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CIP 22.0212 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Intellectual Property Law.

An advanced, professional study of the law, policies, and regulations related to copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and related issues. Includes instruction in patent law, copyright law, trademark law, intellectual property licensing and litigation, and applications such as art and entertainment law, communications law, information technology law, sports law, and chemical and biotech patent law.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Intellectual Property Law award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 22.0212. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate414
2025Master degree994
2025Post-master certificate12
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate213
2024Master degree12101
2024Post-master certificate11
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate313
2023Master degree991
2023Post-master certificate11
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate110
2022Master degree15118
2022Post-master certificate27
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate17
2021Master degree1562
2021Post-master certificate17
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate38
2020Master degree13113
2020Post-master certificate16

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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Institutions with reported graduates

22 institutions

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