Residence Hall Room Rates and Meal Plan Costs

Room Rates for 2024-2025

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 first-year students reside in Cuvilly Hall in double occupancy rooms, with a roommate. Students can select their housing preferences by completing the Housing Application or contacting Campus Housing.

New Transfer students may select a Double or Single room, in Cuvilly Hall.  Returning Residents may select a double or single room option in Kerby, Alumnae, 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.

Single rooms will be designated in Cuvilly Hall (2 beds, 1 resident) or (1 bed, 1 resident); Kerby Hall (2 beds, 1 resident); Alumnae Hall (1 bed, adjoining room via washroom); and Main Hall (2 beds, 1 resident or 1 bed, 1 resident depending on space).

Meal Plan Rates for 2024-2025

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 2024-2025 academic year 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 2024, this is Tuesday September 3, 2024. For Spring 2025, this is Tuesday January 28, 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