San Diego State University agreed to a $300,000 settlement plus $1.3 million in attorneys’ fees for nearly 800 female student athletes who alleged they received less scholarship money than required under Title IX. The class action, filed in 2022, argued the scholarship shortfall dated back over a decade. SDSU will not admit wrongdoing, and the institution said the settlement is non-precedential. The university reiterated that it does not discriminate against women student-athletes and described funding for women’s scholarships as a point of pride. The terms also include an independent gender-equity review of SDSU’s athletics department, which may drive remediation and policy changes beyond the payment. For higher education compliance officers and athletics administrators, the outcome signals that scholarship allocations and internal documentation are likely to face increased scrutiny—and that audit-ready scholarship reconciliation processes will become more important as claims progress through the courts.