graduate meal plans
your table, your schedule
Graduate Meal Plans are designed to fit the pace and flexibility of graduate student life. Whether you are on campus all day or stopping by between classes, research, or work, our plans make it easy to enjoy convenient, reliable dining options across campus. Choose a plan that works with your schedule while still giving you access to meals, coffee, and campus favorites.
Graduate Meal Plans are offered as block plans, giving you a set number of meals to use throughout the semester. Meals can be used in dining halls, at special dining events, or as Plus Swipes at participating retail locations across campus.
graduate meal plans
to purchase a graduate meal plan, please contact the phoenix card office
Graduate Block 75
Semester Price
$909.00
(Annual Total: $1,818.00)
75 Block Swipes per Semester
Semester Meal Dollars: $75
Graduate Block 50
Semester Price
$625.00
(Annual Total: $1,250.00)
50 Block Swipes per Semester
Semester Meal Dollars: $50
ALL ACCESS PLANS
With All Access Plans, you can use as many meal swipes as you want throughout the semester in the dining halls. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, late night, if we’re serving it in the dining halls, you can swipe to your heart’s content and try it all. All Access Plans can also be upgraded to include weekly Plus Swipes.
BLOCK PLANS
Living off-campus, and need more flexibility? With our Block Plans, you can choose a set number of meals for the year, depending on how often you’d like to eat on campus. Block Swipes can be used in dining halls as Meal Swipes, or at on-campus retail locations as a Plus Swipe (Meal Exchange).
MEAL SWIPES
Meal Swipes can be used in our residential dining halls. Once you swipe in, you can enjoy an all-you-care-to-eat meal. All Access Plans come with unlimited Meal Swipes, while Block Plans come with a set amount of swipes that roll over between semesters, but drop at the end of each year.
MEAL DOLLARS
Meal Dollars come with your meal plan. These can be used at any Elon Dining facility working on the same principle as a debit card. Meal Dollars carry over from Fall to Winter and Winter to Spring (must purchase same or higher priced meal plan in Spring for meal dollars to transfer).
FOOD DOLLARS
Food Dollars differ from Meal Dollars in that they are added in addition to your meal plan, they stay on your card as long as you enrolled at Elon, and you also receive a 15% discount when you use Food Dollars at any dining location. Otherwise they are used in the same way as Meal Dollars.
PLUS SWIPES (Meal Exchanges)
A Plus Swipes (previously called a Meal Exchange) is a set retail combo that can be used at any of our on-campus retail locations. You can typically get an entrée, side, and drink. All Elon Dining retail locations offer Meal Exchange, so variety abounds! Unused Plus Swipes expire at the end of each week. Block Swipes can be used as Plus Swipes.
GUEST MEALS
You can use your Guest Meals to treat friends and family that come visit you on campus! Guest Meals may be used in dining halls or on-campus retail locations. Guest Meals come with All Access Plans, and you may also use Block Plan swipes on a guest as long as the card holder is present.
PHOENIX CASH
Though Phoenix Cash does not come with any of our meal plans, this Elon University tender can be used at any of our dining locations. I can also be used at several campus shops, such as the book store and the print shop, so it is best to utilize Meal Dollars at dining locations first.