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Meal Plan Costs and Options

Our meal plans are offered with either a per-week or per-semester meal allowance. For instance, a "10 flex/meal" plan allows you to use up to 10 meals per week in Cafe Biola while a "20 block" plan allows you to eat 20 meals per semester in Cafe Biola. Per-week meal plans replenish themselves every Sunday. For example, if you're on the "10 flex meal" plan, then every Sunday, 10 meals are downloaded onto your ID card. If you are on a block plan, you will get a one-time download of either 20 or 175 meals for the entire semester.

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Minimum Meal Plan Requirement

  • All residence hall residents, whether full- or part-time, are required to purchase a minimum 10-meals-per-week plan.
  • Apartment residents and commuters may elect to purchase a meal plan, but are not required to do so and may opt out of their meal plan contract whenever they wish.
  • Students assigned to residence halls who have not selected a meal plan by the end of Registration or by housing check-in will be assigned the 10 meal plan. Students may then change this dining plan if they wish, according to the policies governing meal plan changes.
  • Students with special dietary needs, food allergies and sensitivities, or physician-prescribed diets have the option to enroll in our Special Diet Accommodation program. This program allows students to fulfill their meal plan obligation AND have their meals prepared by our on-site culinary team without a major disruption to their academic schedule and at no additional cost.

Meal Plan Rates: 2026–27 Academic Year

20 Flex/Meal Plan $3,534/semester (includes $200 Flex dollars)
15 Flex/Meal Plan $3,345/semester (includes $200 Flex dollars)
12 Flex/Meal Plan $2,846/semester (includes $200 Flex dollars)
10 Flex/Meal Plan $2,636/semester (includes $200 Flex dollars)
10 Meal Plan $2,452/semester (no Flex dollars)
175 Block Plan: 175 “any time” meals $3,098/semester (includes $200 Flex dollars)
For Apartment Residents and Commuter Students only:
5 Flex/Meal Plan $1,145/semester (includes $100 Flex dollars)
20 Block Plan: 20 “any time” meals $715/semester (includes $400 Flex dollars)