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MEAL PLAN INFORMATION

  • You have the first two weeks of each semester to change your meal plan.  Changes can be made by emailing reslife@isu.edu 
  • Fall meal plans begin the Wednesday before classes begin
  • Fall meal plans end the Friday of finals week
  • Limited meal service during fall and spring break as well as no service during the semester break
  • Spring meal plans begin the Friday before classes begin
  • Spring meal plans end the Friday of finals week
  • Meal plans are listed at semester rates.  Commuter meal plans can be purchased directly with Bengal Dining.  They oversee the operations of Bengal Dining Services and offers both all you can eat and declining balance options.
  • On-campus residents select their meal plan on their housing application or can email reslife@isu.edu to change that meal plan after they have applied.

    Please note unused flex money carries over from fall to spring semester only if you have a residential meal plan in the spring semester.

EQUIVALENCY MEALS

  • All meals plans are intended to be used at the Turner Dining Commons.
  • Each meal plan (excluding meal plan 6) comes with 60 meal exchanges for the semester
  • Equivalency meals (exchanges) can be used instead of flex money at select locations
  • Meal Plan 6 does not have any equivalency meals and those 5 meals must be used at the Turner Dining Commons

2024-2025 MEAL PLAN OPTIONS AND RATES

MEAL PLAN PLAN INFORMATION SEMESTER PRICE (INCLUDES 6 % IDAHO SALES TAX)
PLAN 1

110 meals per semester  $650.00 flex money

$1960.00
PLAN 2

220 meals per semester  $500.00 flex money

$2361.00
PLAN 3

10 meals per week  $500.00 flex money

$2180.00
PLAN 4

14 meals per week  $350.00 flex money

$2318.00
PLAN 5

19 meals per week  $300.00 flex money

$2466.00

PLAN 6

(SOPHOMORE LEVEL OR ABOVE)

5 meals per week  $450.00 flex money

$1277.00

Meal plan payments are due by the dates as established in the tuition and fee schedule for ISU, unless the resident is paying through ISU's installment loan program. Please see the Division of Finance page for details on affordable payment plans, also referred to as installment loans.  Please visit our FAQ for additional information regarding payments for University Housing licensing fees. 

* These rates are the proposed 2024-2025 academic year rates. Rates are tentative until approved by the Idaho State Board of Education.