What is the National Student Clearinghouse?
The National Student Clearinghouse is the nation’s trusted source for degree, enrollment, certification and license verification. A non-profit organization established by the higher education community in 1993, the Clearinghouse serves as a central repository and single point of contact for the collection and timely exchange of accurate, comprehensive enrollment, degree and certificate records on behalf of participating institutions. More than 3,300 colleges, enrolling 92% of US college students, participate in the Clearinghouse. Additionally, we’ve partnered with the leading provider of outsourced certification management to provide the only online professional certification and license verification service. More than 100 million verifications are performed by the Clearinghouse each year.