Residential Student Dining Plans

Semester rates below reflect rates for the 2024-25 academic year.

Commuter Plans:

• Bronze: $260 per semester ($520 per year)

• Bronze+: $640 per semester ($1,280 per year)

*Averages are approximate

This table shows suggested meal point balances based on average daily and weekly usage recommendations. Figures shown is how much you should have left for meal points each week. This is based on the current year, 2024-25.

Too many points

• Any leftover meal points will roll over from the Fall to the Spring semester. However, Spring semester points will expire if they are not used at the end of the term.

• Students with too many points have three options available to them:

  1. Consider transferring points to another student.
     Learn more about the transfer process
     Log into Quinnipiac's meal point transfer system

  2. Participate in the Tap Out Hunger program and donate meal points to charity.
     Log into MyQ to complete the form for Tap Out Hunger

  3. Purchase food or beverages in bulk quantities directly from the dining hall to bring home. Dining services offers limited items based on cost value at the end of each year.  There is a sign-up process announced in April and pick ups take place in the final weeks of the semester. 
     Complete a bulk order purchasing form (offered in the spring)

Too few points

• Students who have fewer points than the budget recommends can negotiate a transfer of points from another student.
  Learn more about the transfer process
  Log into Quinnipiac's meal point transfer system

• If a student runs out of meal points, they can supplement with Q-Cash. The dining facilities accept Q-Cash and credit cards. Q-Cash acts as a debit account separate from the student's meal plan, and students may add Q-Cash to their account at any time by making a deposit on the Transact page. In addition to each dining location on our three campuses, Q-Cash is accepted at numerous establishments in the surrounding area.

Tips and tricks to stay on track

• Stick with purchasing meals, rather than snacks or candy.

• Students on a small plan should consider two meals a day and then have snacks in your room to supplement for a third meal.

• Purchase Starbucks and other expensive drinks as an occasional treat. Fountain beverages are the least expensive. Fountain water is free and filtered.

• Gift cards from Starbucks can be used (ask for them as gifts).

• Check your points on the eAccounts app/website daily and compare to the week-by-week budget guidelines.

• Convenience store items like toiletries in the North Haven dining hall are more expensive than purchasing at other retail locations.

• Get the most out of your points by purchasing deli sandwiches, which include a piece of fruit or chips with your sandwich.

• Look at the prices on the menu boards before purchasing an item. 

• Buy only one entrée per meal.  The dining plans are set up with a price for each item, not buffet-style.

• Report any concerns to the manager on duty right away so they can be addressed immediately.

Default meal plans

For the Fall term:

• All residents default to the Platinum Plan

• Commuter and students who live off-campus default to the Bronze plan.

For the Spring term, students default to their selected plan from the Fall term.

Changing your meal plan during add/drop period (during the first week of Fall and Spring semesters)

Students have the ability to change their dining plan selection for each term a few weeks before the term begins and up until the last day of the add/drop registration period. The academic calendar outlines the add/drop periods for Fall and Spring

To view or change a dining plan, students should:

1. Log into MyHousing

2. Select "Dining" and then select "Dining Plans"

3. Select the current term and then select "Change my Meal Plan"

4. Select the desired dining plan from the list of available dining plans and click "Purchase Meal Plan"

Please note:

• Students living on the Mount Carmel and York Hill Campuses will see Silver, Gold, Platinum, Platinum+ or Diamond for dining plan options.

• Students living in Whitney Village and Quinnipiac-owned off-campus housing may upgrade from the required Bronze dining plan to Bronze+, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Platinum+ or Diamond dining plans.

• Full-time commuter students may upgrade from the Commuter Bronze plan to the Commuter Bronze+, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Platinum+ or Diamond dining plans.