Clearinghouse Facts

Our Organization

• The National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit organization, was founded by the higher education community in 1993.
• Through the years, we have regularly been approached by institutions to expand our services to meet their growing compliance, administrative, student access, accountability, and analytical needs. As a result, our service line now comprises four areas: Data Exchange Services (including Transcript Services and Reverse Transfer), Financial Aid Services, Research Services, and Verification Services.
• Only the Clearinghouse offers access to a nationwide coverage of enrollment and degree records.
• Our secondary education research initiative, launched in 2009, will provide the first national secondary education research and reporting system.
• The research arm of the Clearinghouse, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, was created in 2010.

Our Participants

• More than 3,600 colleges and universities, enrolling over 98% of all students in public and private U.S. institutions, participate in the Clearinghouse
• Our degree verification service, DegreeVerify, represents nearly 94% of U.S. four-year degrees.
• Over 3,400 institutions participate in our enrollment verification service, EnrollmentVerify, representing 96% of currently enrolled U.S. college students.
• Hundreds of high school districts and thousands of high schools participate in the Clearinghouse.
• All guarantors and most major student loan lenders and servicers participate in the Clearinghouse.
• Thousands of the nation's largest employers, recruiters and background search firms have contracted with the Clearinghouse to perform secure, online academic verifications.