{
  "artifact": "The First Rung Map \u2014 FOD-to-CIP-family mapping",
  "version": "1.0",
  "vintage": "July 2026",
  "status": "DRAFT \u2014 mappings pending verification against Census FOD codebook and CIP 2020 titles before publication",
  "method_note": "No official Census/NCES crosswalk exists between ACS field-of-degree (FOD1P/DEGFIELD) codes and CIP 2020. This mapping is an instrument-published methodology artifact operating at CIP-family grain (2-digit, with 4-digit noted where the family is dominated by one series). Each entry maps one or more ACS FOD detailed codes to one CIP family. Approximation is disclosed per the methodology document, Section 5. When an official crosswalk is published, this instrument adopts it.",
  "families": [
    {
      "family_id": "business",
      "cip_family": "52",
      "cip_label": "Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        6200,
        6201,
        6203,
        6204,
        6205,
        6206,
        6207,
        6209,
        6210,
        6212,
        6299
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "General Business",
        "Accounting",
        "Business Management and Administration",
        "Operations Logistics and E-Commerce",
        "Business Economics",
        "Marketing and Marketing Research",
        "Finance",
        "Human Resources and Personnel Management",
        "International Business",
        "Management Information Systems and Statistics",
        "Miscellaneous Business and Medical Administration"
      ],
      "verification_status": "confirmed_2026-07-14"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "psychology",
      "cip_family": "42",
      "cip_label": "Psychology",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        5200,
        5201,
        5202,
        5203,
        5205,
        5206,
        5299
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "Psychology",
        "Educational Psychology",
        "Clinical Psychology",
        "Counseling Psychology",
        "Industrial and Organizational Psychology",
        "Social Psychology",
        "Miscellaneous Psychology"
      ],
      "verification_status": "confirmed_2026-07-14"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "biology",
      "cip_family": "26",
      "cip_label": "Biological and Biomedical Sciences",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        3600,
        3601,
        3603,
        3604,
        3605,
        3606,
        3607,
        3608,
        3609,
        3611,
        3699
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "Biology",
        "Biochemical Sciences",
        "Botany",
        "Ecology",
        "Genetics",
        "Microbiology",
        "Pharmacology",
        "Physiology",
        "Zoology",
        "Neuroscience",
        "Miscellaneous Biology"
      ],
      "verification_status": "confirmed_2026-07-14"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "social_work",
      "cip_family": "44",
      "cip_label": "Public Administration and Social Service Professions",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        5400,
        5401,
        5402,
        5403,
        5404
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "Public Administration",
        "Public Policy",
        "Human Services and Community Organization",
        "Social Work",
        "(family catch-all pending codebook verification)"
      ],
      "verification_status": "confirmed_2026-07-14"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "criminal_justice",
      "cip_family": "43",
      "cip_label": "Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        5301,
        5302
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "Criminal Justice and Fire Protection",
        "(pending codebook verification)"
      ],
      "verification_status": "confirmed_2026-07-14"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "education",
      "cip_family": "13",
      "cip_label": "Education",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        2300,
        2301,
        2303,
        2304,
        2305,
        2306,
        2307,
        2308,
        2309,
        2310,
        2311,
        2312,
        2313,
        2314,
        2399
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "General Education",
        "Educational Administration and Supervision",
        "School Student Counseling",
        "Elementary Education",
        "Mathematics Teacher Education",
        "Physical and Health Education Teaching",
        "Early Childhood Education",
        "Science and Computer Teacher Education",
        "Secondary Teacher Education",
        "Special Needs Education",
        "Social Science or History Teacher Education",
        "Teacher Education: Multiple Levels",
        "Language and Drama Education",
        "Art and Music Education",
        "Miscellaneous Education"
      ],
      "verification_status": "confirmed_2026-07-14"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "communications",
      "cip_family": "09",
      "cip_label": "Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        1901,
        1902,
        1903,
        1904
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "Communications",
        "Journalism",
        "Mass Media",
        "Advertising and Public Relations"
      ],
      "verification_status": "confirmed_2026-07-14"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "computer_science",
      "cip_family": "11",
      "cip_label": "Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        2100,
        2101,
        2102,
        2105,
        2106,
        2107
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "Computer and Information Systems",
        "Computer Programming and Data Processing",
        "Computer Science",
        "Information Sciences",
        "Computer Administration Management and Security",
        "Computer Networking and Telecommunications"
