Which specific CIP codes did the 2025 Department of Education label as non-professional?

1. What you asked and what the record shows

You asked which specific CIP codes the Department of Education labeled “non‑professional” in 2025. The supplied search results include the NCES CIP user site and search pages ^{[1] [2]}, general CIP background from secondary sites ^{[4] [5]}, and a Federal Register notice about qualifying graduate programs that lists qualifying professional fields ^[3]. None of these documents in the provided set explicitly present or enumerate a 2025 Department of Education list of CIP codes described as “non‑professional.” Therefore, available sources do not mention a 2025 ED list of “non‑professional” CIP codes ^{[2] [1] [3]}.

2. What the NCES/ED CIP resources do include (context)

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the Department of Education, maintains the official CIP code browser and search tools referenced here, which institutions use to look up program codes and descriptions ^{[1] [2]}. NCES last issued the CIP taxonomy update in 2020 (version noted in secondary sources), and the user site provides lookups and FAQs rather than policy labels such as “non‑professional” in the snippets shown ^{[1] [2] [5]}.

3. Related regulatory listings that appear in the results

The Federal Register notice in this set pertains to “Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment” and publishes lists of CIP codes for qualifying graduate programs for debt‑to‑earnings measures; that rule identifies fields considered qualifying professional graduate programs (medicine, dentistry, clinical psychology, clinical social work, etc.) for certain award years ^[3]. This notice does not, in the provided excerpt, create a counterpart list labeled “non‑professional” CIP codes; instead it establishes lists of qualifying professional fields for specific regulatory calculations ^[3].

4. Possible reasons you may see “non‑professional” phrasing elsewhere

The CIP taxonomy itself is a classification of instructional programs; policy uses of CIP codes (for STEM OPT, gainful employment, program eligibility, reporting) sometimes create categorical lists—e.g., DHS’s STEM‑designated CIP list or ED’s qualifying professional fields for gainful‑employment measures ^{[6] [3]}. When commentators or institutions use terms like “professional” or “non‑professional,” they are often translating regulatory groupings into plain language. The provided DHS/STUDY IN THE STATES material shows how one agency maps CIP ranges to policy categories (STEM) but does not use “non‑professional” in the excerpts provided ^[6].

5. Where to look next (practical guidance)

To find an authoritative ED/NCES designation (if one exists), consult the NCES CIP user site search or the IPEDS CIP browser directly for any 2025 policy notices or attachments that accompany regulatory actions ^{[1] [2]}. For regulatory lists tied to Department of Education rulemaking — including anything about professional or non‑professional program groupings — review Federal Register notices from ED (the Federal Register item in these results is an example) and look for downloadable appendices listing six‑digit CIP codes ^[3].

6. Limitations and competing perspectives in the available reporting

The materials provided here are primarily taxonomy tools and background explainers ^{[1] [2] [4]}. They do not show a Departmental pronouncement labeling particular CIP codes as “non‑professional” in 2025. It remains possible that an ED office or a third party used that term in other reporting not included in these search results — available sources do not mention that. At the same time, the Federal Register excerpt demonstrates the Department can and does publish specific CIP lists tied to policy ^[3], so a formal ED list, if issued, would most likely appear in a Federal Register notice or an NCES attachment rather than buried inside the generic CIP browser ^{[3] [1]}.

If you want, I can: (A) search the NCES CIP browser and Federal Register for attachments and downloadable lists (if you provide more sources), or (B) draft precise search queries and keywords you can run on NCES.gov and FederalRegister.gov to locate any ED list that uses “non‑professional” terminology.