Ordering Official Transcripts

Online delivery options include first-class mail, expedited delivery service, HOLD for final grades and/or degree conferral.

• To order a transcript(s), log in to the Clearinghouse secure site.
• The site will walk you through placing your order, including delivery options and fees. You can order as many transcripts as you like in a single session. A processing fee will be charged per transcript.
• Order updates will be emailed to you. You can also track your order online.

Transcript Requests by mail or in person:
All transcript requests made other than through the online service with the National Student Clearinghouse must be made in writing (no telephone, FAX, or e-mail requests accepted) to:

Registrar’s Office
Cornell College
600 First Street SW
Mount Vernon, IA 52314-1098

Your request must include:

• your name and any previous name you had when enrolled at Cornell College
• current address, phone number, and/or e-mail address (in case we need to contact you)
• dates of attendance at Cornell
• student ID number or Social Security number
• address where transcript is to be sent
• your signature (we are unable to process any transcript request without your signature)
• $5.00 per transcript

A transcript request form is available online for you to print, complete, and mail to us. Alternately, you may supply the required information listed above in a letter. The charge for transcript requests submitted directly to the Registrar’s Office is $5.00 per transcript (cash, check, or money order only); transcripts sent by an expedited delivery service will require a credit card number to cover the additional delivery cost. Click here to print the additional information required for expedited delivery service. Payment must accompany your request.

Transcript requests are processed on Tuesdays and Thursdays; transcripts cannot be mailed on holidays or Winter Break when the College is closed.

Note: If Cornell College’s Business Office has placed a financial hold on your student record, you must resolve that hold before a transcript will be released. Questions regarding financial obligations to the College should be directed to 319-895-4220 or bus_office@cornellcollege.edu.

Transcripts issued to the student are stamped “ISSUED TO STUDENT” and enclosed in a sealed envelope. If you are forwarding the transcript to another party (e.g., another college or university, potential employer, etc.) where an official transcript is required, you should not open the envelope.

Cornell cannot provide copies of transcripts from other schools you attended. If transcripts are needed from those schools, please contact them directly.

Unofficial Transcripts:
Unofficial copies of Cornell transcripts are available to currently enrolled students only without charge. They do not bear the registrar’s signature or College seal and are for your use only. Log in to our secure student records site to view and print your current class schedule, unofficial transcript, and an enrollment verification statement.