Student Dining Plans

Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Student Dining Plans

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

Select a Plan

Flexible Options for Busy Schedules

Students have demanding class schedules and the challenge of balancing both classwork and equally busy personal lives.

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

Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Student Dining Plan Highlights

Plans are not required for

residential CC/SEAS or GS students, but they're a great value.

Flexible Meal Options

Plans include meals per week or per term.

Term-based plans allow you to ration your meal balance, in case you don't eat on campus enough to use weekly meals before they expire.
Weekly-based plans provide a set number of meals each week. The meal swipe balance resets each Sunday; meals do not rollover week-to-week or term-to-term.
Many plans include complimentary meals that can be used when you exceed your term/weekly meal allotment, or to swipe in guests.

Dining Dollars

Many plans include Dining Dollars, which can be used like debit at any of our dining locations.

They can be added at any time to your student account, are tax free, rollover year-to-year, and expire upon your graduation.

Flex

All plans include Flex in addition to Dining Dollars. Flex can be used like debit at any of our on-campus dining locations, as well a number of other merchants on- and off-campus and for online food delivery.

Flex can be added at any time to your student account, rollover year-to-year, and expire upon your graduation, but are not tax free.

What's New for AY 26-27

Based on student feedback, the following changes have been made to our plans:

Reduced the number of plan options to include those most utilized by students, which makes it easier to pick a plan
Increased the ratio of Flex to Dining Dollars associated with Plans B and C to provide students with more flexibility

Student Dining Plan Summary AY 26-27

Being on a Dining Plan is the most cost-effective way to dine on-campus.

Compare the cost per meal swipe in the table below to the walk-in prices paid by non-plan holders: breakfast, $14; lunch, $18.50; and dinner, $19.50.

Plans with more meals offer the best value per swipe! You could say membership has its privileges.

Plan: Plan A / Weekly
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus and want a high number of meals per week as well as coverage for academic breaks. Meals reset each week on Sunday so students don't need to budget.
# of Total Meals: 252 meals (14/week) + 15 complimentary meals
Dining Dollars: $0
Flex: $200
Cost per Term (Plan Sign-Up is for full AY): $3,453
Cost per Meal Swipe*: $12.18

Plan: Plan A / Term
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus but would prefer more flexibility of when they use their meals.
# of Total Meals: 235 meals + 15 complimentary meals
Dining Dollars: $100
Flex: $100
Cost per Term (Plan Sign-Up is for full AY): $3,394
Cost per Meal Swipe*: $12.78

Plan: Plan B
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus and want a large number of meals, but with additional flexibility to eat at on and off-campus merchants.
# of Total Meals: 175 meals + 6 complimentary meals
Dining Dollars: $100
Flex: $200
Cost per Term (Plan Sign-Up is for full AY): $3,183
Cost per Meal Swipe*: $15.93

Plan: Plan C
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus, but will eat off-campus or have facilities to also cook meals.
# of Total Meals: 150 meals + 5 complimentary meals
Dining Dollars: $0
Flex: $150
Cost per Term (Plan Sign-Up is for full AY): $2,645
Cost per Meal Swipe*: $16.09

Plan: Plan D
Designed for: Students who will occasionally eat on-campus but will primarily eat elsewhere. This per-term plan offers the fewest number of meals.
# of Total Meals: 100 meals + 4 complimentary meals
Dining Dollars: $0
Flex: $125
Cost per Term (Plan Sign-Up is for full AY): $1,864
Cost per Meal Swipe*: $16.72

Plan: EZ Plan 18 / Weekly
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus and want the highest number of weekly meals, plus Dining Dollars. Includes Fall and Spring breaks, but not Winter Break. Meals reset each week on Sunday so students don't need to budget.
# of Total Meals: 288 meals (18/week) + 21 complimentary meals
Dining Dollars: $0
Flex: $100
Cost per Term (Plan Sign-Up is for full AY): $4,214
Cost per Meal Swipe*: $13.31

Plan: EZ Plan 19 / Weekly
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus and want the highest number of weekly meals, plus complimentary meals and Dining Dollars. Includes Fall and Spring breaks, but not Winter Break.
# of Total Meals: 304 meals (19/week) + 21 complimentary meals
Dining Dollars: $0
Flex: $75
Cost per Term (Plan Sign-Up is for full AY): $3,793
Cost per Meal Swipe*: $11.44

Plan: EZ Plan 350
Designed for: Students who will eat primarily on-campus and want a high number of meals and additional flexibility about when to use them. This plan offers enough meals to include all academic breaks.
# of Total Meals: 350 meals
Dining Dollars: $0
Flex: $150
Cost per Term (Plan Sign-Up is for full AY): $4,342
Cost per Meal Swipe*: $11.98

_{*Excludes addition of Dining Dollars and/or Flex}

Looking for a plan with fewer than 100 swipes?

The best value is to purchase 100 swipes worth of Dining Dollars. Dining Dollars are tax-free, rollover year-to-year, and can be used at any of our on-campus locations. Take advantage of our limited-time Dining Dollars promotion available only when you sign up for a plan through Columbia Housing Room Selection registration.

Select or Change a Plan

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 student wishing to purchase a First-Year Dining Plan should contact Dining Plan Manager Rosie Fernandez at 212-854-4076.
Dining Plans can only be changed during the change period, typically during the first two weeks of term. The Change Period for Spring 2026 has ended.