The settlement agreement, which will resolve the University of Washington class action lawsuit, was preliminarily approved by the court on March 4, 2025. Next, the court must determine whether to grant final approval to the terms of the deal at a hearing scheduled for July 11, 2025. The University of Washington has agreed to pay a $4 million settlement in response to the Alexander Barry v. University of Washington et al. class action lawsuit from students whoargued. Law360 (March 7, 2025, 6:05 PM EST) -- The University of Washington will pay $4 million to settle a class action filed by students seeking tuition reimbursement from the COVID-19 campus. When a pandemic forced UW online, students demanded refunds. Five years later, they're getting checks for about $40 — a small victory in a $4M settlement. UW students have started receiving settlement payments from a court-approved deal that resolved claims the school charged full in-person tuition even after moving classes online during the 2020. The University of Washington has agreed to a $4 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by students who argued they were unfairly charged for in-person education they never received during. In a decision preliminarily approved by a King County judge, the university agreed to pay $4 million to end the case while not admitting to any wrongdoing, the Seattle Times reports. A class of University of Washington tuition payers was certified in a lawsuit accusing UW of unlawfully keeping payments, according to Hagens Berman. The University of Washington has settled a pandemic-related tuition lawsuit brought by some of its students for $4 million. Welcome to the website for the University of Washington COVID Litigation. The Court granted the Final Approval Order on October 24, 2025, and that document can be found here.