      ],
      "verification_status": "confirmed_2026-07-14"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "health_professions",
      "cip_family": "51",
      "cip_label": "Health Professions and Related Programs",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        6100,
        6102,
        6103,
        6104,
        6105,
        6106,
        6107,
        6108,
        6109,
        6110,
        6199
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "General Medical and Health Services",
        "Communication Disorders Sciences and Services",
        "Health and Medical Administrative Services",
        "Medical Assisting Services",
        "Medical Technologies Technicians",
        "Health and Medical Preparatory Programs",
        "Nursing",
        "Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration",
        "Treatment Therapy Professions",
        "Community and Public Health",
        "Miscellaneous Health Medical Professions"
      ],
      "verification_status": "confirmed_2026-07-14",
      "code_notes": {
        "6107": "Nursing (verified)",
        "6108": "Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration (verified)"
      }
    },
    {
      "family_id": "engineering",
      "cip_family": "14",
      "cip_label": "Engineering",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        2400,
        2401,
        2402,
        2403,
        2404,
        2405,
        2406,
        2407,
        2408,
        2409,
        2410,
        2411,
        2412,
        2413,
        2414,
        2415,
        2416,
        2417,
        2418,
        2419,
        2499
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "General Engineering through Miscellaneous Engineering (full detailed series)"
      ],
      "verification_status": "pending"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "sociology",
      "cip_family": "45",
      "cip_label": "Social Sciences",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        5500,
        5501,
        5502,
        5503,
        5504,
        5505,
        5506,
        5507,
        5599
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "General Social Sciences",
        "Economics",
        "Anthropology and Archeology",
        "Criminology",
        "Geography",
        "International Relations",
        "Political Science and Government",
        "Sociology",
        "Miscellaneous Social Sciences"
      ],
      "verification_status": "pending"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "english",
      "cip_family": "23",
      "cip_label": "English Language and Literature/Letters",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        3301,
        3302
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "English Language and Literature",
        "Composition and Rhetoric"
      ],
      "verification_status": "pending"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "math",
      "cip_family": "27",
      "cip_label": "Mathematics and Statistics",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        3700,
        3701,
        3702
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "Mathematics",
        "Applied Mathematics",
        "Statistics and Decision Science"
      ],
      "verification_status": "confirmed_2026-07-14"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "visual_performing_arts",
      "cip_family": "50",
      "cip_label": "Visual and Performing Arts",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        6000,
        6001,
        6002,
        6003,
        6004,
        6005,
        6006,
        6007,
        6099
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "Fine Arts",
        "Drama and Theater Arts",
        "Music",
        "Visual and Performing Arts",
        "Commercial Art and Graphic Design",
        "Film Video and Photographic Arts",
        "Art History and Criticism",
        "Studio Arts",
        "Miscellaneous Fine Arts"
      ],
      "verification_status": "pending"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "history",
      "cip_family": "54",
      "cip_label": "History",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        6402,
        6403
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "History",
        "United States History"
      ],
      "verification_status": "pending"
    },
    {
      "family_id": "physical_sciences",
      "cip_family": "40",
      "cip_label": "Physical Sciences",
      "acs_fod_codes": [
        5000,
        5001,
        5002,
        5003,
        5004,
        5005,
        5006,
        5007,
        5008,
        5098
      ],
      "acs_fod_labels": [
        "Physical Sciences",
        "Astronomy and Astrophysics",
        "Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology",
        "Chemistry",
        "Geology and Earth Science",
        "Geosciences",
        "Oceanography",
        "Physics",
        "Materials Science",
        "Multi-disciplinary or General Science"
      ],
      "verification_status": "pending"
    }
  ],
  "verification_note": "Every acs_fod_codes array in this file is a draft assignment from the working research trail. Before publication, each code must be confirmed against the current ACS PUMS data dictionary (FOD1P value labels) and each family's CIP 2020 series titles. The verification_status field flips to 'confirmed' per family as Michael's pass completes. Codes that fail verification are corrected here and noted in the changelog.",
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-07-14",
      "entry": "Primary-source verification pass: business range extended to include 6299; Nursing confirmed as 6107 and Pharmacy as 6108; psychology, biology, social work (5404 = Social Work), criminal justice (5301), education, communications, computer science (2103-2104 do not exist), and mathematics ranges confirmed against the ACS PUMS data dictionary."
    }
  ]
}