A federal grant available to first and second year college students who are eligible for the Pell Grant and have successfully completed a rigorous secondary school program. Second-year students must also have earned at least a 3.0 GPA in their first year.

Student's academic level at the time the loan was provided. See the table below for codes and definitions.

See Anticipated Completion Date.

See Academic Competitiveness (AC) Grant.

Student's grade level submitted by the school (ACG, SMART and TEACH only).

A flag identifying whether a record reflects the NSLDS's current understanding of a student's enrollment history. Active records reflect that history. Inactive records reflect enrollment data previously submitted to the NSLDS but corrected by a later submission.

A file type indicating that the file is generated for some special reason and not as part of the organization's regular schedule. When the NSLDS sends an organization an ad hoc file, it does not automatically schedule another such file for one year in the future.

See Subsidized Loans, Combined Loans, FFEL Consolidation Loans and Federal Perkins Loans.

The cumulative dollar value due for the given aggregate loan type. The Loan History page also provides the amount per loan that contributes to the Aggregate OPB.

The cumulative net loan amount that is awaiting disbursement to a borrower for the given aggregate loan type.

The amount of Outstanding Principal Balance plus Pending Disbursements for the given aggregate loan type. Amount used when considering whether a borrower is ''Close or Equal to'' or ''Exceeding'' aggregate limits.

See Transfer Monitoring Alert.

The dollar amount that a student/borrower received in Teacher Loan Forgiveness or Loan Discharge.

See Disbursement Amount.

See Loan Amount.

See Outstanding Interest Amount.

See Outstanding Principal Balance Amount.

The date the student completed, or was expected to complete, his or her studies.

For Direct Loans and Perkins Loans, the original amount, before any cancellations.

The amount of the Grant the school expects to pay the student based on the student's enrollment and school's cost of attendance.

21 character identifier that uniquely identifies a grant on the COD system (ACG, SMART and TEACH only). It is also used to identify the TEACH Grant converted to a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan (D8).

The school year that the student received a COD grant, as reported by the school. The Award Year runs from July 1 through the following June 30.

Data file submitted or received via a Student Aid Internet Gateway mailbox. See Student Aid Internet Gateway.

A MS-Excel^TM spreadsheet template with identifying data elements that GA Online Loan Update/TLF users update and submit to NSLDS using an Excel file of up to 50 existing NSLDS students and their TLF or Loan Discharge data.

Allows you to display on the Enrollment Detail page only records with an Effective Date later than or equal to the date you enter.

Allows you to set a lower limit for retrieving records from the Enrollment Update page. If you leave Exact Match Only unchecked, Enrollment Update will retrieve any student records that match the Begin Value you type or come after it in ascending alphanumeric order.

The cumulative net amount of the loan actually disbursed to a borrower.

The name of the school where the student was enrolled or accepted at the time the loan was guaranteed or originated.

The eight-digit ED code for the school and school branch where the student was enrolled or accepted for enrollment at the time the loan was guaranteed or originated.

The cumulative amount of the Title IV loan that was canceled.

The latest date that all or part of the Title IV loan was canceled.

The accumulated interest on an unsubsidized loan that is added to the principal balance of the loan.

See Certification Date.

See Certification Method.

The date as of which a school certifies that a student's enrollment information is accurate and up-to-date.

The method a school uses to certify enrollment information. Schools can certify enrollment information using either the batch enrollment reporting process or the Enrollment Maintenance page on this site.

Includes both subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford Direct loans.

NSLDS Customer Service Center.

A code used by a data provider (Guaranty Agency, Direct Loan Servicer, Debt Collection Service or Perkins school) for internal loan identification.

The date the loan entered repayment.

See Anticipated Completion Date.

See Disbursement Date.

See Loan Date.

See Outstanding Interest Date.

See Outstanding Principal Balance Date.

Department of Education's Debt Collection Service.

Listed as school name when the loan is an FFEL Consolidation Loan. This is in accordance with reporting requirements, and has no bearing on the status of the loan. These loans may be entered into after a student completes his/her program of study at a particular school and consolidates loans received while in school.

Number of loans that entered repayment during a particular Cohort fiscal year (October 1-September 30).

The amount of the grant the school has disbursed to the student.

The cumulative amount of funds released to a borrower.

The date the loan disbursement was made.

The date of the Loan Discharge.

The discharge reason codes for discharging all or part of a loan.

