Which academic programs and majors were explicitly listed as reclassified non-professional in the 2025 DOE rulemaking?

1. What the Department of Education materials in this batch actually contain

The Department’s negotiated rulemaking page documents the 2025–2026 negotiated rulemaking process and links to notices and procedural materials, but that page in these search results does not present a final rule or a categorical list of programs recategorized as “non‑professional” ^[1]. Similarly, Federal Register items in the results concern other rule topics—rescindings or administrative procedures—and do not include a program‑by‑program reclassification list for higher education degree designations ^{[3] [2]}.

2. Where people expected such a list to appear — and why it’s missing here

Organizations and sector groups have publicly engaged around professional‑degree definitions and proposed changes—e.g., the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health noted the Department’s proposals could exclude public health degrees and urged comment—but that commentary anticipates a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and advocacy, not a published list of reclassified majors in these sources ^[4]. In short, stakeholders were preparing responses and advocacy; the current sample of documents does not include any final reclassification language or enumerated majors ^[4].

3. Federal Register items in the supplied results are about other rule actions

Two Federal Register items in the results cover different agencies or procedural matters: one is a DOE (Department of Energy) rescission relating to nondiscrimination provisions, and another is the Department of Education’s procedural NPRM about administrative rulemaking, guidance, and enforcement procedures — neither contains a higher‑education program list reclassifying majors as non‑professional ^{[3] [2]}. Therefore, those Federal Register entries do not corroborate any named list of reclassified academic programs in 2025.

4. Specialized advocacy and sector reaction referenced in these results

The provided ASPPH item documents advocacy around the Department’s anticipated NPRM and warns that public health degrees might be excluded from a professional‑degree definition; it frames an agenda—ASPPH aims to secure inclusion of public health degrees—but it does not claim a final reclassification nor produce an enumerated list of majors labeled “non‑professional” ^[4]. Another higher‑education trade group (AACOM) referenced progress at a negotiated rulemaking session but the snippet in these results only notes consensus outcomes like retaining the DO degree’s professional designation in a November 2025 entry; it does not provide a comprehensive list of reclassifications ^[5].

5. Limits of the current reporting and how to get a definitive answer

Available sources do not mention a formal list of programs reclassified as non‑professional in a 2025 DOE rulemaking (available sources do not mention such a list) ^{[1] [2]}. To answer definitively, you would need the actual NPRM or Final Rule text from the Department of Education or the Federal Register entry that enumerates the reclassified programs; those authoritative documents would contain explicit, itemized designations. The negotiated rulemaking page and the Federal Register links in the search results are the logical places to check for such a publication ^{[1] [2]}.

6. Competing perspectives and potential agendas in the available material

Stakeholder materials indicate competing priorities: professional‑degree programs’ advocates (e.g., ASPPH, AACOM) sought to preserve professional designations for fields such as public health and osteopathic medicine, implying an implicit tension between the Department’s proposed definitional changes and institutional/professional interests ^{[4] [5]}. The Department’s procedural NPRM and negotiated‑rulemaking notices reflect an institutional agenda to update internal rulemaking processes and solicit input, not to unilaterally impose an enumerated list without notice and comment ^{[2] [1]}.

If you want, I can: (a) search for the Department of Education’s specific NPRM or Final Rule text that would list any program reclassifications (Federal Register or ED rulemaking docket), or (b) track stakeholder letters and coalition responses that name specific programs they feared would be excluded. Which would you prefer?