When choosing a plan, it’s important to consider where you’ll be living and how often you’ll be eating in the dining facilities. For example, if you think you’ll eat off-campus each weekend or have a quick breakfast in your room every morning, those decisions will affect which dining plan is the best match for your lifestyle.
All students living on-campus, including first-year students, are required to purchase a dining plan in the student portal CAMS. First-year students can select the 14 meals/week or the All-Access Plan. All other residential students must select one of the available meal plans. If a plan is not selected the 14 meals/week will automatically be assigned.
Students living off-campus may also purchase any available dining plan in the student portal CAMS to take advantage of the value and convenience of eating on campus.
Chose a plan that works best with your class schedule, lifestyle, and budget.
The University, in unique circumstances and in accordance with University policy FPU-3.0041AP and FPU-3.0101P, may approve a modification or accommodation to the meal plan.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. Major life activities are those functions that are important to most people’s daily lives like eating and include major bodily functions such as digestive functions.
Meal Plan Modification request
Students requesting a meal plan modification due to extenuating circumstances, religious dietary observance, or other non-disability related reasons should submit the “Meal Plan Modification Request” form. Requests will be reviewed by a committee comprised of representatives from Dining Services, Office of Disability Services (ODS), Auxiliary Enterprises, and other University staff as relevant.
Meal Plan Modification Request Form
Meal Plan Accommodation Request for Students with Disabilities
Students with a disability requesting a meal plan accommodation due to their disability must register with ODS. It is the student’s responsibility to self-identify as a student with a disability and register with ODS to request accommodations.
Students may visit the ODS webpage for more information on registering with ODS and requesting accommodations.
| PLAN | RATE PER SEMESTER | PLAN ELIGIBILITY | PHOENIX FUNDS INCLUDED | MEAL SWIPE PER WEEK | MEAL EQUIVALENCY PER WEEK |
| 7 meals per week | $1,710.00 | Residential students (excluding first-year residents) and commuters | $300.00 | 7 | Not available |
| 10 meals per week | $2,200.00 | Residential students (excluding first-year residents) and commuters | $400.00 | 10 | 1 |
| 14 meals per week | $2,475.00 | Residential students (including first-year residents) and commuters |
$275.00 | 14 | 3 |
| All Access Plan | $2,950.00 | Residential students (including first-year residents) and commuters | $150.00 | Unlimited | 5 |
Meal plans have several components included in their package. To help you understand the terminology and how each component functions we have complied a list below:
A "swipe" means entering the dining hall and using a meal. The meal plan name indicates how many swipes are available. Our meal plans are all weekly plans.
Some meal plans will offer meal equivalency, this is the option to use a meal swipe on a pre-determined meal at our retail locations. For instance, you may get a bagel sandwich and drink for one meal swipe rather than using your Phoenix Funds. See each location for details on what meal equivalency combinations are available.
This is not in addition to your weekly allotted swipes; it is encompassed within the total weekly swipes. If you use one meal equivalency and you have a Weekly 10, then your weekly swipes for that week will reduce to 9 swipes remaining.
Phoenix Funds is a dollar-for-dollar declining balance account that can be spent at all Phoenix Dining locations.
These funds rollover from Fall to Spring but do not carry forward after the Spring term.
Students living off-campus may purchase Phoenix Funds only plans.
Students who would like to add additional Phoenix Funds to their meal plan may choose from the following options. Please note that these additional Phoenix Funds can only be added after drop/add date published in the Academic Calendar if you have already purchased a regular meal plan.
Students can change their meal plan until 5:00pm on the last day of Drop/Add. Academic Calendar If a student selects a plan they do not feel is a good fit, they can login to CAMS to change the plan by the deadline. After the deadline the meal plan on file is set for the remainder of the semester. Each semester students living in a residence hall need to select a meal plan. If a plan is not selected the 14 meals per week plan is the default.
Check out these Frequently Asked Questions.