How enrollment information is sent to an organization. Valid values are SAIG or Tape.

For organizations that receive enrollment information by the Student Aid Internet Gateway, the address of the mailbox to which that information is sent.

Federal Direct Student Loan.

Date of Birth.

Data Provider.

U.S. Department of Education.

A Department of Education Student Financial Assistance Program's Regional Offices.

See Expected Family Contribution.

See Effective Date.

The date when a student's enrollment status first took effect.

Allows you to display on the Enrollment Detail page only records with an Effective Date earlier than or equal to the date you enter on certain Enrollment pages.

See Enrollment Code.

An alphabetic character that represents a student's current or past enrollment status.

On the Enrollment Update page, allows you to retrieve only records that match exactly with the Begin Value you typed. This option must be used in combination with a Begin Value.

An index produced by Congressional Methodology (CM) that assesses an applicant's financial need.

Batch file format in which the information is sent as a "string" of data. User then downloads data into a format on site. (See also Report Format).

Frequently Asked Questions.

An agency that services the financial aid programs within the William D. Ford Direct loan Program.

Federal Family Education Loan.

Campus based loans that are reported to NSLDS. This family of loans includes the National Defense Loan (DU), the Perkins Expanded Lending (EU), the National Direct Student Loan (NU), and the Federal Perkins Loan (PU).

Loans consolidated under the Federal Family Education Loans program.

The type of qualifications for Teacher Loan Forgiveness, detailed below:

See Guaranty Agency.

Three digit code that identifies the GA.

For FFEL loans, the original amount, before any cancellations.

A state agency or private, nonprofit institution or organization that administers the financial aid programs within the Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL) Program.

School submitted High School program code (ACG only).

See Transfer Monitoring Inform.

See Loan Interest Rate.

The Anticipated Completion Date most recently reported to NSLDS for a given enrollment status.

The dollar amount of the most recent disbursement to the borrower for a specific loan.

The date of the most recent disbursement to the borrower for a specific loan.

Latest disbursement date COD processed the payment record.

An eligible party that provides an FFEL loan to a student, whether it is a bank, a college, the government or another organization.

An agency that services a lender's loans.

The original loan amount, before any cancellations.

For FFEL loans, the date the loan was originally guaranteed. For Direct Loans and Perkins loans, the date the loan was originally disbursed.

An entitlement to students, under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs, to discharge their debt based on conditions outlined in the Higher Education Act, as amended.

The Lender or GA who holds the loan.

The interest rate that is applied to the loan. A variable interest rate is indicated by the abbreviation VAR.

The date classes are (or were) to begin for the period covered by the loan.

The date classes ended (or were to end) for the period covered by the loan.

The total number of detail records extracted from the data provider database for this submission. This number may include records that were in error and did not update the NSLDS database.

The two-character code that indicates the status of a loan.

The date a Loan Status became effective.

The type of Title IV award made with a formal agreement for repayment with interest.

The total number of detail records extracted from the data provider database that included errors and did not update the NSLDS database..

Student's major course of study also known as Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) (SMART only).

Date school requests the NSLDS to start monitoring a transfer student's record for change(s).

The Enrollment Status most recently reported for a student at a school.

National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant. A federal grant available to third and fourth year college students who are eligible for the Pell Grant and are pursuing a degree in designated majors (physical, life, or computer sciences; math, technology, or engineering; or in a foreign language determined critical to national security). Student must have earned at least a 3.0 GPA.

The traversal of the Financial Aid Professionals System. See Navigation page.

Legend of icons and symbols used in the FAP Web site.

Subsidized loans with no subsidy provided. Pre-date Unsubsidized loan program.

National Student Loan Data System.

As a Certification Method, indicates that the school certified the enrollment information using the Enrollment Maintenance page on this site.

Number of borrowers entering repayment in the cohort fiscal year who defaulted in the cohort default period. (Two year period that begins on October 1 of the fiscal year the borrower enters repayment and ends on September 30 of the following fiscal year.)

Outstanding Principal Balance.

The eight digit U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) code used to identify the school and school branch.

Enrollment Reporting Schedule items generated by the schedule that was assigned to an organization when it first signed up with the NSLDS.

The accumulated fees added to late or defaulted loans. Examples of other fees are late fees, collection costs, or court costs.

The output format the user selected for the report. Options are Report, which results in an organized, easily readable document, and Extract, which results in a raw data document. Reports generated in Extract are usually imported into a spreadsheet software program.

