Higher Education Act Disclosures

On July 31, 2008, Congress completed re-authorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) by passing the Higher Education Opportunity Act. The President signed the bill into law on August 14, 2008.

This page has been created to fulfill IUP’s compliance with the disclosure requirements to provide specified information to all students, parents, counselors, researchers, and legislators to make informed decisions about post-secondary education at IUP. This webpage provides a single access point to the disclosure requirements and links to pages that contain the required information.

Financial Aid Assistance

• Federal Student Financial Aid
  
• IUP Financial Aid Programs
  
• Financial Aid Staff and Contact Information
  
• Code of Conduct for Education Loans
  
• Student Billing Refund and Withdrawal Policies
  
• Drug law violations and Financial Aid
  
• Net Price Calculator: Estimate your cost to attend IUP. 
  
• Text Book Information
  
• Loan Repayment Estimator: Estimate your loan repayment upon graduation/enrollment at less than half-time status.

Veteran Assistance

• Ban of Commissions Policy
• Ban of High-Pressured Recruitment Policy
• Tuition Assistance Direction Policy

Federal Cohort Default Rate

IUP’s federal student loan cohort default rate (CDR) is 8.5 percent, below the national CDR rate of 9.7 percent. This CDR rate represents the percentage of the school’s borrowers who entered repayment on federal loan programs (either FFEL or Direct Student Loans) during the 2017 fiscal year tracking period and subsequently defaulted on their student loans prior to September 30, 2019.

Recent Federal Loan Borrowing Rates

During the 2018–19 academic year, 64 percent of undergraduate and 38 percent of graduate students borrowed through the Federal Direct Student Loan programs (this includes the following federal loan programs: Direct Student Loan and Direct Graduate PLUS Loan).

Health and Safety

• Emergency Preparedness
  
• Missing Residential Student Emergency Notification Policy: Please reference the Annual Security and Fire Safety Reports
  
• Crime Report: Please reference the Annual Security and Fire Safety Reports
  
• Fire Safety: Please reference the Annual Security and Fire Safety Reports
  
• Vaccine Policy
  
• Flu Preparedness and H1N1 Information
  

Institutional Information

• Accreditation
  
• Price of Attendance: Tuition and Fees — Housing and Meals
  
• Refund Policy, Requirements for Withdrawal
  
• Transfer of Credit Policy and Articulation Agreements
  
• Degree Programs
  
• (Instructional Facilities) Faculty Allocation and Management Policy —link under construction
  

Student Right to Know

• Diversity
  
• Retention and Graduation Rates
  
• Athlete Academic Success Rate - or you can search past data
  
• Athlete Graduation Rate - or you can search past data
  
• IPEDS Student Financial Aid Data
  
• IPEDS Graduation Rate Data
  
• Pell/Loan Graduation Rates
  
• Student Success and Progress Rates
  

Student Support

• Disabilities
  
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
  
• Voter Registration Forms
  
• Career and Placement Services
  
• Student Employment
  

File Sharing and Copyright Infringement

• File Sharing: Residential Networking File Sharing Facts and Questions
  
• File Sharing: Technology To Do List for Students
  
• File Sharing: Residential Networking Acceptable Use Policy
  
• Copyrights and Plagiarism: Academic Policy and IUP Undergraduate Catalog 
  

FERPA

• FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act US Department of Education website
  
• Students Rights Under FERPA and Procedures