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CIP 39.0501 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Religious/Sacred Music.

A program that focuses on the history, theory, composition, and performance of music for religious or sacred purposes, and that prepares individuals for religious musical vocations such as choir directors, cantors, organists, and chanters.

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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 Religious/Sacred Music award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 39.0501. 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
2025Certificate 1–2 years11
2025Associate degree610
2025Bachelor degree50215
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate45
2025Master degree1791
2025Post-master certificate15
2025Doctorate — research531
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year11
2024Certificate 1–2 years15
2024Associate degree48
2024Bachelor degree60237
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate46
2024Master degree23107
2024Doctorate — research625
2023Certificate 1–2 years23
2023Associate degree717
2023Bachelor degree68239
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate37
2023Master degree22108
2023Post-master certificate111
2023Doctorate — research533
2022Certificate 1–2 years13
2022Associate degree515
2022Bachelor degree70243
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate29
2022Master degree22105
2022Post-master certificate19
2022Doctorate — research625
2021Certificate 1–2 years22
2021Associate degree716
2021Bachelor degree69298
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate38
2021Master degree24109
2021Post-master certificate27
2021Doctorate — research628
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year11
2020Certificate 1–2 years23
2020Associate degree820
2020Bachelor degree78273
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate38
2020Master degree24123
2020Post-master certificate17
2020Doctorate — research736
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year11

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 39.0501 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 39 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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A positive award observation establishes historical activity in this classification. It does not confirm a current application opening, professional recognition, a specific delivery format or career outcome.

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Institutions with reported graduates

140 institutions

VA · Four-year

Liberty University ↗

Lynchburg, VA · Private nonprofit

Bachelor degree: 74 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Postbaccalaureate certificate: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Master degree: 22 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Doctorate — research: 20 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

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Related fields

Bible/Biblical Studies. ↗

Missions/Missionary Studies. ↗

Church Planting. ↗

Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology, Other. ↗

Religious Education. ↗

Worship Ministry. ↗