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CIP 50.0404 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Industrial and Product Design.

A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via the creation of effective forms, shapes, and packaging for manufactured products. Includes instruction in designing in a wide variety of plastic and digital media, prototype construction, design development and refinement, principles of cost saving, and product structure and performance criteria relevant to aesthetic design parameters.

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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 Industrial and Product Design award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 50.0404. 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 degree425
2025Bachelor degree561,193
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate180
2025Master degree11121
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year213
2024Associate degree854
2024Bachelor degree561,168
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate251
2024Master degree1195
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year327
2023Associate degree625
2023Bachelor degree581,176
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate213
2023Master degree13108
2023Post-master certificate11
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year426
2022Associate degree737
2022Bachelor degree601,425
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate293
2022Master degree14148
2022Post-master certificate11
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year48
2021Associate degree730
2021Bachelor degree581,573
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate12
2021Master degree17180
2021Post-master certificate12
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year34
2020Certificate 1–2 years12
2020Associate degree745
2020Bachelor degree571,580
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate22
2020Master degree18232
2020Post-master certificate11
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year312

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

88 institutions

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