EIU Office of the Registrar

VERIFICATION OF ACADEMIC INFORMATION

EIU uses the National Student Clearinghouse to provide enrollment and degree verifications on behalf of the University.

Loan companies, insurance companies or any other third parties, should contact the National Student Clearinghouse directly for enrollment or degree verification at nslc.org/verifiers or 703-742-4200. Using the National Student Clearinghouse is the quickest way for lenders to verify enrollment at EIU.

Note for new students: Your enrollment status will not be verified until after the tenth day of a semester or term when we submit enrollment information for the semester to the Clearinghouse. After this date, you may use the process below to obtain an enrollment certificate in PAWS.

Students: Obtaining Enrollment Certificates

Students may obtain Enrollment Certificates from the National Student Clearinghouse for free in PAWS. by logging in through PAWS.

1. Login to PAWS using your EIU email address and password.
2. Click on "Student" tab.
3. Click on "Student Records"
4. Click on "Enrollment Verification"
5. Read the information, then click on "Go to National Student Clearinghouse".
6. You will be redirected to the National Student Clearinghouse self-service page.
7. Select either "Current Enrollment" or "All Enrollment" depending on your needs, then click on "Obtain Enrollment Certificate".

Please Note: If you are forwarding this certificate to a third party for insurance purposes, we suggest you write your policy account holder name and policy number in the box provided in the upper right-hand side.

Enrollment Status

Enrollment status depends on the number of credits you are currently enrolled in based on the academic level of your program. Classes that are dropped do not count as enrolled credits.

Undergraduate:

• Full Time: 12 or more credit hours
• Three Quarter Time: 9-11 credit hours
• Half Time: 6-8 credit hours
• Less Than Half Time: Fewer than 6 credit hours

Graduate:

• Full Time: 9 or more credit hours
• Three Quarter Time: 8 credit hours
• Half Time: 6 -7 credit hours
• Less Than Half Time: Fewer than 6 credit hours

Verification of Non-Enrollment

f you need a verification of non-enrollment information, such as GPA for a Good Student Discount, you may request that from the Office of the Registrar using the verification request form. This form must be signed and can be mailed or brought to the Office of the Registrar at 1220 Old Main in person or e-mailed to records@eiu.edu.