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CIP 50.0510 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Costume Design.

A program that prepares individuals to design and select costumes for characters in theatre and the performing arts and to serve as part of a production team. Includes instruction in costume design, script analysis, theory and criticism, period styles, history of costume, stage makeup, rendering, and costume construction.

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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 Costume Design award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 50.0510. 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 years11
2025Bachelor degree410
2025Master degree26
2025Certificate under 12 weeks29
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year46
2024Associate degree114
2024Bachelor degree621
2024Master degree311
2024Certificate under 12 weeks311
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year37
2023Associate degree11
2023Bachelor degree58
2023Master degree38
2023Certificate under 12 weeks111
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year33
2022Associate degree16
2022Bachelor degree929
2022Master degree28
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year24
2021Certificate 1–2 years13
2021Associate degree118
2021Bachelor degree819
2021Master degree28
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year14
2020Certificate 1–2 years112
2020Associate degree111
2020Bachelor degree828
2020Master degree317
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year112

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 50.0510 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 50 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

17 institutions

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