Old Award Level Code | Old Award Level Description | New Award Level Code | New Award Level Description |
7 | Master’s degree | 7 | Master’s degree |
8 | Post-master’s certificate | 8 | Post-master’s certificate |
9 | Doctor’s degree | 17 | Doctor’s degree-research/scholarship |
18 | Doctor’s degree-professional practice | ||
19 | Doctor’s degree-Other | ||
10 | First- professional degree (D.C, D.C.M, D.D.S,D.M.D., M.D., O.D., D.O., Pharm.D., D.P.M.,D.P., Pod.D., D.V.M., L.L.B, J.D.) | 17 | Doctor’s degree-research/scholarship |
18 | Doctor’s degree-professional practice* | ||
19 | Doctor’s degree-Other | ||
10 | First-professional degree (M.Div, M.H.L, B.D., Ordination) | 7 | Master’s degree |
11 | First-professional certificate | 8 | Post-master’s certificate |
*While most doctoral level first-professional degrees will typically be re-coded as 18 Doctor’s degree-professional practice, schools may elect to recode them in another doctor’s degree category.