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CIP 42.2802 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Community Psychology.

A program that prepares individuals to apply psychological principles to the analysis of social problems, and the implementation of intervention strategies for addressing these problems. Includes instruction in social ecology, primary and secondary prevention of social pathologies, social intervention strategies and tactics, large group counseling, social services systems behavior, creating settings, cultural stress, and the dynamics of social change.

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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 Community Psychology award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 42.2802. 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 years15
2025Bachelor degree11217
2025Master degree17189
2025Doctorate — research748
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year15
2024Certificate 1–2 years15
2024Bachelor degree12240
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate11
2024Master degree20229
2024Post-master certificate11
2024Doctorate — research735
2023Certificate 1–2 years17
2023Bachelor degree11275
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate34
2023Master degree20206
2023Post-master certificate12
2023Doctorate — research844
2022Certificate 1–2 years16
2022Bachelor degree10331
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate312
2022Master degree20270
2022Post-master certificate12
2022Doctorate — research852
2021Certificate 1–2 years12
2021Bachelor degree11336
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate324
2021Master degree20223
2021Post-master certificate12
2021Doctorate — research523
2021Doctorate — professional practice11
2020Certificate 1–2 years13
2020Bachelor degree10310
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate211
2020Master degree21194
2020Post-master certificate17
2020Doctorate — research832

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

49 institutions

PA · Four-year

Point Park University ↗

Pittsburgh, PA · Private nonprofit

Bachelor degree: 5 first-major awards · year ending 2020.

Master degree: 8 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Doctorate — research: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2024.

Doctorate — professional practice: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2021.

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Related fields

Psychology, General. ↗

Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics. ↗

Comparative Psychology. ↗

Developmental and Child Psychology. ↗

Experimental Psychology. ↗

Personality Psychology. ↗