Enrollment Certification and Degree Verification

Enrollment Verification

An enrollment verification is an official document which provides a student's enrollment status. It does NOT include individual course or grade information, and does not provide a student's GPA.  An enrollment verification document can be used whenever enrollment verification of a student's status is required for scholarship purposes, medical coverage, loan deferments, jury duty, car insurance, and so forth.

An enrollment verification shows the following information:

  1. Student Name
  2. Semester(s) Enrolled 
  3. Start and End Dates of Each Semester 
  4. Status: Less than 1/2; Half-Time; Full-Time;
  5. Expected Graduation Date

Howard University has authorized the National Student Clearinghouse to provide enrollment certificates for former and currently enrolled students. These are official certificates and do not require additional certification from the Office of the Registrar. However, please note that it may take up to five business days for the NSC to process the latest enrollment information. 

Obtaining an Enrollment Verification

Enrollment verifications are available online via BisonHub where students can generate, save and print an enrollment verification directly from their computer. The enrollment verification provided will provide enrollment details for the current semester. The university cannot verify enrollment for future semesters. Instructions for generating the enrollment verification in BisonHub can be found here.

If you are registered and cannot access your enrollment verification certificate, please contact us at registrar@howard.edu with email subject "[your student ID number] Enrollment Verification Request]" for further assistance.

Third Party Requests

As of January 1, 2010, Howard University has authorized the National Student Clearinghouse to provide all enrollment and degree verifications via www.degreeverify.org. The NSC will be able to verify enrollment for all students except for those individuals with an outstanding financial obligation to the university.  The student’s name when enrolled, Social Security Number, and date of birth will be required for identification purposes and enrollment verification.

The Office of the Registrar no longer accepts third party written requests for degree and/or enrollment verifications.