only)
(PD/NFR only)
• Combined Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Pain Management Nursing
• Dermatology Nursing (PD/NFR
(PD/NFR only)
only)
• Palliative Care Nursing (PD/NFR
• Developmental and Behavioral
only)
Pediatrics Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
• Diabetes Nursing (PD/NFR only)
Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Emergency Medicine Nursing
• Pediatric Nursing (PD/NFR only)
(PD/NFR only)
• Pediatric Rehabilitation Nursing
• Endocrinology Nursing (PD/NFR
(PD/NFR only)
only)
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
• Family Medicine Nursing
(PD/NFR only)
(PD/NFR only)
• Public/Community Health Nursing
• Gastroenterology and Hepatology
(PD/NFR only)
Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Pulmonary Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Gastroenterology Nursing
• Registered Nursing/Registered
(PD/NFR only)
Nurse
• Genetics Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Registered Nursing, Nursing
• Gerontology Nursing (PD/NFR
Administration, Nursing Research,
only)
and Clinical Nursing, Other
• Global Health Nursing (PD/NFR
• Rheumatology Nursing (PD/NFR
only)
only)
• Hematology-Oncology Nursing
• Rural Health Nursing (PD/NFR
(PD/NFR only)
only)
• Hepatology Nursing (PD/NFR
• Sleep Medicine Nursing (PD/NFR
only)
only)
• Home-Based Primary Care
• Surgical and Critical Care Nursing
Nursing (PD/NFR only)
(PD/NFR only)
• Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Surgical Wound and
Nursing (PD/NFR only)
Reconstruction Nursing (PD/NFR
only)
• Hospital Medicine Nursing
(PD/NFR only)
• Transplantation Nursing (PD/NFR
only)
• Infectious Disease Nursing
(PD/NFR only)
• Trauma and Critical Care Nursing
(PD/NFR only)
• Neonatal Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Urgent Care Nursing (PD/NFR
• Nephrology Nursing (PD/NFR
only)
only)
• Neurology Nursing (PD/NFR only) • Urology Nursing (PD/NFR only)
• Women’s Health Nursing (PD/NFR
• Neuroscience Nursing (PD/NFR
only)
only)
• Wound Care Nursing (PD/NFR
only)

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GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Pharmaceutical Sciences
(exclude PharmD)

720 • Ambulatory Care Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)
• Cardiology Pharmacy (PD/NFR
only)
• Clinical and Industrial Drug
Development
• Clinical Pharmacogenomics
Pharmacy (PD/NFR only)
• Combined Pharmacy (PD/NFR
only)
• Community/Community-Based
Pharmacy (PD/NFR only)
• Corporate Pharmacy Leadership
(PD/NFR only)
• Critical Care Pharmacy (PD/NFR
only)
• Drug Information Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)
• Emergency Medicine Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)
• Family Medicine Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)
• Geriatric Pharmacy (PD/NFR
only)
• Health System Medication
Management Pharmacy (PD/NFR
only)
• Health System Pharmacy
Administration and Leadership
(PD/NFR only)
• Industrial and Physical Pharmacy
and Cosmetic Sciences
• Infectious Disease Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)
• Internal Medicine Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)
• Investigational Drugs and
Pharmacy (PD/NFR only)
• Managed Care Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)
• Medication Systems and
Operations Pharmacy (PD/NFR
only)
• Medication-Use Safety Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)

• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical
Chemistry
• Natural Products Chemistry and
Pharmacognosy
• Neonatal Pharmacy (PD/NFR only)
• Nephrology Pharmacy (PD/NFR
only)
• Neurology Pharmacy (PD/NFR
only)
• Nuclear Pharmacy (PD/NFR only)
• Nutrition Support Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)
• Oncology Pharmacy (PD/NFR
only)
• Palliative Care/Pain Management
Pharmacy (PD/NFR only)
• Pediatric Pharmacy (PD/NFR only)
• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design
• Pharmacoeconomics/
Pharmaceutical Economics
• Pharmacotherapy Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)
• Pharmacy (PD/NFR only)
• Pharmacy Administration and
Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory
Affairs (exclude Master’s)
• Pharmacy Informatics Pharmacy
(PD/NFR only)
• Pharmacy, General (PD/NFR only)
• Psychiatric Pharmacy (PD/NFR
only)
• Transplantation Pharmacy
• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical
Sciences, and Administration,
Other (exclude Master’s)
• Pharmacy, Other (PD/NFR only)

Health-Related, not
elsewhere classified
(exclude DPT, DScPT,
and OTD)