The cumulative accrued outstanding interest balance on the loan.

The date that the outstanding interest balance was updated.

The cumulative dollar value due on a loan. If the field is preceded by an exclamation mark, the amount may include capitalized interest and/or other fees.

The date the outstanding principal balance was updated.

A Title IV overpayment is the amount of any Title IV student assistance funds received by a student that exceeds the amount the student is eligible to receive.

The date the overpayment was entered into the NSLDS.

The code identifying the status of the overpayment.

• Overpayment-This is the value that a school uses when first entering an active overpayment into the system. It means that the student owes the overpayment, has not made satisfactory arrangements to repay, and should be considered ineligible for additional Title IV aid until the overpayment is repaid or otherwise resolved.
• Repaid-This value means that a previously reported overpayment that was in either Overpayment or Satisfactory Arrangement Made status has been fully repaid by the student. Schools should update the NSLDS when the final payment has been made. The date that the final payment of the overpayment was made should be entered at that time. A value of Repaid does not produce the overpayment flags and messages on SARs and ISIRs.
• Satisfactory Arrangement Made-This value means that while the student still owes the overpayment, he or she has made arrangements that are satisfactory to the school to repay the overpayment. A status of Satisfactory Arrangement Made reported to other schools on a SAR or ISIR (or in the FAT process of NSLDS) provides documentation that the student may continue to receive Title IV aid. In the event that the student fails to meet the commitment made with the school for the arrangements to repay, the school should immediately reset the overpayment Indicator field to Overpayment.
• Fraud-This value indicates that a student has been convicted of fraud. This means that the student has been convicted of fraud, still owes the fraudulently obtained funds, and should be considered ineligible for additional Title IV aid until the funds are repaid.

The date the overpayment was paid in full.

The code identifying where the overpayment exists.

• Transfer-When a school has transferred an overpayment to the U.S. Department of Education's Debt Collection Service (DCS), the school should update the previously reported overpayment information in NSLDS by changing the Source field from School to Transfer. This change does not invalidate the overpayment but it does inform any user of the system that the debt is in the process of being transferred from the school to DCS.
• School-Whenever a school is attempting to add a new, or update an existing overpayment record; this field is automatically updated with SCH.
• ED Region-The debt is now held by one of the U.S. Department of Education's Debt Collection Service regional offices.

The Title IV student assistance funds type (Perkins, SEOG, Pell, Academic Competitiveness Grant, National SMART Grant, or TEACH Grant) for which the student has received an amount in excess of what the student is eligible to receive.

The date the GA pays the holder; if the GA is the holder, the date applied to the borrowers account.

Primary Destination Point Administrator. Person at an organization who is responsible for enrolling new, modifying existing or deactivating NSLDS online user IDs. PDPAs should work closely with those at their organization to ensure the appropriate access is established for NSLDS batch services. The PDPA manages NSLDS access by using the www.fsawebenroll.ed.gov website.

A Title IV grant program for undergraduate students who have not completed a first baccalaureate degree.

The cumulative net loan amount that is awaiting disbursement to a borrower.

Percent of eligibility the student has used (Pell Grant only).

Percent of eligibility the student has used (ACG and SMART Grants only).

See Federal Perkins Loans.

Parent Loan for Undergraduate Student.

PLUS Loan for Graduate and Professional Students.

Every organization involved in the Enrollment Reporting process has a portfolio that contains all the students for whom the organization reports or receives enrollment information. A student who belongs to an organization's portfolio is said to participate in that portfolio. Schools report enrollment information to the NSLDS for the students in their portfolios. All other organizations receive enrollment information from the NSLDS for the students in their portfolios.

A student participates in the portfolio of an organization involved in the Enrollment Reporting process when that organization reports or receives enrollment information about the student. Participation is based on the organizational interest that is created when the student receives a Direct Loan or FFELP loan.

The date when the grant is listed as disbursed on the COD system.

Indicates whether a student has previously applied for Teacher Loan Forgiveness.

The date on which NSLDS completely processed the submittal.

The date the NSLDS received the incoming submittal.

The format in which a guaranty agency, lender, or lender servicer receives batch enrollment information from the NSLDS.

An option that allows non-schools to receive either all the enrollment records for students in their portfolios or only those records that contain a change to Enrollment Code, Effective Date, or Anticipated Completion Date.

