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CIP 38.0001 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Philosophy and Religious Studies, General.

A general program that combines the study of philosophy and religious studies. Includes instruction in logic; ethics; epistemology; symbolism; phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature, and art of religion; and world religions.

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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, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Philosophy and Religious Studies, General award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 38.0001. 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
2025Associate degree37
2025Bachelor degree2995
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate210
2025Master degree433
2025Doctorate — research317
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year213
2024Associate degree26
2024Bachelor degree2878
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate28
2024Master degree836
2024Doctorate — research426
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year28
2023Certificate 1–2 years11
2023Associate degree25
2023Bachelor degree26102
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate16
2023Master degree720
2023Doctorate — research519
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year28
2022Associate degree11
2022Bachelor degree27103
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate17
2022Master degree725
2022Doctorate — research425
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year26
2021Associate degree12
2021Bachelor degree28120
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate14
2021Master degree615
2021Doctorate — research522
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year23
2020Certificate 1–2 years14
2020Bachelor degree29113
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate12
2020Master degree518
2020Doctorate — research417
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year29

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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CIP 38.0001 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 38 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

73 institutions

Related fields

Philosophy. ↗

Logic. ↗

Ethics. ↗

Applied and Professional Ethics. ↗

Philosophy, Other. ↗

Religion/Religious Studies. ↗