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Resident and Commuter Meal Plans

All full-time resident and commuter students are on declining balance meal plans, so students pay only for what they want to eat.

Basic Resident Meal Plan #1

  • Dolphin Dollars are loaded on your MyCard in equal installments every three weeks.
  • Unused Dolphin Dollars carry over from Fall to Spring semesters.
  • Mandatory base plan for resident students is $1,900 per semester.
  • In the event of a campus-wide closure, a portion of the board charges may be refundable.
  • Remaining funds will be forfeited at the time the student exits the University or no later than the end of the Spring semester.

Resident Buy-Up Meal Plans #2 & #3

  • Resident students who want to spend more on and off campus can purchase buy-up meal plans through the Office of Student Accounts, no later than the last day of the first week of each semester.
  • View our Meal Plan Options for more information.

Commuter Meal Plans

  • Mandatory base plan for commuter students is $260 per semester. Commuter students who want to spend more on and off campus can purchase buy-up meal plans.
  • Unused Dolphin Dollars carry over from Fall to Spring semesters.
  • View our Commuter Meal Plan Options for more information.

My Dollars

  • All Students can add My Dollars to their cards at any time via your MyCard account and by visiting the Office of Student Accounts.
  • My Dollars can be spent at Hudson Heights, Mag’s Kitchen, approved off-campus vendors (Skyview Deli, Dunkin’ Donuts,and more—all located on Riverdale Avenue—and Burger King, located on Broadway), the campus store, and for on-campus printing.
  • My Dollars carry over from semester to semester and year to year as long you are enrolled.