Food

Dining Plans

As a student living in the residence halls at Oregon State University, you are required to have a dining plan. You can choose from one of four dining plans, which give you Dining Dollars to spend at restaurants, cafes, and stores operated by UHDS.

The per-term Dining Dollar amounts are billed to your OSU student account and added to your OSU ID card at the beginning of each term. Dining Dollars are flexible; you may spend as much or as little each day as you wish.

• To pay for your food, present your OSU ID card to the cashier.
• To track your spending, visit the Housing Portal.

The table below shows the amount each plan costs, as well as its "buying power." This is the increased value of your dollar with the discount you will receive using your dining plan at micro-restaurants in our three dining centers (Marketplace West, Southside Station @ Arnold, McNary Dining Center). The dining plan discount is 20 percent for the 2022-23 academic year.

Resident Discounts

As a campus resident, your dining plan offers additional buying power at dining center micro-restaurant locations. Use your dining plan dollars at locations in Marketplace West, McNary Dining Center and Southside Station @ Arnold and receive a 20 percent discount. 

At other UHDS locations and markets, residents who use their dining plans get a 10 percent discount. This includes Off the Quad in the Memorial Union, Bing’s Cafe at Weatherford, Cascadia Market & Café at the International Living-Learning Center (ILLC), EBGBs in Marketplace West, Raintree and MainSqueeze in McNary Dining Center, and many more.

Orange Cash

Orange Cash is a separate account on your OSU ID Card that allows you to receive a 10 percent discount at more than 25 food locations on campus, including those in the MU Commons that do not accept UHDS Dining Dollars. Anyone affiliated with OSU may have an Orange Cash account. 

Note: The previous inclusion of the one-time-only $100 Orange Cash deposit with the offsetting charge to the student's account in the UHDS housing contract has been discontinued effective Fall 2022. It will not show on the student's OSU ID card nor on their Student Banner Account. However, UHDS dining plans now work at most dining locations where Orange Cash is accepted (exceptions are MU Commons restaurants and campus vending machines), so students still have the ability to use their OSU ID card to purchase food across campus.

Learn more about Orange Cash

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Example Days: 2022-2023 Dining Plans

Want to get a feel for what a typical day of eating on campus with your dining plan could look like? Check out these sample days for an idea of what your eating habits may look like on each plan. 

• Average daily spending guidelines are provided as a budgeting tool, based on dining plan amounts when spread out over eleven weeks each term, seven days per week. These daily amounts are merely a guideline and not guaranteed to represent current menu listings or pricing; there is no daily spending limit at UHDS dining centers.
• Items listed below are purely an estimate and not guaranteed to represent actual usage. The calorie needs, desired portions, cultural food requirements and dietary needs of individuals are unique and will vary.