Plan Options

If would like to purchase a meal plan or if you would like to make a change to the plan you have already selected, please contact us at dining@rpi.edu / (518) 276-2619. If you have a question about the meal plans offered, please call our main office on campus at (518) 276-2619.

Dining Plans 2019-2020


23 On Demand
23 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $100 in Flex Dollars per year. Includes 12 guest meals/semester. Non-transferable. Available to all students.
Price: $6,810/year

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21 On Demand
21 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $200 in Flex Dollars per year. Includes 12 guest meals/semester. Non-transferable. Available to all students.
Price: $6,810/year

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19 On Demand
19 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $300 in Flex Dollars per year. Includes 10 guest meals/semester. Non-transferable. Available to all students.
Price: $6,690/year

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15 On Demand
15 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $500 in Flex Dollars per year. Includes 10 guest meals/semester. Non-transferable. Available to all students.
Price: $6,620/ year

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12 On Demand
12 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $700 in Flex Dollars per year. Includes 8 guest meals/semester. Non-transferable. Available to sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students.
Price: $5,950/year

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10 On Demand
10 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $900 in Flex Dollars per year. Includes 8 guest meals/semester. Non-transferable. Available to sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students.
Price: $5,760 /year

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CYO "Create Your Own" Plan
200 meals/semester. Dining Plan holder may also choose to convert meals into Flex Dollars. Additional restrictions apply. Conversion rate is $8.80 per meal. Conversion of meals into Flex Dollars must be completed by Friday, October 4, 2019 for the fall semester and by Friday, February 28, 2020 for spring semester.

No more than two conversion submissions will be accepted per student per semester. Unused meals will be forfeited at the end of each semester; however, Flex Dollars will carry over from fall into spring semester. Non-transferable. Available only to, juniors, seniors and graduate students living on or off campus and to those undergraduate students living in an approved Greek Residence.

To convert meals to flex click here!

Price: $5,220 /year

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5 on Demand Greeks and Grads  
5 anytime meals per week to be used in Resident Dining Halls, plus $600 in Flex Dollars per year. Includes 2 guest meals/semester. Non-transferable. Available to RAs, graduate students or those undergraduate students living off-campus or in an approved Greek Residence.
Price: $2,680/ year

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Flex Dollars, which add flexibility to your dining plan options and are incorporated into each plan, are yours to spend like cash at Rensselaer Dining locations in the Rensselaer Union, retail cafes around campus, Moe's, Panera, concessions, and resident dining halls. Flex Dollars are allotted by semester and carry over from the Fall to Spring semester, but end on the last day of the academic calendar and are thereafter forfeited.  Flex Dollars are also forfeited upon cancellation of the meal plan.
Rensselaer Advantage Dollars is a campus declining balance account that you may purchase at any time. It carries over from year to year and ends only at the time you leave Rensselaer. It allows you the ability for use not only in Hospitality Services locations but also in campus Pepsi vending machines, For more information or to open an account, stop by the Campus Card Office in the Rensselaer Union, room 1502 or visit their website at campuscard.rpi.edu.