Welcome to the website for the Howard University Covid Tuition Settlement.


The awards will be issued on December 30, 2024.


Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act. Read this website and the Notice carefully.

A $2,073,680 settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit filed against Howard University (“Howard” or the “University”). The lawsuit claimed that University students paid tuition and fees in exchange for in-person instruction, services, and activities during the Spring 2020 Semester and were entitled to partial refunds based on the University’s transition to remote instruction beginning in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The University denies all allegations, maintains that it transitioned to remote instruction to protect the health of its students, faculty, and staff and in compliance with mandatory government shutdown orders, and settled this lawsuit to avoid further litigation. The Court has not decided who is right.

A proposed Settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed against Howard University (“Howard” or the “University”). If you were enrolled in a University Undergraduate or Graduate Program during the Spring 2020 Semester, and did not withdraw by March 16, 2020, you may be eligible for a cash payment. Cash payments will be shares of the Net Settlement Fund divided equally among Settlement Class Members. The Court in charge of this lawsuit still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. The Settlement is referred to in this Notice as both “the Settlement” and "the “proposed Settlement” for this reason. Cash payments will be sent to Settlement Class Members if the Court approves the Settlement and after any appeals are resolved.




Your Legal Rights and Options in This Lawsuit
Your Rights and Choices Deadline
Do Nothing You will receive your cash payment by check at the address the University has on file for you.
Provide Your Preferred Form of Payment or Update your Address and Email Address Submit a request that your cash payment be sent to a different address or by Venmo or pre-paid Visa card here. Provide Your Preferred Form of Payment or Update your Address and Email Address by December 15, 2024.
Exclude Yourself (Opt Out)

Get no cash payment but keep any right you may have to file your own lawsuit against the University about the legal claims in this lawsuit.

Request Exclusion by: September 23, 2024
Object Tell the Court why you do not like the proposed Settlement. If the Settlement is approved, you will still be bound by the Settlement, and you may still receive a cash payment. File an Objection by: September 23, 2024
Attend a Hearing
Ask to speak in Court about why you object to the proposed Settlement. The Final Approval Hearing is October 1, 2024, at 11 a.m. Eastern time. File Notice of Appearance by: September 23, 2024

These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained further in the Notice and on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page of this website.

For complete details, please see the Settlement Agreement, which is available here.