Fall Meal Deadline: August 15

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Spring Meal Deadline: January 1

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Fall Meal Deadline: August 15 〰️ Spring Meal Deadline: January 1 〰️

Meal Plans

All full time Jessup students are required to participate in a campus meal plan and must elect a plan from the list of available options.

Important Information

All full time Jessup students are required to participate in a campus meal plan and must elect a plan from the list of available options corresponding to their housing assignment (see below).

Exceptions may be made for medical reasons. Jessup University Disability Support Services (DSS) office provides reasonable accommodations to assist college students with disabilities in having equal access to regular college programs and activities. Accommodations are determined individually for each student through an interactive process and are based on functional limitations resulting from a documented disability. For more information, please contact DSS@jessup.edu.

Food service will not be available during Thanksgiving, Christmas break, or spring break.

Jessup students will receive the amount of their chosen meal plan as credit on their University Student ID card to be used for the purchase of food with Bon Appetit starting with dinner on the Sunday before classes begin. The student may make use of the Bon Appetit block meals or flex dollars to pay for guest meals. All credits towards weekly meal plans will be voided on the last day of finals at the end of each term. All credits towards flex plans will be voided upon the close of the Academic year.

  • All full time Jessup University TRAD (Traditional Undergraduate Students) are required to have a meal plan. Commuters may choose the appropriate Commuter plans and all Residential students choose based on their living area and/or class level.

  • Unused Block Meal swipes are lost at the end of the semester

  • Unused Weekly Meal swipes are lost at the end/beginning of each week

  • Unused Flex dollars roll over from the fall to spring semester

  • Flex dollars will be voided upon the close of the Academic Year

  • Students may use up to four swipes within a single day

How Meal Plans Work:

  • The Weekly 19:

    This plan includes a meal swipe for every single meal period, a total of 19 for the week, every week of the semester. Unused Weekly Meal swipes are lost at the end/beginning of each week. Only one meal swipe per meal period.

    *This plan is required for all first year freshmen.

  • The Weekly 15:

    This plan includes a total of 15 meal swipes for the week, every week of the semester. This plan also includes $100 in Flex Dollars. Flex Dollars can be used in either the Cafeteria or The Shack. Unused Weekly Meal swipes are lost at the end/beginning of each week. Unused Flex dollars roll over from the fall to spring semester. Flex dollars will be voided upon the close of the Academic Year. Only one meal swipe per meal period.

  • The 75 Block:

    This plan includes a total of 75 meal swipes for the entire semester. This plan also includes $100 in Flex Dollars. Flex Dollars can be used in either the Cafeteria or The Shack. Unused Block Meal swipes are lost at the end of the semester. Unused Flex dollars roll over from the fall to spring semester. Flex dollars will be voided upon the close of the Academic Year.

    *This plan is only applicable to Commuters and Apartment residents.

  • The 40 Block:

    This plan includes a total of 40 meal swipes for the entire semester. This plan also includes $100 in Flex Dollars. Flex Dollars can be used in either the Cafeteria or The Shack. Unused Block Meal swipes are lost at the end of the semester. Unused Flex dollars roll over from the fall to spring semester. Flex dollars will be voided upon the close of the Academic Year.

    *This plan is only applicable to Commuters and Apartment residents.

  • The 10 Block:

    This plan includes a total of 10 meal swipes for the entire semester. This plan also includes $50 in Flex Dollars. Flex Dollars can be used in either the Cafeteria or The Shack. Unused Block Meal swipes are lost at the end of the semester. Unused Flex dollars roll over from the fall to spring semester. Flex dollars will be voided upon the close of the Academic Year.

    *This plan is only applicable to Commuter students.

  • The 175 Flex:

    This plan includes a total of $175 in Flex Dollars. Flex Dollars can be used in either the Cafeteria or The Shack. Unused Flex dollars roll over from the fall to spring semester. Flex dollars will be voided upon the close of the Academic Year.

    *This plan is entirely flex dollars and cannot be used for meal exchanges. Only applicable to Commuter students.

Requesting A Meal Plan Change

If you have completed a housing or commuter application and would like to change your meal plan do so HERE. Meal Plans cannot be lowered or cancelled after these dates. Meal plans can be added or upgraded at any time during the semester. Add or upgrade your meal plan HERE (select Forms & Requests)

  • To view your ACTIVE meal plan balance, please follow the following steps:

    1. Go to Bon Appetit's card center here. 

    2. Log in or click "Register Now" to create an account

    3. If registering, you will need your Jessup Student ID number and last name
      Example: 990022892 

    4. Create a username and password

    Once logged in, you will be able to see your account balance

  • Busy schedule got you on the go? You won’t go hungry, we promise! Take advantage of Bon Appetit's time-saving meal exchange option and use your meal swipe for a quick ready-to-go meal from The Shack.

    Timeframe for meal exchanges:

    Breakfast – 7:00am – 9:59am

    Lunch- 10:00am – 2:59pm

    Dinner – 3:00pm – Close or 9:00pm


    What comes with each meal exchange:

    Breakfast – 1  Entrée (fruit cup, yogurt parfait, hot breakfast item, OR grab n go item)

    Lunch – 1 Entrée (pizza OR grab n go item)

    Dinner – 1 Entrée (grab n go item).
    + side: pastry or hand fruit and chips
    + drink: small drip coffee, small hot or cold tea, fountain soda, OR water bottle

  • BREAKFAST: MON-FRI, 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

    BRUNCH: SAT-SUN, 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM

    LUNCH: MON-FRI, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

    DINNER: MON-FRI, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

    DINNER: SAT-SUN, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

  • If you have completed a housing or commuter application and would like to change your meal plan do so HERE. Meal Plans cannot be lowered or cancelled after these dates. Meal plans can be added or upgraded at any time during the semester. Add or upgrade your meal plan HERE (select Forms & Requests)


    Meal Plan Change Deadlines:
    Fall: August 15
    Spring: January 1

    If a meal plan is not selected by the deadline your meal plan will be defaulted to the following:

    Village Living Area: 19 Meals/Week
    Sunset Living Area: 15 Meals/Week
    The Block Living Area: 15 Meals/Week