Choice, Value and Flexibility
- USD Meal Plans are less costly, more flexible and provide more Dining Dollars than USD peer schools (48% to 12% less costly).
- With global food costs rising at an unprecedented rate a USD Meal Plan gives you peace of mind. No need to worry about what the unpredictable grocery store and restaurant food prices will be next week or six months from now. A Torero Meal Plan provides you with a set meal budget for the entire year as current plan rates are guaranteed for both the fall and spring semester.
- USD Meal Plans are all Tax Free.
- Most plans include complimentary Guest Meals.
- Using a Meal Plan Meal, for Pavilion Dining's unlimited access dinner and brunch, can save you over $7 off the door price.
A Meal Plan is a wise choice. Allow us to do the shopping, cooking and clean up so you have more time enjoying life as a Torero while focusing on your studies. All plans offer access to high quality, fresh, diverse foods created by an award-winning team of culinarians.
It is our goal to meet your dining and nutritional needs through a variety of Meal Plan and menu options. Your satisfaction is our number one priority. Meal Plans are available to all enrolled USD students. Faculty and staff are eligible to purchase Dining Dollars and Campus Cash via the MySanDiego portal.
Plan Assignment and Selection
Meal Plans are available to all USD students. A Meal Plan is Required for:
- Undergraduate on campus residents in their 1st or 2nd year at USD
- Undergraduate on campus transfer residents with less than 60 units
Our most popular REQUIRED Meal Plans are The Pavilion Plans. Over the summer, the Pavilion 105 will be assigned to residents who are First Year at USD, or Transfers with 0 to 29.5 units. For the fall semester, plans begin in mid August for Law students and the night before the first day of undergraduate classes for undergraduate and graduate students.
Required Plan Assignment:
New (on-campus) residents, with less than 60 units, will automatically be assigned the minimum Meal Plan required by mid July each summer. These plans may be increased within the MyUSD portal.
Voluntary Plans are available to:
- Commuter students
- Campus residents with 60 or more units
Meal Plan Benefits
Maximum Flexibility
- All students may purchase or increase a plan at any time during the semester.
- All students may purchase Dining Dollars and/or Campus Cash at any time during the semester.
- Dining Dollars roll over from the fall to spring semester.
- Voluntary Plans include dinner Meal Equivalencies so upperclassmen may dine anywhere on campus.
Convenience
- Award-winning campus eateries located just steps from residence halls and classrooms.
- Enjoy a great variety of menu choices including; vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, Halal and more.
- Access your Meal Plan via your Torero ID Card or your virtual ID via the MyUSD mobile app. No need to carry cash or credit cards.
- Check your Meal Plan status and make changes quickly and easily via the MySanDiego Portal.
- You may use a variety of payment methods when dining on campus. Your Meal Plan Dining Dollars may be used to purchase food at campus eateries.
Payment Options
USD Dining accepts a variety of payment methods.
- Most locations accept: Cash, Credit Cards, Campus Cash, Dining Dollars, Apple and Android Pay.
- Dining Dollars have some restrictions.
- Pavilion Dining accepts: Meal Plan meals/swipes for Dinner Monday-Sunday and Brunch on weekends.
- Most retail locations accept Meal Plan equivalencies during Dinner (M-Su) and Brunch (Sa-Su) timeframes.
Faculty/Staff
Take advantage of the Dining Dollar plan created for USD non-student employees.
Note: you must be designated as a current faculty, administrator or staff employee (as denoted on your USD ID Card) to purchase this plan. You may also purchase Campus Cash.