Student Dining Plans

Student dining plans are designed to provide Spartans with flexibility. With so many locations and options available throughout the day, you’ll never go hungry!

Read more below and feel free to contact us at 517-884-0660 or info@eatatstate.com with any questions.


On-campus Plans

Students living on campus choose one of the three dining plans below when signing their housing contract. To select or change an on-campus dining plan, please contact the Housing Assignments Office at 517-884-5483 or liveon@msu.edu. Dining plans are non-refundable. After dining plans are activated for the semester, you cannot downgrade your dining plan (e.g., from a Gold to a Silver) due to the Spartan Cash included in two of the plan options. For a list of on-campus housing and dining rates, please see the Live On website.

2023-24 Dining Plan Options

Spring semester dining plans began on Saturday, Jan. 6.

DineOn Platinum 

  • Unlimited access to all-you-care-to-eat locations
  • 12 Combo-X-Change (CX) redemptions per week, Sunday through Saturday. Learn more about CX in our FAQs!
  • $300 Spartan Cash and eight guest meal passes per semester. Unused Spartan Cash remains on your ID card. Guest passes expire at the end of the semester.

DineOn Gold 

  • Unlimited access to all-you-care-to-eat locations
  • 12 Combo-X-Change (CX) redemptions per week, Sunday through Saturday. Learn more about CX in our FAQs!
  • $150 Spartan Cash and four guest meal passes per semester. Unused Spartan Cash remains on your ID card. Guest passes expire at the end of the semester.

DineOn Silver

  • Unlimited access to all-you-care-to-eat locations
  • 12 Combo-X-Change (CX) redemptions per week, Sunday through Saturday. Learn more about CX in our FAQs!
  • Spartan Cash is not included but can be added. Guest meal passes are not included; however, guests can pay the public rate at the door.

 

Dining plan chart


Off-campus Block Plan

Students living in Owen Hall, Williams Hall, Van Hoosen Hall, University Apartments, 1855 Place, or off-campus properties can purchase meals in bundles. Students living off-campus are also welcome to purchase an unlimited dining plan, listed under ‘On-campus Plans’ above.

Mobile ordering is only included as a Combo-X-Change (CX) option for students with a Silver, Gold or Platinum plan. If a student living off campus would like to purchase one of the unlimited plans, they must do so over the phone by calling 517-355-2274.

With an off-campus plan, you save up to $4 per meal off of the standard public rate when visiting our dining halls. The quantities below are options available to those who are purchasing a plan. Please note the plan can be purchased in any quantity of 10. For example, if you would like 30 meals, enter "3" as the quantity for the DineOn 10 on the ordering page.

DineOn 10+  |  $9 per meal
 

  • DINEON 10 | $90

  • DINEON 25 | $225

  • DINEON 50 | $450

  • DINEON 100 | $900

  • DINEON 150 | $1,350


Purchase off-campus plan now

Meal accesses can be used at all-you-care-to-eat locations or as a Combo-X-Change (CX) at participating locations. Learn more about CX in our FAQs! Guests with off-campus plans can use multiple CX meals per day. One meal is deducted for each use. Meals can also be used to bring guests to eat with you.

Off-campus plans remain active as long as you have your ID card and use at least one meal from July 1-June 30. Dining plans not used during this time frame will be deactivated.

Off-campus dining plans are non-transferable and non-refundable. After a student graduates, as long as they keep their ID card and use a minimum of one meal per year from July 1-June 30, meals remain on their card for use. Michigan State University reserves the right to change the terms of use for dining plans.


Purchase Options for Off-campus Plan

Use a debit/credit card or electronic check online:

Use your MSUFCU account:

  • Login to ComputerLine, select the Manage menu and choose the MSU Dining Plans option under MSUFCU Services

Visit us in person:

  • Visit the ID Office in the International Center, Room 170

Purchase over the phone:

Purchase by mail:

  • Send a check or money order payment made out to Michigan State University to: Eat at State, 550 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Please allow four weeks for processing.