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

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.

Visit the Hours of Operation page of the Dine on Campus website

Visit the What’s on the Menu page of the Dine on Campus website

Log into the Check the Wait website

Follow @qudining on Instagram or visit the events page of the dining website for the food truck schedule, as well as special events and special opportunities. 

If no dining plan selection is made, 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.

The dining plan is not meal-based. It is based on a declining balance system, similar to a debit card account. All items in the dining facilities are sold a la carte. Students pay for each item just as they would in a traditional restaurant. 

The dining plan can be used at all dining locations on our 3 campuses. These locations include Cafe Q, Bobcat Den, North Haven Cafe, North Haven Outtakes, York Hill Cafe, Au Bon Pain Cafe Express, Starbucks, On the Rocks and the M&T Bank Arena concessions.

We offer 24 unique food stations across our 3 campuses, serving options such as grilled food, smoothies, Starbucks and sushi.

View our dining locations

Students can complete a mobile order by using the Transact mobile ordering app.

Download the Apple mobile ordering app

Download the Android mobile ordering app

Students can access their meal plan and Q-Cash balances at the registers at campus dining facilities, online on the Q-Card Balance page on MyQ, or via the eAccounts app.

Download the Apple eAccounts app

Download the Android eAccounts app

Budget guidelines week-by-week appear on posters at the registers and on the meal plan budgets and staying on track page of this website indicating what the ideal dining balance should be each week of the semester.

Learn more about meal plan budgets and staying on track

The dining facilities accept Q-Cash and credit cards. Q-Cash acts as a debit account separate from the student's meal plan, and Q-Cash can be added to a student's account at any time by the student or a someone making a guest deposit on their behalf. In addition to each dining location on our 3 campuses, Q-Cash is accepted at numerous establishments in the surrounding area.

Learn more about meal plan budgets and staying on track

Any balance left over from the Fall semester will automatically roll over to the Spring semester. Meal points are cleared at the conclusion of the Spring semester and any leftover balance is forfeited.

Learn more about meal plan budgets and staying on track

Learn more about dietary restrictions, accommodations and our allergy guide

We are committed to accommodating students with food allergies and other dietary concerns. Learn more about gluten-friendly, vegan and allergy-friendly options available on all three campuses and how to request a dietary accommodation on the dietary restrictions page of our website.

Learn more about dietary restrictions, accommodations and our allergy guide

Two students must come to an agreement on how many meal points to transfer (a minimum $50 meal points per transfer).

The student transferring the points should visit the meal points transfer site and complete the entire form. Information Technology Services will receive the request and process the transfer of meal points.

If the students agree to a financial transfer, that is done on their own without intervention from Quinnipiac University.

Please note:

• Requests for meal point transfers must be made between:

  • The first week after classes start, which is typically the day after Labor Day, and

  • The last Friday of the Spring semester.

• Students whose required dining service accounts have been funded by an athletic scholarship may not sell their excess dining points. NCAA regulations forbid this.

• Students who have been granted a meal plan waiver by the Office of Student Accessibility may not receive a transfer of meal points from another student.

• RAs may not sell their excess dining points.

• Minimum transfer is $50 dining points.

Visit the student employment page of the Dine on Campus website to see job openings

Visit the Catering page of the Dine on Campus website