Enrollment Verification

Enrollment Status

When verifying enrollment for purposes of loan deferment, Social Security eligibility, etc., Northeastern defines and reports enrollment status in the following manner: 

Enrolled Hours: Fall and Spring Semesters

Undergraduate
Full-time: 12+
3-quarter-time: 9 to 11.99
Half-time: 6 to 8.99
Less-than-half-time: .5 to 5.99

Graduate
Full-time: 9+
3-quarter-time: 7 to 8.99
Half-time: 6 to 6.99
Less-than-half-time: .5 to 5.99

Enrolled Hours: Summer Semester

Undergraduate:
Full-time: 12+
3-quarter-time: 9 to 11.99
Half-time: 6 to 8.99
Less-than-half-time: .5 to 5.99

**International Undergraduate (F-1 and J-1 visas only)
Full-time: 9+

Graduate
Full-time: 9+
3-quarter-time: 7 to 8.99
Half-time: 5 to 6.99
Less-than-half-time: .5 to 4.99

**International Graduate (F-1 and J-1 visas only)
Full-time: 6+

Enrollment or Degree Verification

Northeastern utilizes the National Student Clearinghouse for the majority of student enrollment or degree verification requests.  For enrollment or degree verification requests that cannot be handled by the National Student Clearinghouse, please contact the Registrar's Office.  The Registrar's Office is the only office authorized to release a student's enrollment or degree status information.

**Dates of enrollment will be reported using the beginning and ending dates of the full semester.

**The student’s enrollment status is determined by the total number of enrolled hours taken across all parts of term.

**Enrollment verification for students enrolled as Second Bachelor’s Degree students will be based on undergraduate criteria as stated above.