Meal Plans
Meal Plan Features & Options
First- and second-year residential students are required to have a meal plan. We encourage upper class and commuter students to continue dining with us! Upper class and commuter students who want to take advantage of these plans may sign up through FlashLine.
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First- and Second-Year Residential Meal Plans
The Gold PlanUnlimited meal swipes in Eastway and DI Dining
$550 Declining Balance
15 Guest Meals
Meal Exchange at various locations
The Kent PlanUnlimited meal swipes in Eastway and DI Dining
$300 Declining Balance
15 Guest Meals
Meal Exchange at various locations
The Blue PlanUnlimited meal swipes in Eastway and DI Dining
$100 Declining Balance
15 Guest Meals
Meal Exchange at various locations
Flash 200 Block200 meal swipes in Eastway and DI Dining
$300 Declining Balance
$100 Downtown Dining Dollars
10 Guest Meals
Meal Exchange at various locations -
Upper Class and Commuter Meal Plans
FLASH 200 BLOCK
200 meal swipes in Eastway and DI Dining
$300 Declining Balance
$100 Downtown Dining Dollars
10 Guest Meals
Meal Exchange at various locations
Flash 100 Block100 meal swipes at Eastway and DI Dining
$500 Declining Balance
10 Guest Meals
Meal Exchange at various locations
Flash Flex 1515 meal swipes at Eastway and DI Dining
$650 Declining Balance
Meal Exchange at various locations
On the Go Plan$165 Declining Balance
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Meal Plan Features
Meal Plans Features
Meal Swipes
Meal Swipes give students access into the two all-you-care-to-eat dining halls. Students simply swipe their FLASHcard to enter Eastway Dining or DI Dining and they are good to go! Students with unlimited meal plans may enter without the need to count their meal swipes! Students with Block meal plans will have a set number of swipes per semester. Meal swipes may only be used by the specific meal plan holder.
Declining Balance
Declining Balance are the dollars included with a Meal Plan and are used like a debit plan. Grab Starbucks, a meal in The HUB or some quick snacks in any campus market! These dollars go directly onto your FLASHcard and can only be used at on-campus dining retail locations. Declining balance dollars roll over from semester to semester, until the student graduates or leaves Kent State University. Bonus dollars do not roll over from semester to semester.
Guest Meals
Guest Meals offer flexibility to treat friends or family to a meal in Eastway Dining or the DI Dining: Eat-In! Each of the unlimited meal plan comes with a specific number of guest meals each semester that are loaded directly on your FLASHcard. Guest meals can be used for any additional individuals the meal plan holder would like to use them on.
Meal Exchange
Meal Exchange gives variety and flexibility to our meal plans. Students can redeem one meal swipe per meal period for a meal at designated locations on-campus, including Rosie’s Diner, Metropolitan Deli, George T. Simon III Cafe, and more!
Downtown Dining Dollars
Downtown Dining Dollars are loaded onto your FLASHcard with the purchase of an applicable meal plan. These funds can be used at participating restaurants around the city of Kent! Downtown Dining Dollars are non-refundable.
Meal Plan Rates
Kent State University’s Tuition Guarantee Plan offers undergraduate students the certainty of room and meal plan charges for their applicable cohort. Students can find their meal plan rate by clicking on the tab that aligns with their cohort.
Meal plan rates for the 2023 cohort and the non-cohort students for academic year 2023-2024 will be available in June 2023. For a cost estimate, students and families may reference the 2022 cohort rate tab.
First- and second-year residential meal plans
The Gold Plan
The Kent Plan
The Blue Plan
Flash 200 Block
Upper class and commuter meal plans
Flash 200 Block
Flash 100 Block
Flash Flex 50
Flash Flex 15
On the Go Plan
The meal plan rates listed below are the 2022 cohort semester rates included in the Tuition Guarantee Plan. They are also the semester rates for non-cohort students for academic year 2022-2023.
First- and second-year residential meal plans
The Gold Plan: $2,898
The Kent Plan: $2,648
The Blue Plan: $2,448
Flash 200 Block: $2,448
Upper class and commuter meal plans
Flash 200 Block: $2,448
Flash 100 Block: $1,445
Flash Flex 15: $800
On the Go Plan: $165
The meal plan rates listed below are the 2021 cohort semester rates included in the Tuition Guarantee Plan. They are also the semester rates for non-cohort students for academic year 2021-2022.
First- and second-year residential meal plans
The Gold Plan: $2,833
The Kent Plan: $2,575
The Blue Plan: $2,356
Flash 200 Block: $2,448
Upper class and commuter meal plans
Flash 200 Block: $2,448
Flash 100 Block: $1,391
Flash Flex 15: $800
On the Go Plan: $165
The meal plan rates listed below are the 2020 cohort semester rates included in the Tuition Guarantee Plan. They are also the semester rates for non-cohort students for academic year 2020-2021.
First- and second-year residential meal plans
The Gold Plan: $2,750
The Kent Plan: $2,500
The Blue Plan: $2,287
Flash 200 Block: $2,448
Upper class and commuter meal plans
Flash 200 Block: $2,448
Flash 100 Block: $1,350
Flash Flex 15: $800
On the Go Plan: $165
The meal plan rates listed below are the 2019 cohort semester rates included in the Tuition Guarantee Plan. They are also the semester rates for non-cohort students for academic year 2019-2020.
First- and second-year residential meal plans
The Gold Plan: $2,624
The Kent Plan: $2,407
The Blue Plan: $2,207
Flash 200 Block: $2,448
Upper class and commuter meal plans
Flash 200 Block: $2,448
Flash 100 Block: $1,289
Flash Flex 15: $800
On the Go Plan: $165
First- and second-year residential students are required to have a meal plan. We encourage upper class and commuter students to continue dining with us! Upper class and commuter students who want to take advantage of these plans may sign up through FlashLine.