A file type indicating that the file is a regularly scheduled Enrollment Reporting file. When the NSLDS sends an organization a regular file, it automatically schedules another such file for one year in the future.

File format in which the information looks and reads as a report. (See also Extract Format).

Indicates the type of organization that reported information displayed on Enrollment pages. Current sources are schools, Guaranty Agencies (GAs), and Direct Loans.

The identification number of the organization that reported information displayed on Enrollment pages. For schools, this number is their OPEID; for guaranty agencies, it is their guaranty agency number.

The amount of funds returned to a lender for a loan disbursed to a student who is no longer eligible due to withdrawing from courses, or never attending class for which the loan was intended.

The date a lender receives a return of funds disbursed for a student from the school.

See Student Aid Internet Gateway.

Scheduled amount of the Pell Grant award (Pell Grant only).

Scheduled amount of the ACG and SMART Grant award. For TEACH Grants every grant displays the maximum scheduled award ($4,000).

The date that the NSLDS expects to process or has processed a data provider input.

A postsecondary educational institution.

School submitted eligibility/payment reason (ACG only).

As a Certification Method, indicates that the school certified enrollment information through the batch enrollment reporting process.

See Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant.

An indicator used to differentiate among multiple loans with the same loan date for the same borrower and student attending the same school.

For schools that use a third-party servicer to send enrollment information to NSLDS, the name of the servicer.

See National SMART Grant

The entity (i.e. GA code) that reports specified data.

For schools that use a third-party servicer, a Yes or No option indicating whether the servicer submits enrollment information for all the schools it services as a single file (No) or as a series of separate files (Yes).

Student Status Confirmation Report.

Social Security Number.

The state the student/borrower applied for the TLF.

The enrollment status indicated by a student's Enrollment Code.

On the Enrollment Timeline page, the dates during which a set of enrollment statuses were in effect.

The virtual network used to send and receive student aid data files over the Internet.

The student identifier used by a school on its own internal database or tracking system.

The validated, snapshot image of a data provider's database file that is transmitted to and updates the NSLDS database.

The percentage of detail records extracted from the data provider database that contained no errors and updated the NSLDS database.

The date that the NSLDS completely processed the submittal file.

The date that the NSLDS received the incoming submittal file.

A loan for which the federal government pays the interest during in-school, grace and deferment periods.

A Title IV campus-based grant program for undergraduate students of exceptional financial need who have not completed their first baccalaureate degree.

Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program. TEACH Grant is a non-need-based grant program that provides up to $4,000 per year to students who are enrolled in an eligible program and who agree to teach in a high-need field, at a low-income elementary or secondary school for at least four years within eight years of completing the program for which the TEACH Grant was awarded. If the grant recipient fails to complete the required teaching service, the TEACH grant is treated as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan (D8)

The Teacher Loan Forgiveness program allows borrowers to apply for forgiveness of their Title IV loans for a maximum of $17,500.

The number assigned to a user's SAIG mailbox. This is the mailbox to which all Reports are sent.

The student's total percent of eligibility used by academic year level (ACG and SMART Grants only).

The total number of detail records extracted from the data provider database for submission to the NSLDS. This number may include records that were in error and did not update the NSLDS database.

Transaction number on the SAR or ISIR for the payment accepted by the school.

Information generated by the NSLDS as a result of the Transfer Monitoring process. The Alert tells a school that new information has been reported that may affect eligibility for Title IV Financial Aid on one or more students on that school's Transfer Monitoring List.

Information provided to the NSLDS by a school or servicer. The Inform consists of identifiers and Enrollment Begin dates for one or more students that the school has identified as Transfer students. The Inform tells the NSLDS to monitor those student records for information being reported that may affect eligibility for Title IV Financial Aid.

List of students a school has identified as Transfer Students, and requested the NSLDS to monitor for reported record changes.

Process through which the NSLDS reviews records of students submitted by various schools/servicers and looks for reported changes which may affect Title IV eligibility.

Indicates what form of Enrollment Reporting file the NSLDS will send an organization. Files can be either Ad Hoc or Regular.

The date when the update was performed.

The name of the person that performed the update.

Uniform Resource Locator. A URL consists of an access method (http, ftp, etc.), an internet address, and a page or file name.

Result of verification by school.

List of reports that can be viewed directly from the NSLDS Web site as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Selected report may also be transmitted to the requestor's SAIG mailbox.