722 • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Design for Human Health
• Health Services/Allied
Health/Health Sciences, General
• History of Medicine
• Medical Informatics (exclude
MBA)

• Occupational Therapy/Therapist
(exclude Master’s)
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
(exclude Master’s)
• Rehabilitation Science
• Health Professions and Related
Clinical Sciences, Other (exclude
Master’s)

13

GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Interdisciplinary Fields - see Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies on page 17
Mathematics and Statistics Fields
Applied Mathematics

404 • Applied Mathematics, General
• Computational and Applied
Mathematics
• Computational Mathematics

• Financial Mathematics
• Mathematical Biology
• Applied Mathematics, Other

Mathematics

405 • Algebra and Number Theory
• Analysis and Functional Analysis
• Geometry/Geometric Analysis
• Logic

• Mathematics, General
• Topology and Foundations
• Mathematics, Other

Statistics

403 • Applied Statistics, General
• Mathematical Statistics and
Probability
• Mathematics and Statistics

• Statistics, General
• Statistics, Other
• Mathematics and Statistics, Other

Natural Resources and Conservation
Environmental Science
and Studies

510 • Environmental Science

• Environmental Studies

Forestry, Natural
Resources and
Conservation

511 • Bioenergy
• Energy and Environmental Policy
• Environmental/Natural Resources
Management and Policy, General
• Environmental/Natural Resources
Management and Policy, Other
• Fishing and Fisheries Sciences
and Management
• Forest Management/Forest
Resources Management
• Forest Resources Production and
Management
• Forest Sciences and Biology
• Forestry, General
• Forestry, Other
• Land Use Planning and
Management/Development

• Natural Resources/Conservation,
General
• Urban Forestry
• Water, Wetlands, and Marine
Resources Management
• Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands
Science and Management
• Wood Science and Wood
Products/Pulp and Paper
Technology
• Natural Resources and
Conservation, Other
• Natural Resources Conservation
and Research, Other

Physical Science Fields
Astronomy and
Astrophysics

• Astronomy and Astrophysics,
201 • Astronomy
Other
• Astrophysics
• Planetary Astronomy and Science

Chemistry

202 • Analytical Chemistry
• Chemical Physics
• Cheminformatics/Chemistry
Informatics
• Chemistry, General
• Environmental Chemistry
• Forensic Chemistry

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry
• Polymer Chemistry
• Theoretical Chemistry
• Chemistry, Other

Materials Sciences

205 • Materials Chemistry
• Materials Science

• Materials Sciences, Other

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GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Physics

203 • Acoustics
• Atomic/Molecular Physics
• Condensed Matter and Materials
Physics
• Elementary Particle Physics
• Nuclear Physics
• Optics/Optical Sciences

• Physics, General
• Plasma and High-Temperature
Physics
• Theoretical and Mathematical
Physics
• Physics, Other

Physical Sciences, not
elsewhere classified

204 • Physical Sciences, General
• Physics and Astronomy

• Physical Sciences, Other

Psychology Fields
Clinical Psychology
(exclude PsyD)

803 • Clinical Psychology

• Clinical Child Psychology

Counseling Psychology
(exclude PsyD)

806 • Counseling Psychology

Applied Psychology
(exclude PsyD)

804 • Applied Behavior Analysis
• Applied Psychology
• Community Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Environmental Psychology
• Family Psychology
• Forensic Psychology
• Geropsychology
• Health/Medical Psychology

Psychology, General
(exclude PsyD)
Research and
Experimental
Psychology (exclude
PsyD)

801 • Psychology, General

• Industrial and Organizational
Psychology
• Performance and Sport
Psychology
• School Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling and Applied
Psychology, Other
• Psychology, Other

805 • Behavioral Neuroscience
• Cognitive Psychology and
Psycholinguistics
• Comparative Psychology
• Developmental and Adolescent
Psychology
• Developmental and Child
Psychology

• Experimental Psychology
• Personality Psychology
• Psychometrics and Quantitative
Psychology
• Psychopharmacology
• Social Psychology
• Research and Experimental
Psychology, Other

Agricultural Economics

901 • Agricultural Economics

• Environmental/Natural Resource
Economics

Anthropology

902 • Anthropology, General
• Cultural Anthropology
• Forensic Anthropology

• Medical Anthropology
• Physical and Biological
Anthropology
• Anthropology, Other

