National Student Clearinghouse

The National Student Clearinghouse is the authorized agent of Nichols College for providing enrollment and degree verifications.

Loan Deferments

Nichols College participates in the National Student Clearinghouse, located in Herndon, Virginia. Several times each semester, the College submits a report of students’ enrollment status to the Clearinghouse which, in turn, supplies verification of enrollment to lending agencies.

Most lenders and loan servicing organizations participate in the Clearinghouse also participate in our paperless deferment process. With this process, no paper forms need to be completed by either students or schools – the student simply calls his or her servicer to request a deferment. The servicer then posts a deferment to the student’s account after the student’s verbal order is matched against the Clearinghouse electronic data verifying in school status.

If your lender needs a deferment form processed, bring it to the Registrar’s Office located in room 223 of the Academic Building. We forward all deferment forms to the Clearinghouse. They will confirm your enrollment has been sent to your lender. Nichols College does not provide this information directly to lending agencies.

If you receive a collection letter from a servicer, you should:

• Call your lending agency to see if they received a deferment form from the Clearinghouse after they sent you the collection letter.
• If after calling your servicer it still appears that your deferment was not processed, call the Clearinghouse at 703-742-4200. A Clearinghouse representative can verify the date they received the deferment form, when the deferment was certified, when your enrollment status was certified, and to which lenders and guarantors your deferrable status was reported.
• If an emergency exists (e.g., you are being threatened with default), the Clearinghouse can intervene on your behalf by faxing another enrollment certification to your servicer. Further, it will work with your servicer to ensure that the form is processed on a high-priority basis.

Enrollment Verification

Current Students

If you are currently enrolled at Nichols College and need verification of your enrollment status for your employer or insurance company, you may obtain an enrollment certificate online through the National Student Clearinghouse:

• Go to the Clearinghouse site.
• Click on Obtain an Enrollment Certificate
• Print the certificate and attach it to the form that requested enrollment verification
• Return both documents to the requester