Privacy Policy

Information You Provide Directly

HPI collects personal information that individuals voluntarily submit, including through the online application form, information request forms, email inquiries, financial aid applications, and enrollment agreements. This may include:

• Full name, address, phone number, and email address
• Date of birth and Social Security number (for financial aid processing)
• Educational history and prior healthcare experience
• Financial information necessary to process aid applications
• Health documentation required for program enrollment (maintained separately and securely)
• Background check results (processed by approved third-party vendors)

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the HPI website, we may collect limited technical information including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and referring website. This information is used in aggregate form to improve our website and does not personally identify visitors. HPI's website may use standard cookies for functionality purposes.

HPI uses collected information for the following purposes:

• Admissions processing — reviewing and acting on application submissions
• Financial aid administration — processing FAFSA, Pell Grant disbursements, and other aid programs
• Enrollment and student records management — maintaining academic records in Populi
• Clinical placement compliance — verifying health documentation and background clearances required by clinical partner facilities
• Student communications — sending enrollment confirmations, academic notifications, billing statements, and program updates
• Regulatory compliance — meeting federal, state, and accreditation reporting requirements
• Institutional research — analyzing enrollment, completion, and outcomes data in aggregate, non-identifiable form

HPI shares personal information with third parties only in the following limited circumstances:

• Clinical partner facilities — Required background check results, health documentation, and enrollment verification shared only to the extent required for clinical placement compliance
• Populi (student information system) — HPI uses Populi as its cloud-based student information and learning management system; Populi's use of student data is governed by HPI's data processing agreement with Populi
• Financial aid processors — U.S. Department of Education, state agencies, and scholarship organizations as required by financial aid regulations
• Background check vendors — Limited personal information shared with approved vendors for required background screening
• Legal compliance — Information disclosed as required by valid legal process (subpoena, court order) or in good-faith response to a government request
• FERPA-permitted disclosures — As described in HPI's FERPA Annual Notice