degreeaudit

Degreeaudit is a term used to describe a software-based analysis tool that helps colleges and universities track a student’s progress toward a degree or certificate. By comparing a student’s completed coursework and in-progress registrations against the formal requirements defined in the institutional catalog or program rules, degreeaudit systems generate an audit report that shows what has been completed, what remains, and any deficiencies that must be addressed to graduate.

A degreeaudit relies on data from the student information system, including course completions, grades, transfer credits, and the official degree catalog. It encodes degree requirements into rules that cover core courses, general education, major and minor requirements, electives, prerequisites, and credit-hour minimums. Many systems support multiple catalog years and allow different programs or concentrations to be audited within a single student view.

Common features include What-If audits for exploring other majors or catalog years, handling of substitutions and waivers, transfer-credit evaluation, and progress indicators that highlight remaining requirements. Degreeaudit tools often integrate with student portals, advising dashboards, and registrar workflows to support routine advising and degree-planning activities.

Users of degreeaudit include students, academic advisors, and institutional administrators. Benefits typically cited are increased transparency, proactive planning, and streamlined degree-tracking and reporting. Limitations can stem from data quality, catalog misalignment, policy exceptions, and the need for regular maintenance of rules and mappings. Degreeaudit is widely deployed across higher education, with commercial products and campus-built solutions serving different institutional needs.