Room & Board Rates & Refunds

Room & Board

Students who live in residence halls will pay a term-based rate for their room and are required to purchase a meal plan. 

(Note: "board plan" and "dining plan" and "meal plan" all mean the same thing.)

Dining Plans

The Cafeteria and the Comets Landing Snack Bar, both in the Campus Center, operate in a way that we hope maximizes students' options. Having enough to eat is also important. We have plans designed for students who  want solid meals, usually twice a day and sometimes three times a day. We have plans for people who graze their way through the day. We have options that fall somewhere in the middle of those plans. These plans are by-the-semester.

Default Plan:

• average of 2½ meals a week + 725 points  (block of 40 meals + 725 points)  $1225
• Resident Students are assigned this meal plan by default.

Upgrade from the basic meal plan – add Dinner Meals:

• 4 meals a week + 725 points  (block of  70 meals + 725 points)  $1518
• 6 meals a week + 725 points  (block of 100 meals + 725 points)  $1810

or Upgrade from the basic meal plan – add Points:

• 2½ meals a week + 1150 points  (block of 40 meals + 1150 points)  $1650
• 2½ meals a week + 1600 points  (block of 40 meals + 1600 points)  $2100

or Upgrade both parts of the basic plan:

• 4 meals a week + 1150 points   (block of  70 meals + 1150 points)  $1943
• 6 meals a week + 1150 points  (block of 100 meals + 1150 points)  $2235
• 4 meals a week + 1600 points   (block of  70 meals + 1600 points)  $2393    
• 6 meals a week + 1600 points  (block of 100 meals + 1600 points)  $2685

(Note: students participating in football camp will use fall swipes or points and should choose an upgrade plan.     Off-Campus Football Camp participants will be assigned a 40-meal plan without points, but can change their plan in the housing portal. Their plan begins on August 3 and meals not used during camp are good all semester.)  

Lesser plans available to upperclass resident students with a suite-with-kitchen OR off-campus:

• 2½ meals a week    (block of 40 meals)     $500
• 725 points     $725
• Petition to be exempted from the meal plan requirement for residents     $90/sem

The Language we're using:

Comet Cash

Room and Board Charges (by Semester)

Refunds 
The refunds for "points" is simple - if you withdraw from school, you are eligible for the 'points' to be refunded to the business office. If you have no outstanding costs or charges on your account, a refund check for that amount will be processed.

Refunds for the meals portion involves determining if your pattern of usage is less than the value created by applying the formula below. if you withdraw from school, the lesser of the refund values will be reported to the business office as a refund for the board plan.

Finally, the housing refund uses the formula as indicted by the State Board of Higher Education.