Residence Hall Room Rates and Meal Plan Costs

Room Rates for 2025-2026

Campus Housing has 4 residence halls available for students to reside in.  Cuvilly Hall; Kerby Hall, Alumnae Hall and Main Hall. Campus Residence halls are designated for our undergraduate students enrolled full-time in the College of Arts and Sciences.  The On-Campus Housing Application is available at: https://discover.trinitydc.edu/campus-housing/housing-application/.

All new students reside in Cuvilly Hall.  New first-year students reside in Cuvilly Hall in double occupancy rooms, with a roommate. New Transfer students may select a Double or Single room, in Cuvilly Hall.  Students can select their housing preferences by completing the Housing Application or contacting Campus Housing.

Returning Residents have options to select from, based on their class year, in Kerby Hall or Main Hall.  Please remember that if you are placed in a double without a roommate, this would be considered as single occupancy.  Single-room options are available on a first-request basis for transfer students, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.

Double rooms are available in Cuvilly for new students and in Kerby Hall A and B wings for Sophomore, Juniors and Seniors.   Single rooms will be designated in Cuvilly Hall (2 beds, 1 resident) or (1 bed, 1 resident); Kerby Hall (2 beds, 1 resident); Main Hall (2 beds, 1 resident or 1 bed, 1 resident depending on space).

Room Rates for 2025 – 2026

• Double:  $3800 per year/$1900 per semester
  • Double rooms are available in Cuvilly for new students and in Kerby Hall A and B wings for Sophomore, Juniors and Seniors.
• Single: $4100 per year/$2050 per semester
  • Single rooms are available in Cuvilly Hall for new Transfer Students, in Kerby Hall A and B wing for Juniors and Seniors and in Main Hall for Seniors, Graduate Students and Non-Traditional Students
• Premium Double: $4200 per year/$2100 per semester
  • Kerby C Wing with full bathroom. A limited number of premium double occupancy rooms will be available with priority to displaced Alumnae Hall Residents, New Graduate students and if space permits, Seniors.
• Premium Single: $4500 per year/$2250 per semester
  • Kerby C Wing with full bathroom. A limited number of premium single occupancy rooms will be available with priority to displaced Alumnae Hall Residents, New Graduate students and if space permits, Seniors.

Meal Plan Rates for Fall 2025

Meal Plan Enrollment

• All residents are required to enroll in a meal plan as part of their room and board package if they choose to live on campus.
• All upper-class-undergraduate Campus Residents can select to enroll in one of six Meal Plans (285 meals per week with $75 or $150 flex; 210 meals per week with $75 or $150 flex; or 150 meals per week with $75 or $150 flex).  Meal plans begin for Dinner Service on the Saturday before day classes begin each semester.  Residents select their Meal Plan through the Campus Housing Application.
• All new first-year residents must purchase the 285-meal plan with $75 flex for the Fall 2025 semester or opt for the 285-meal plan with $150 flex.
• Meal plans include a block meal plan amount for the semester.  Meal totals decline with use over the semester, not per week.

Meal Plan Exemptions

• Meal plan enrollment is part of a residents room and board package, financial hardship is not a qualifying reason for a meal plan exemption.
• Dietary preferences, sensitivities, intolerances and allergies can be addressed through the Dining program by discussing needs in advance with the Dining Services General manager and Chef. Dining Services provides a form on their website at: https://www.trinitymetz.com/allergies.html for students to disclose their food allergies and sensitivities. Once complete the Dining team will work with you to meet your needs.
• Requests for exemptions from enrolling on a meal plan are considered for religious or medical reasons.  Requests must be submitted in writing with proper documentation.
  • Religious Exemptions:  If you are requesting an exemption based on religious reasons, you can submit your documentation to Dean Meechie Bowie at BowieM@trinitydc.edu. The student must provide the following:
    • Documentation must be on letterhead from your religious leader and provide specific details regarding the impact that the provisions /beliefs of the student have as it relate to the student eating in a university dining hall, including any restrictions that are necessary to meet religious obligations.
    • Students must also provide a detailed plan on how they will meet their food needs without a meal plan.
  • Medical Exemptions: If you are requesting an exemption based on a medical reason, not a dietary preference, you can submit your documentation to the Health Center Nurse Practitioner, Angela Anderson at: AndersonAnge@trinitydc.edu and the Director of Disability Support Services Dr. Sarah Young at YoungSar@trinitydc.edu.  Per the DSS dining accommodation process,  the student must provide specific documentation that addresses the following:
    • The student’s allergy or diagnosis, history of the diagnosis, and the impact of the diagnosis on the student as it relates to eating in a university dining hall, including any relevant testing and results.
    • Any treatment that is prescribed for the diagnosis or allergy (such as food avoidance; use of medication, including epi-PEN, etc.).
    • The provider recommendation for accommodation, if any.
      Please note that documentation must come from a licensed medical practitioner who has the ability to diagnosis and treat the disability in question. The documentation must include the provider name, credentials/title, licensing information, address, phone number, email address, signature, and date of report.
    • Students must also provide a detailed plan on how they will meet their food needs without a meal plan.
  • No changes or refunds of meal plans are permitted after the University’s Add/Drop deadline (see academic Academic Calendar).  For Fall 2025, this is Wedneday September 3, 2025. For Spring 2026, this is Tuesday February 3, 2025.

Commuter Students

• Commuter Students can add a Commuter meal plan via our request form on the meal plan page.

Flex Dollars

• Flex dollars are a declining balance that can be used in the Deli (when it is in operation); for to-go meals in between meal times at the Dining Hall or to swipe a guest in at the dining hall. Flex dollars are used for cash purchases.
• Flex dollars carry over between the fall and spring semesters but expire after spring semester. Unused flex dollars from the fall semester roll over to the spring semester.
• Flex dollars are active for the entire academic year, as long as the meal plan is active.
• Meal Plan flex dollars expire at the end of the academic year.
• Students can add flex dollars to their Trinity ID card in the Business Office.

Questions? Reach out to Campus Housing at campushousing@trinitydc.edu