Meal plans

SCAD offers several dining options to suit students' schedules and lifestyles. Meal plans are purchased and administered on a quarterly basis, and services are accessed through the use of a SCAD Card. Meal plans are not available at SCAD Lacoste.

Traditional meal plans

Traditional meal plans offer a designated number of meals per week or quarter, as well as a variable amount of flexible spending credit (Dining Dollars) for students to use at any SCAD dining location or SCAD convenience store.

Students residing at The Hive, Chatham, Montgomery House, River, Turner House, Sail and Surf at Victory Village, pods and suites in FORTY, and suites in FORTY FOUR, FORTY FIVE, and FORTY EIGHT East must choose one of the traditional meal plans. Students who do not select a meal plan prior to enrollment but are required to select a traditional meal plan will be assigned the Weekly 14 meal plan.

Apartment meal plans

Apartment meal plans offer a designated number of meals at the start of the quarter for students residing off-campus and those living in apartment-style SCAD housing.

Students residing at Barnard Village, Boundary Village, SCAD House, Sand at Victory Village, and apartments in FORTY, FORTY FOUR, and FORTY EIGHT West must choose a meal plan. These residents may choose from any of the traditional or apartment meal plans. If a meal plan is not selected prior to enrollment, 25 Flex will be assigned.

2026-27 meal plans

^{*Applicable at any SCAD dining hall or SCAD convenience store.}

Meal plan changes and cancellations

Students may change meal plans by the second Thursday of each quarter. If eligible, students may cancel meal plans through the fourth week of each quarter to receive a prorated refund. Remaining meal swipes do not carry over to the next quarter.

Dining Dollars deposited with a meal plan do roll over to the next successive quarter and will not expire until the end of the spring quarter for that academic year.

Weekly 18, Weekly 14, and Weekly 10 meal plan balances reset every Thursday at midnight. Meal plans 35 Flex, 85 Flex, 50 Flex, 25 Flex, 50 Flex Plus, and Pure Retail provide all meals at the start of the meal plan cycle each quarter, and the plan balance is to last the entire quarter. Students tap their card to pay for meals at their discretion, and each tap deducts from the plan balance.

Dining halls have varying hours of operation. Review café hours to see which dining halls are open during each meal period.

Meal plan questions

For assistance with meal plans, contact SCAD auxiliary technologies:

• In Savannah, email [email protected].
• In Atlanta, email [email protected].