Social Science Fields

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GSS
Code CIP Program Title

Area, Ethnic, Culture,
Gender, and Group
Studies

916 • African Studies
• African-American/Black Studies
• American/Native American
Studies
• American/United States
Studies/Civilization
• Appalachian Studies
• Arctic Studies
• Area Studies
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Asian-American Studies
• Balkans Studies
• Baltic Studies
• Canadian Studies
• Caribbean Studies
• Chinese Studies
• Commonwealth Studies
• Comparative Group Studies
• Cultural Studies and Comparative
Literature
• Deaf Studies
• Disability Studies
• East Asian Studies
• Ethnic Studies
• European Studies/Civilization
• Folklore Studies
• French Studies
• Gay/Lesbian Studies
• German Studies
• Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican,
and Mexican-American/Chicano
Studies
• Irish Studies
• Italian Studies

Criminal Justice – Safety
Studies

911 • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

Criminology

917 • Criminology

Economics

903 • Applied Economics
• Development Economics and
International Development
• Econometrics and Quantitative
Economics
• Economics and Foreign
Language/Literature

• Economics, General
• International Economics
• Economics, Other

Geography and
Cartography

904 • Geographic Information Science
and Cartography
• Geography

• Geography, Other

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• Japanese Studies
• Korean Studies
• Latin American and Caribbean
Studies
• Latin American Studies
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies
• Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies
• Polish Studies
• Regional Studies (US, Canadian,
Foreign)
• Russian Studies
• Russian, Central European, East
European and Eurasian Studies
• Scandinavian Studies
• Slavic Studies
• South Asian Studies
• Southeast Asian Studies
• Spanish and Iberian Studies
• Tibetan Studies
• Ukraine Studies
• Ural-Altaic and Central Asian
Studies
• Western European Studies
• Women’s Studies
• Area Studies, Other
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender,
and Group Studies, Other
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and
Group Studies, Other

GSS Field Title

GSS
Code CIP Program Title

History and Philosophy of
Science and
Technology

905 • History and Philosophy of Science
and Technology

Human Development

915 • Adult Development and Aging
• Child Development

International Relations and
National Security
Studies

912 • International Relations and Affairs • International Relations and
National Security Studies, Other
• National Security Policy Studies

Linguistics

906 • Applied Linguistics
• Linguistics

• Linguistic, Comparative, and
Related Language Studies and
Services

Political Science and
Government

907 • American Government and
Politics (United States)
• Canadian Government and
Politics
• Political Economy

• Political Science and Government,
General
• Political Science and Government,
Other

Public Policy Analysis

914 • Education Policy Analysis
• Health Policy Analysis
• International Policy Analysis

• Public Policy Analysis, General
• Public Policy Analysis, Other

Sociology and
Demography

908 • Applied Demography
• Applied/Public Sociology
• Demography and Population
Studies
• Rural Sociology

• Sociology and Anthropology
• Sociology, General
• Demography, Other
• Sociology, Other

Urban Studies and Affairs

918 • Urban Studies/Affairs

Social Sciences, not
elsewhere classified

910 • Archeology
• Geography and Anthropology
• Linguistics and Anthropology
• Philosophy, Politics, and
Economics

• Human Development and Family
Studies, General

• Research Methodology and
Quantitative Methods
• Social Sciences, General
• Survey Research/Methodology
• Social Sciences, Other

Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Fields
Biological and Physical
Sciences

982 • Biological and Physical Sciences

Computational Science

981 • Computational Science

Data Science and Data
Analytics (exclude
MBA)

984 • Data Analytics, General
• Data Science, General
• Data Visualization

International and Global
Studies

983 • International/Global Studies

• Data Analytics, Other
• Data Science, Other

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Multidisciplinary and
Interdisciplinary
Sciences (include only
programs with a
science, engineering
or health field
component)

GSS
Code CIP Program Title
980 • Accounting and Computer
Science (combined program)
• Anthrozoology
• Behavioral Sciences
• Biopsychology
• Climate Science
• Cognitive Science, General
• Cognitive Science, Other
• Economics and Computer
Science
• Environmental Geosciences
• Geoarchaeology
• Geobiology
• Geography and Environmental
Studies
• Gerontology
• Holocaust and Related Studies

18

• Human Biology
• Human Computer Interaction
• Intercultural/Multicultural and
Diversity Studies
• Linguistic and Computer Science
• Mathematical Economics
• Mathematics and Computer
Science (combined program)
• Natural Sciences
• Peace Studies and Conflict
Resolution
• Science, Technology and Society
• Systems Science and Theory
• Thanatology