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Description of Housing & Meal Fees


2024–2025 Dining Services Meal Plans


Flexibility, value, variety, sustainability and access to local foods are all key components in the dining venues at SUNY Plattsburgh. We understand that dining is a social and healthful event, and we strive to help you feel right at home. We offer a variety of meal plans for on-campus and off-campus students and are confident you will find a meal plan that fits your lifestyle, budget, tastes and dietary needs. According to SUNY Plattsburgh’s housing contract, all on-campus students must select a meal plan.

Read more about our meal plans and dining options.

To add flexibility and convenience to your meal plan selection, you may add Cardinal Cash.

Residential Meal Options
Meal Plan Name Dining Dollars Cardinal Cash Cost per Semester Cost per Year
Cardinal Platinum $225 - $3,465 $6,930
Cardinal Premium $100 - $3,340 $6,680
Cardinal Gold (2nd yr students or higher) $500 - $3,050 $6,100
Cardinal Silver (2nd yr students or higher) $450 - $2,525 $5,050
Cardinal Bronze (3rd yr students or higher) $350 - $1,790 $3,580
Cardinal Grad (graduate students only) $75   $995 $1,990

 

Residential Meal Plan Characteristics
Meal Plan Name Description
Cardinal Platinum

All first-year students living on campus with less than 28-credits, are required to select either the Cardinal Platinum plan or Cardinal Premium plan for their first two semesters on campus.

Cardinal Platinum:

  • Unlimited access to Clinton Dining Hall
  • One meal swipe per hour at Kent Café
  • 18 meal swipes in any retail location per week
  • $225 Dining Dollars
  • 12 guest passes
Cardinal Premium

All first-year students living on campus with less than 28-credits, are required to select either the Cardinal Platinum plan or Cardinal Premium plan for their first two semesters on campus.

Cardinal Premium:

  • Unlimited access to Clinton Dining Hall
  • One meal swipe per hour at Kent Café
  • 12 meal swipes in any retail location per week
  • $100 Dining Dollars
  • 8 guest passes
Cardinal Gold

Available to all second-year (28 or more credit hours) residential students and higher as well as off-campus and commuting students.

Cardinal Gold:

  • 200 meal swipes
  • $500 Dining Dollars
  • Est. 240 meals per semester
  • Est. 17 meals per week 
Cardinal Silver

Available to all second-year (28 or more credit hours) residential students and higher as well as off-campus and commuting students.

Cardinal Silver:

  • 150 meal swipes
  • $450 Dining Dollars
  • Est. 200 meals per semester
  • Est. 14 meals per week
Cardinal Bronze

Available to all third-year (64 or more credit hours) residential students and higher as well as off-campus and commuting students.

Cardinal Bronze:

  • 100 meal swipes
  • $350 Dining Dollars
  • Est. 130 meals per semester
  • Est. 9 meals per week
Cardinal Grad

As a graduate student at SUNY Plattsburgh, we know your time is limited. That's why we've created a special plan just for you! Whether you're living on-or-off campus, you can choose our Cardinal Grad plan to take advantage of on-campus dining on your schedule.

Cardinal Grad Bronze:

  • 60 meal swipes
  • $75 Dining Dollars
  • Est. 66 meals per semester
  • Est. 4.7 meals per week

 

Dining Dollars carry forward from fall to spring semester.

 

Off-Campus (Non Resident) Meal Options
Meal Plan Name Dining Dollars Cardinal Cash Cost per Semester Cost per Year
Burghy850 $700 $150 $850 $1,700
Burghy550 $450 $100 $550 $1,100
Burghy275 $225 $50 $275 $550

 

Refund Schedule for Meal Options
Last Date of Meal Use Refund
Week 1 90%
Week 2 80%
Week 3 70%
Week 4 60%
Week 5 50%
Week 6 40%
Week 7 30%
Week 8 20%
Week 9 10%
Week 10 0%

For more information about food and dining services at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact:

College Auxiliary Services
Phone: 518-564-2035 or toll free at 877-778-2271
Email: [email protected]

2024–2025 Residence Hall Room Rates


  • The standard double rate for 2024–2025 is $5,310 per semester.
  • If a double is occupied by one student, we refer to this as a double-as-single. Double-as-single rooms are only available when all students can be accommodated in doubles.
  • Vacation housing applies to any night before or after occupancy dates defined in the official academic calendar. Students must contact Campus Housing and Community Living to determine if vacation housing is available.

Lowrise Buildings

Standard Single

Standard Double

Double as Single

Suite Double

Suite Single

Macdonough

$5,770

$5,310

$6,240

$5,310

$5,770

Harrington

$5,770 $5,310 $6,240 $5,310 $5,770

Kent (upperclass)

$6,240 $5,310 $5,770

Macomb

$5,770

$5,310

$6,240

Mason

$5,770

$5,310

$6,240

 

Highrise Buildings

Standard Single

Standard Double

Double as Single

Whiteface
(first-year program)

$5,310

$6,240

Wilson
(first-year program)

$5,310

$6,240

 

Highrise Suites

Suite Single

Suite Double

Double as Single

deFredenburgh

$5,310

$6,240 

Moffitt

$5,770

$5,310

$6,240

 

Refund Schedule for Residence Hall Room Rates
Date Belongings are Removed from Room First 8 Weeks Second 8 Weeks
Room Rent 50% 0%

For more information about campus housing at SUNY Plattsburgh, please contact:

Campus Housing and Community Living
Phone: 518-564-3824
Email: [email protected]

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