Upperclass Dining Plans

Convenient options and a great value for students on-the-go

Upperclass, General Studies, and Graduate students have demanding class schedules and often the challenge of balancing classwork with equally busy personal lives.

With a Columbia Dining Plan, you'll have both delicious and healthy options, even when you're on the run.

Upperclass Plan Highlights

Plans are not required for Upperclass, General Studies or Graduate students, but they're a great value.

Flexible Meal Options

Plans include meals per week or per term. Meals per term allows you to ration your meal balance, in case you don't eat on campus enough to use weekly meals before they expire.
Plans with meals by week also include a number of floater meals, in case you run out of meals during the week.
Many plans include guest meals for when family and friends come to visit.

Dining Dollars

Most plans include Dining Dollars, which can be used just like cash at any of our 10 dining locations.

Dining Dollars roll over year-to-year. They expire upon your graduation.
Dining Dollars are tax free.

Flex

Some plans include Flex in addition to or instead of Dining Dollars:

Flex allows you put money into an account that you can spend using your University ID card at all Columbia Dining locations, as well a number of other merchants on- and off-campus and online food delivery.

Upperclass Plan Summary AY 22-23

Plan: Plan A / Weekly
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus and want the highest number of meals per week.
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 14 meals per week, 15 floating meals per term & 6 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 100
Flex Dollars: 100
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $2,813

Plan: Plan A / Term
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus but would prefer more flexibility of when they use their meals.
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 210 meals per term & 6 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 100
Flex Dollars: 100
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $2,765

Plan: Plan A / MealsOnly
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus.
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 210 meals per term & 6 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 0
Flex Dollars: 0
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $2,565

Plan: Plan B / Plus
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus and need a comprehensive plan like Plan A, but with fewer meals.
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 175 meals per term & 6 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 100
Flex Dollars: 100
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $2,558

Plan: Plan B / Flex
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus and want a large number of meals plus Flex for use at on and off-campus merchants.
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 175 meals per term & 6 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 0
Flex Dollars: 200
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $2,558

Plan: Plan C
Designed for: Students who will use Columbia Dining for most meals, but will eat off-campus or have facilities within their residence to also cook meals.
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 100 meals per term & 4 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 50
Flex Dollars: 75
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $1,593

Plan: Plan C / Plus
Designed for: Just like Plan C, Plan C/ Plus is for students who will use Columbia Dining for most meals, but will eat off-campus or have facilities within their residence to also cook meals. This plan provides a slight increase in the number of meals over Plan C, plus the flexibility of having both Dining Dollars and Flex.
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 150 meals per term & 4 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 75
Flex Dollars: 75
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $2,231

Plan: Plan D
Designed for: Students who will occasionally eat at Columbia Dining but will primarily eat elsewhere. This per-term plan offers the fewest number of meals.
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 75 meals per term & 2 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 75
Flex Dollars: 0
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $1,197

Plan: Plan EZ1
Designed for: For students who will eat primarily on-campus and who want to take the guesswork out of selecting a dining plan. Plan EZ1 includes a large number of meals per week plus floating meals and Dining Dollars.
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 19 meals per week,15 floating meals per term & 6 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 75
Flex Dollars: 0
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $3,299

Plan: Plan EZ2
Designed for: Similar to plan EZ1 but with fewer meals per week and more Dining Dollars..
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 15 meals per week, 10 floating meals per term & 6 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 50
Flex Dollars: 75
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $3,194

Plan: Plan EZ3
Designed for: Similar to Plan EZ1, Plan EZ3 includes a large number of meals per week supplemented with a combination of Dining Dollars and Flex.
# Meals Each Week Per Term: 19 meals per week, 15 floating meals & 6 complimentary meals per term
Dining Dollars: 25
Flex Dollars: 50
Cost per Term (Plan sign-up is for the entire year): $3,299

Select or Change a Plan

Upperclass, General Studies, and Graduate students can select a Dining Plan by clicking the Select Plan button and completing the sign-up form. Please note:

Prices provided here are per term, but the purchase of a Dining Plan is for the full academic year. Cancellations are not permitted.
Any Upperclass student wishing to purchase a First-Year Dining Plan should contact Rosie Fernandez at 212-854-4076.
The Dining Plan change period for Spring Semester 2023 will begin on Wednesday, January 11 and end on Thursday, January 26. You can also review your plan selection on our new Dining Plan Selection site.