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CIP 39.0702 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Youth Ministry.

A program that prepares the ordained clergy and other religious professionals to provide spiritual, counseling, and leadership services to children, adolescents, and young adults. Includes instruction in child and adolescent psychology, human growth and development, family studies, communication skills, religious education, youth counseling, small group leadership, planning and organizing youth activities, volunteer supervision, and youth evangelism and worship.

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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 Youth Ministry award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 39.0702. 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 degree12
2025Bachelor degree56221
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate12
2025Master degree527
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year11
2024Associate degree26
2024Bachelor degree59272
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate14
2024Master degree729
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year12
2023Associate degree34
2023Bachelor degree64256
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate11
2023Master degree529
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year12
2022Associate degree28
2022Bachelor degree63344
2022Master degree941
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year16
2021Associate degree36
2021Bachelor degree73365
2021Master degree1146
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year22
2020Associate degree16
2020Bachelor degree71399
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate24
2020Master degree938
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 39.0702 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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Institutions with reported graduates

108 institutions

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