Required Meal Plans
Costs listed are for the academic year, which includes the fall and spring semester.
Student Meal Plans 2024-25
IU 7-Day Meal Plans
Cost: $4,233
($2,116.50 per semester)
- Meal Scans at All-you-care-to-eat locations
- Combo Meals: Three per week to use at Pay-as-you-go locations or for guest meals at AYCTE dining halls.
- Dining Dollars: $50 per semester to use at Pay-as-you-go locations
Cost: $4,790
($2,395 per semester)
- Meal Scans at All-you-care-to-eat locations
- Combo Meals: Four per week to use at Pay-as-you-go locations or for guest meals at AYCTE dining halls.
- Dining Dollars: $250 per semester to use at Pay-as-you-go locations
Cost: $5,347
($2,673.50 per semester)
- Meal Scans at All-you-care-to-eat locations
- Combo Meals: Five per week to use at Pay-as-you-go locations or for guest meals at AYCTE dining halls.
- Dining Dollars: $450 per semester to use at Pay-as-you-go locations
Optional Meal Plans
Any enrolled student who isn't required to have a 7-Day meal plan may purchase one of the following plans:
Cost: $649 per academic year
($324.50 per semester)
- 25 meal scans or combo meals per semester
- $25 Dining Dollars per semester
Cost: $3,245 per academic year
($1,622.50 per semester)
- 125 meal scans or combo meals per semester
- $200 Dining Dollars per semester
Faculty and staff may use a CrimsonCash account or Payroll Advance account at IU Dining locations.
Side-by-side Comparison
| Required for first time RPS residents in a residence hall or furnished apartment | Optional | ||||
| IU 7-Day Meal Plans | Meal Scan 25 | Meal Scan 125 | |||
| Classic | Enhanced | Max | |||
| Costs for academic year | $4,233 | $4,790 | $5,347 | $649 | $3,245 |
| Costs per semester | $2,116.50 | $2,395 | $2,673.50 | $324.50 | $1,622.50 |
| Meal Scans | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | 25 scans or combo meals per semester | 125 scans or combo meals per semester |
| Combo Meals/week | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Dining Dollars/semester | $50 | $250 | $450 | $25 | $200 |