Founded in 1993 by the higher education community, the National Student Clearinghouse^® relieves the administrative burdens and costs related to student data reporting and exchange. We are a nonprofit and nongovernmental organization and the leading provider of educational reporting, data exchange, verification, and research services. Our work — performed in a trusted, secure, and private environment — provides numerous time- and cost-saving benefits to students, schools, administrators, and requestors.

In addition, education leaders rely on the Clearinghouse’s unique national student data resources to better understand student pathways and outcomes in order to help students succeed.

The National Student Clearinghouse supports the background screening industry by fulfilling education verifications through our DegreeVerify service which provides immediate online verifications of college degrees and attendance. It provides prompt access to the largest number of degree and attendance records nationwide and eliminates the complications and delays associated with manual processing through individual schools.

All Clearinghouse services are designed to facilitate compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, The Higher Education Act, and other applicable laws.

1.3

BILLION

Data transactions managed annually

5.5

THOUSAND

Businesses helped annually