The U.S. Department of Education has rescinded a $37.7 million fine facing Grand Canyon University, clearing the university of any wrongdoing, officials announced Friday.

In a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal order issued by ED’s Office of Hearings and Appeals, the department dismissed the case with no findings, fines, liabilities or penalties, according to a release from the university.

The education department confirmed it has not established that GCU violated any Title IV requirements, including the claim that GCU “substantially misrepresented” the cost of its doctoral programs that was alleged by officials under the Biden administration.

The dismissal stated that “there are no findings against GCU, or any of its employees, officers, agents, or contractors, and no fine is imposed.”

GCU President Brian Mueller said he was not surprised by the decision.

“The facts clearly support our contention that we were wrongly accused of misleading our doctoral students, and we appreciate the recognition that those accusations were without merit,” Mueller said.

The proposed fine action was the largest the Department of Education had ever levied against a university, the release stated.

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