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Using the new post-baccalaureate award levels, how should I code awards formerly known as first professional degrees and first professional certificates?

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Using the new post-baccalaureate award levels, how should I code awards formerly known as first professional degrees and first professional certificates?

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The following CIP codes, which were formerly reported as first professional degrees should now be coded as doctor’s degree-research/scholarship, doctor’s degree-professional practice or doctor’s degree-other: Chiropractic(D.C., D.C.M)(51.0101), Dentistry (D.D.S, D.M.D) (51.0401), Medicine (M.D.) (51.1201), Optometry (O.D.) (51.1701), Osteopathic Medicine (D.O) (51.1901), Pharmacy (Pharm.D) (51.2001), Podiatry (D.P.M., D.P., Pod D) (51.2101) ,Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M) (51.2401), and Law (L.L.B, J.D.) (22.0101). First professional certificates in this field should be reported as post-master’s certificates.