CIP 51.3813 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Clinical Nurse Specialist.

A program that prepares registered nurses to deliver direct patient and client care in clinical settings. Includes instruction in clinical pharmacotherapeutics, advanced clinical practice, holistic nursing, nursing practice and health care policy, administration and consultation services, health assessment, patient stabilization and care, and patient education.

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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 Clinical Nurse Specialist award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.3813. 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 ending	Award level	Reporting institutions	Positive awards
2025	Bachelor degree	1	13
2025	Postbaccalaureate certificate	2	3
2025	Master degree	9	72
2025	Post-master certificate	5	10
2025	Doctorate — research	2	5
2025	Doctorate — professional practice	4	32
2024	Bachelor degree	1	8
2024	Postbaccalaureate certificate	3	4
2024	Master degree	14	252
2024	Post-master certificate	5	17
2024	Doctorate — research	1	2
2024	Doctorate — professional practice	6	38
2023	Bachelor degree	1	14
2023	Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	1
2023	Master degree	11	224
2023	Post-master certificate	7	16
2023	Doctorate — research	1	1
2023	Doctorate — professional practice	3	35
2023	Doctorate — other	1	1
2022	Bachelor degree	1	9
2022	Master degree	15	311
2022	Post-master certificate	5	19
2022	Doctorate — research	2	3
2022	Doctorate — professional practice	1	1
2022	Doctorate — other	1	1
2021	Bachelor degree	1	21
2021	Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	13
2021	Master degree	16	368
2021	Post-master certificate	6	13
2021	Doctorate — professional practice	2	4
2020	Bachelor degree	1	19
2020	Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	5
2020	Master degree	15	335
2020	Post-master certificate	12	20
2020	Doctorate — research	1	1
2020	Doctorate — professional practice	2	4

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.

These counts cover exact institution-ID matches to our connected directory, rather than a complete national total. Historical providers outside that population remain in the original source evidence and are not assigned invented matches. Read the population and archive rules →

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CIP 51.3813 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 51 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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