What is a Meal Plan?
A Meal Plan unlocks delicious meals, coffee, snacks, and more, at locations across campus. Your Meal Plan includes Block Meals which are conveniently loaded onto your Student ID Card. No need to carry additional cards or cash!
Block Meals
Block Meals give you access to our all-you-care-to-eat dining hall, Young Hall Cafeteria.
Dining Dollars
Dining Dollars are a dollar-for-dollar value and can be used at any dining location on campus. Visit our鈥� Locations & Menus page鈥痜or location information, including dining hall menus and hours of operation. Dining Dollars roll over from fall to spring but expire at the end of each spring semester.
Meal Equivalency
Block Meals normally used at the dining halls can also be used at Burgers & Fries located in Gilbert Hall. Students on the Tiger Access meal plan will have the option to use two (2) meal swipes per week at B+F. Students on the Tiger Block meal plan will be given fifteen (15) meal swipes per semester to redeem at B+F.
Burgers & Fries Combo Equivalency:
- Cheeseburger, fries, and drink聽
- Chicken sandwich, fries, and drink聽
- Chicken tenders, fries, and drink聽
UWA Meal Plan Options
Tiger Access Meal Plan聽
The Tiger Access Meal Plan gives you unlimited access at Young Hall Cafeteria, our All-You-Care-to-Eat dining hall. This plan is perfect for students without kitchen facilities in their residence hall, healthy snackers or those with hearty appetites.
Tiger Block Meal Plan聽
This plan allows you to enjoy 150 meals per semester with access to all-you-care-to-eat meals at Young Hall Cafeteria, plus 10 guest meals.鈥�
Meal Plan Requirements
All first-year freshmen and residents of Selden Hall or Gilbert Hall are automatically assigned the Tiger Access Meal Plan.
Residents living in Reed, Patterson, Stickney and Hoover are automatically assigned the Tiger Block Meal Plan, with the option to upgrade to the All Access Meal Plan.
- Hoover residents鈥痺ho have lived on the UWA campus for at least two semesters are exempt from the meal plan requirement.聽
UWA Meal Plan Costs
| Meal Plans | Description | Cost per Semester |
|---|---|---|
| Tiger Access with $400 DD | This plan allows unlimited meals in Young Hall Cafeteria with $400 Dining Dollars per semester. | $2,119 |
| Tiger Block with $400 DD | This plan allows 150 block meals (10 guest meals) per semester in Young Hall Cafeteria with $400 Dining Dollars per semester. | $1,709 |
Other Meal Plan Options
Living off-campus brings a distinct set of needs and challenges to college life. Commuters and residents in the surrounding apartments are offered a select group of specifically tailored with flexibility in mind. All non-resident plans are offered in blocks of meals that can be used at any time.鈥�
Purchase your meal plan or visit us at the Caf.
Students who are not required to purchase a meal plan that wish to purchase the Tiger Access Meal Plan or Tiger Block Meal Plan, please contact the UWA Student Accounts office at (205) 652-3542.
Managing Your Plan
There are three ways you can check your Meal Swipes and Dining Dollars balance:
- Online using聽
- On your receipt after a purchase at any dining location
- Visit the meal plan office in Young Hall, open Monday-Friday 9:00 AM. 鈥� 4:00 PM
Meal Plan Questions?
If you would like more information, have questions about Meal Plans, or need help with anything involving on-campus dining, please email us.