Note
Update on Oct. 30, 2024: This installment of the NSLDS FVT/GE User Guide includes updates to the Introduction and Volumes 1–3. Refer to the Change Log in each volume for a description of the changes.
Update on Sept. 16, 2024: The Department has updated the deadlines for both FVT/GE reporting and evaluation of Completers Lists to January 15, 2025. Please see Electronic Announcement GE-24-08 for more information.
Update on July 25, 2024: This installment of the NSLDS FVT/GE User Guide provides an updated Volume 3 – FVT/GE Completers List. The volume has been updated for clarity and to provide expanded instructions. Minor updates to the file layout have also been made. Refer to the Change Log at the beginning of the document for further information.
Update on June 27, 2024: This installment of the NSLDS FVT/GE User Guide includes updates to the Introduction, Volume 1, and Volume 2. To present information in a more user-friendly format and reduce duplication across volumes, we have expanded Volumes 1 and 2 to include information about online reporting. Refer to the Change Log in each volume for a description of the changes. Volume 3 is unchanged. A future installment will provide Volume 4, which will be the final volume of the user guide.
Update on May 31, 2024: This installment of the NSLDS FVT/GE User Guide provides Volume 2 – FVT/GE Batch Program Submittal Reporting and Volume 3 – FVT/GE Completers List. We also made minor updates to the Introduction as described in the Change Log, inserted at the beginning of the document. Future installments of the user guide will provide the remaining volumes.
Update on May 23, 2024: This May 23, 2024 installment of the NSLDS FVT/GE User Guide provides Volume 1 – FVT/GE Batch Student Submittal Reporting. There are no changes to the Introduction (published April 30, 2024). Future installments will provide the remaining volumes.
We are pleased to provide the NSLDS Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) User Guide. This reference provides instructions and guidance for complying with the FVT/GE reporting requirements via the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS®).
The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) published the final FVT/GE regulations in October 2023. An overview of the FVT/GE provisions scheduled to be implemented on July 1, 2024 can be found in Dear Colleague Letter GEN-24-04.
We will publish individual volumes of this user guide, beginning with the Introduction. Additional volumes will explore reporting methods (batch, web, spreadsheet submittal), reporting content, the FVT/GE Completers List, the FVT/GE calculations, and other relevant topics. Further detail about each volume is provided below.
We recommend that you continue to monitor the Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment Information page on the Knowledge Center for the most current FVT/GE guidance and information.
Introduction Updated
This section provides a basic overview of the FVT/GE processes.
Volume 1 – FVT/GE Student Submittal Reporting Updated
This volume describes how to report FVT/GE student information to NSLDS via the batch process and online (web and spreadsheet submittal).
Volume 2 – FVT/GE Program Submittal Reporting Updated
This volume describes how to report FVT/GE program information to NSLDS via the batch process and online (web and spreadsheet submittal).
Volume 3 – FVT/GE Completers List Updated
The information in this volume describes the process for the FVT/GE Completers List.
Volume 4 – FVT/GE D/E Rate and EP Measures
The information in this volume describes the process for how D/E rates and EP measures are calculated and viewed.
Contact Information
If you have questions about the information in this user guide, please contact the NSLDS Customer Support Center at 1-800-999-8219. You can also contact Customer Support by email at
nslds@ed.gov.
If you have policy questions about the FVT/GE regulations, please direct them to GE24@ed.gov.
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