Columbia University Offers $9M to Settle Class Action Lawsuit Over Inaccurate Data

Columbia University has offered $9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by former students who claimed the university had submitted inaccurate data to U.S. News & World Report, according to the Columbia Spectator.

The lawsuit, filed against Columbia on Aug. 2, 2022, claimed that the university had misrepresented some of the data it submitted to U.S. News & World Report, as part of that publication’a annual college rankings. Columbia’s ranking was artificially inflated, constituting false advertising, according to the students, who also contended that as a result of the inaccurate data, they overpaid to attend Columbia.

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