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Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) FAQs

Last Updated: July 1, 2026 Legislation What is the Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) Act? It is new...

Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment (FVT/GE)

About FVT/GE Learn more about Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE). Clearinghouse FVT/GE Resource Center FVT/GE Frequently Asked Questions...

Activating Your FVT/GE Service

On this page, we will walk you through the steps to successfully activate and participate in our FVT/GE service, as...

Setting up File-Level Encryption for FVT/GE

File-Level Encryption (such as PGP) The FVT/GE platform uses file-level encryption (such as PGP) to encrypt downloaded files. To download...

Your Checklist for Successful FVT/GE Reporting

1. Sign-Up and Set-Up If you have not already signed your Financial Value Transparency (FVT) and Gainful Employment (GE) Service...

Revert Sections to In-Progress for FVT/GE Reporting

The National Student Clearinghouse’s FVT/GE reporting solution helps you comply with Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) requirements. This...

Guidelines for Requesting an Ad hoc Completers List

The National Student Clearinghouse’s FVT/GE reporting solution helps you comply with Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) requirements. This...

Review Previously Submitted FVT/GE Data

These instructions will guide you through reviewing the student-level data your institution submitted for the 2024 and 2025 FVT/GE reporting...

FVT/GE Glossary

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Student Level Report Errors & Warnings Resolution

Once your institution uploads the Student Level Report files, the Clearinghouse will process the data and conduct validations against strict...

Program Level Report Errors and Warnings Resolution

Once your institution uploads the Program Level Report file, the Clearinghouse will process the data and conduct validations against strict...

Troubleshooting: Uploading Student Cohort Files & Managing Errors

General Tips Columns A-M, V, X, and AJ (if you report College Student IDs) will be pre-populated with enrollment data...

Student Level Report Invalid Flag and Students in Multiple Programs

The National Student Clearinghouse’s FVT/GE reporting solution helps you comply with Financial Value Transparency & Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) requirements. This...

Troubleshooting: Uploading the Program Level Report & Managing Errors

Columns A-J, Q, R, (and, if applicable, K, T, V, X, and Z) will be pre-populated for all programs based...

Student Level Report Resolution for Common NSLDS Errors

After the Clearinghouse sends your Student Level Report to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), NSLDS either sends back...