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CIP 43.0303 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Critical Infrastructure Protection.

A program focusing on the design, planning and management of systems and procedures for protecting critical national physical and cyber infrastructure from external threats, including terrorism. Includes instruction in homeland security policy, critical infrastructure policy, information security, matrix vulnerability assessment, threat assessment, physical security, personnel security, operational security, contingency planning, case analyses of specific industries and systems, redundancy planning, emergency and disaster planning, security systems, and intelligence operations.

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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 Critical Infrastructure Protection award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 43.0303. 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 years28
2025Associate degree675
2025Bachelor degree9297
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate923
2025Master degree6104
2025Doctorate — research15
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year556
2024Certificate 1–2 years26
2024Associate degree752
2024Bachelor degree8257
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate722
2024Master degree8169
2024Doctorate — research14
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year534
2023Certificate 1–2 years28
2023Associate degree538
2023Bachelor degree9305
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate627
2023Master degree7179
2023Doctorate — research17
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year522
2022Certificate 1–2 years211
2022Associate degree430
2022Bachelor degree7274
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate615
2022Master degree8274
2022Doctorate — research13
2022Certificate under 12 weeks11
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year717
2021Associate degree535
2021Certificate 2–4 years11
2021Bachelor degree8295
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate531
2021Master degree6582
2021Certificate under 12 weeks17
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year626
2020Certificate 1–2 years25
2020Associate degree528
2020Bachelor degree6297
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate414
2020Master degree8531
2020Certificate under 12 weeks17
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year533

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 43.0303 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 43 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

43 institutions

NY · Four-year

Utica University ↗

Utica, NY · Private nonprofit

Bachelor degree: 68 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Postbaccalaureate certificate: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2022.

Master degree: 21 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Certificate under 12 weeks: 1 first-major awards · year ending 2022.

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