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For Residents

Montclair Campus

  • Traditional Hall Residents (29 or less Earned Credit Hours): Resident students living in traditional residence halls that have earned 29 credit hours or less may choose from Unlimited, 220 Block, 210 Block plans.
  • Traditional Hall Residents (30+ Earned Credit Hours): Resident students living in traditional residence halls that have earned 30 or more credit hours may choose from Unlimited, 220 Block, 210 Block, 175 Block or 135 Block plans.
  • Apartment Residents: Campus apartment residents assigned to Hawk Crossings and The Village at Little Falls, are required to have a meal plan. At the minimum, a $250 Flex Dollar meal plan (per semester) must be maintained. You may also opt to add any higher level meal plan.
  • Graduate Students: Graduate students living on campus are subject to the same meal plan restrictions as above depending if you are in traditional housing (considered as +30 Earned Credit Hours) or Hawk Crossings/The Village.

Bloomfield Campus

  • All Bloomfield registered students assigned to on-campus housing (including traditional hall, apartment and theme houses) must select either the Unlimited or 210 block plan. If no meal plan is selected, the system will default to the Unlimited meal plan automatically.

Please review the Residence License and Dining Services Agreement for details.


All Residents: Students living in University-owned residence halls, apartments and houses at both the Montclair and Bloomfield campuses, are required to maintain a Meal Plan. Not only is a meal plan required for all our students living on campus, a specific meal plan may also be stipulated based on the credit hours earned or by the building where the student is housed.

  • We are currently asking all resident students to log back into RMS and enroll or update their meal plan through RMS as this will help correctly and efficiently update your meal plan on your student bill. Please click the “Enroll Now through RMS” button to make any changes.
  • After August 18th, for both residents and commuter students looking to change or enroll in a meal plan, view the Meal Plan Enrollment and Changes page.

For all students who would like assistance addressing a medical, religious or lifestyle preference dietary or nutritional concern, or have a unique circumstance or financial hardship consideration unrelated to medical or religious dietary concerns which may impact your ability to participate in a mandatory meal plan, please fill contact us at msudiningser@montclair.edu.

Winter Break Plans

Traditional hall residents on both Montclair and Bloomfield campuses who access or remain in their room over any portion of winter break are required to purchase one or both winter break meals plans based on the days they will be present on campus during the break.

View Meal Plan Rates and Details

Spring 2025

The Spring 2025 Meal Plan Change forms are now open for submissions if you are looking to enroll in a new meal plan, or change your current plan to a new one for the upcoming semester. Please note changes will not take effect until the start of the Spring semester in January.

If you have used all available blocks and/or flex from your Fall 2024 meal plan and are looking to add more, please contact us directly at msudiningser@montclair.edu to discuss options. You can always purchase more Flex with a Credit Card below.