Consolidating Academic Plans Using NSC Matching Criteria

In cases where a student has multiple plans with the same CIP code and other National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) attributes (such as credential level), these can be consolidated for NSC program reporting purposes using the Consolidate by NSC Five-Point Match Criteria option on the Academic Institution 3 page.

When this option is enabled, the Consolidated Statistics process will use NSC five-point matching criteria when evaluating student plan data to consolidate plans. Using the earliest program start date/enrollment status effective date, the plans are reported as a single program under one CIP code if the process finds two or more active plans where all the following items match:

• Plan CIP code

• Plan Credential level

• Program Published Length

• Program Published Length Measurement

• Program Weeks in Title IV Academic Year