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CIP 42.2812 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Forensic Psychology.

A program that prepares individuals to apply clinical, counseling, school, and neuropsychology skills to the provision of psychological services within the criminal justice and civil legal systems, including consultation, assessment, and interventions. Includes instruction in the epidemiology of mental/behavioral disorders, risk factors for violence and criminality, profiling and patterning, psychological testing, prediction and intervention measurement, forensic assessment, criminal and civil law and procedures, secure environments, forensic treatment and intervention skills, and professional standards and ethics.

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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 Forensic Psychology award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 42.2812. 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
2025Bachelor degree23837
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate493
2025Master degree291,645
2025Post-master certificate25
2025Doctorate — research237
2025Doctorate — professional practice315
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year786
2024Bachelor degree24877
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate467
2024Master degree301,587
2024Post-master certificate314
2024Doctorate — research342
2024Doctorate — professional practice210
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year762
2023Certificate 1–2 years14
2023Bachelor degree25915
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate556
2023Master degree271,487
2023Post-master certificate519
2023Doctorate — research336
2023Doctorate — professional practice210
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year663
2022Bachelor degree25876
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate738
2022Master degree291,429
2022Post-master certificate415
2022Doctorate — research228
2022Doctorate — professional practice313
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year769
2021Bachelor degree24937
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate318
2021Master degree271,236
2021Post-master certificate47
2021Doctorate — research220
2021Doctorate — professional practice317
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year433
2020Bachelor degree22834
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate235
2020Master degree251,151
2020Post-master certificate26
2020Doctorate — research38
2020Doctorate — professional practice327
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year322

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 42.2812 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 42 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

73 institutions

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