2024-2025 Dining Plans
Declining Balance
- Cost: $4,540 annually
- $2,270* billed semesterly
- Plans are loaded with $2,170 Dining Dollars per semester and decline from balance.
- Eat at 17 Dining locations on campus.
- Includes $100 per semester for on-campus retail or off-campus use through an active GrubHub account.
- Roughly $135 a week or approximately 12 meals a week equivalent.
- Access to national brand favorites such as Pizza Hut, King's Hawaiian, Chick-fil-A, and WPS Starbucks.
- Discount price ($1 discount for Breakfast and $2 discount for Lunch and Dinner) at all-you-care-to-eat dining locations Mrs. E's and South Dining Commons
- Are you living in GSP or Corbin? Select either a Blue or Crimson declining balance plans!
How do Dining Dollars work?
- Pay with your Dining Dollars at all campus locations.
- Dining dollars can be added to any plan if you run short!
- Please note that Crimson plan Dining Dollars are academic year only and any unused dollars expire at the end of the spring semester and are forfeited. Make sure you plan accordingly to use your dollars and not lose them.
GrubHub: Funds are loaded each semester *subtracted from your initial dining plan dollars* onto an eligible student GrubHub account. These Dining Dollars are applicable toward off campus GrubHub purchases and all on campus purchases. Crimson Dining Dollars cannot be transferred to GrubHub.
*$100 operation surcharge is applied per semester out of initial costs. The fee is to help offset the costs associated with back-end systems & and infrastructure, Repairs and maintenance, and major deferred maintenance to support the dining service program.
- Minimum required plan for on-campus residents
- Cost: $4,226 annually
- $2,113* billed semesterly
- Plans are loaded with $2,013 Dining Dollars per semester and decline from balance.
- Eat at 17 Dining locations on campus.
- Roughly $125 a week or approximately 10 meals a week equivalent.
- Access to national brand favorites such as Pizza Hut, King's Hawaiian, Chick-fil-A and WPS Starbucks.
- Discount price ($1 discount for Breakfast and $2 discount for Lunch and Dinner) at all-you-care-to-eat dining locations Mrs. E's and South Dining Commons
- Are you living in GSP or Corbin? Select either a Blue or Crimson declining balance plans!
How do Dining Dollars work?
- Pay with your Dining Dollars at all campus locations.
- Dining dollars can be added to any plan if you run short!
- Please note that Blue plan Dining Dollars are academic year only and any unused dollars expire at the end of the spring semester and are forfeited. Make sure you plan accordingly to use your dollars and not lose them.
*$100 operation surcharge applied per semester. Fee is to help offset the costs associated with back-end systems & and infrastructure, Repairs and maintenance, major deferred maintenance to support the dining service program.
| Access | Crimson | Blue | $440 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of Plan | All Access | Declining Balance | Declining Balance | Declining Balance |
| Approximate Meal Equivalency | 19 meals - $139 per week | 12 meals - $135 per week | 10 meals - $125 per week | $25 per week |
| Dining Dollars | $200 | $2,070 | $2,013 | $440 |
| Access to all 17 dining locations |  | | | |
| Discount at two all-you-can-eat locations | | | | |
| Available to resident hall students | | | |  |
| Off Campus GrubHub Funds** | $100 | $100 | | |
| Heart of Campus Pass Combo Meal Eligible |
| | | |
| Total Cost Per Semester | $2,331* | $2,270* | $2,113* | $440 |
Heart of Campus
The all-access plan has the heart of campus feature, which is the option to enjoy a combo meal at retail locations. The pass is eligible at Courtside Cafe, The Underground, and The Market during lunch hours (10 am - 3 pm) Monday-Friday without having to use dining dollars. A few examples of a combo meal would be a custom salad and a beverage or our Mac and cheese with a protein and beverage from Courtside Cafe.
What are Dining Dollars?
Dining Dollars: A dollar-for-dollar exchange on every purchase, Dining Dollars are used for all purchases from meals at dining centers and food courts, when you need a Starbucks coffee between classes. Dining Dollars roll over from fall to spring to an active KU card.
They also work at Mrs E’s and South Dining Commons– our all-you-care-to-eat locations on campus. Dining dollars can be added to any plan if you run short!
Please note that the Access, Crimson, and Blue plans are academic year plans. The dining dollars that are part of the plan will roll over from the Fall to an active Spring semester plan. Any unused dollars expire at the end of the spring semester and are forfeited. Make sure you plan accordingly to use your dollars and not lose them.
Campus Apartments and Off Campus Apartments:
Terms and Important Dates
- Residents who select a residence hall are required to purchase a dining plan. Plan options are offered by KU Dining and residents eat at venues operated by KU Dining. A resident selects a plan and is billed twice during the academic year, at the start of each semester. For declining balance plans, remaining fall semester balances will carry over and be added to spring semester balances. Any unused dining dollar balance remaining at the end of spring semester is forfeited.
- For all other students dining plans are optional and may be purchased through myKU login page by logging into Housing under Services.
A resident agrees to accept dining plan charges and pay the applicable fees in accordance with the scheduled due dates as posted by Student Accounts & Receivables. Fees not paid by the due date may result in one or more of the following actions being taken against the resident by the university: 1) postponement of scheduled check-in time; 2) suspension of access to housing and dining facilities; and/or 3) cancellation of contract. Cancellation charges will apply.
Housing residents will follow the Housing Cancellation policy. If approved for cancellation, KU Dining Plans will be canceled based on a prorated rate according to the week of the semester the student completes their check out from housing. Balances above the prorated amount will be forfeited.
- August 18: Fall Dining plans & dining dollars become active
- September 9: Last day to decrease/cancel Fall Dining Plan
- December 20: Fall Dining service ends
- January 13: Spring Dining plans & dining dollars become active
- May 16: Dining plans end, and funds/meals expire (no refunds)
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