Room and Board rates are approved by the Board of Trustees. The rates for the 2020-2021 academic year are as follows:
Semester Housing Rates
Once the Housing down payment of $100.00 has been paid, the remainder of the room and board charges will be billed in early August for the Fall semester and early December for the Spring semester.
$4,550.00 | 7 PLUS PLAN = 7 Dining Meals Each Week, plus $200 Dining Dollars and 2 bonus meals per semester |
$4,753.00 | 10 PLUS PLAN = 10 Dining Meals Each Week, plus $60 Dining Dollars and 3 bonus meals per semester |
$4,932.00 | 12 PLUS PLAN = 12 Dining Meals Each Week, plus $100 Dining Dollars and 4 bonus meals per semester |
$5,131.00 | 15 PLUS PLAN = 15 Dining Meals Each Week, plus $140 Dining Dollars and 5 bonus meals per semester Dining Dollars are non-refundable |
$5,415.00 | UNLIMITED PLUS PLAN = Unlimited Dining Meals Each Week, plus $150 Dining Dollars and 6 bonus meals per semester |
Dining Center Meals MUST be used each week and cannot be accumulated.
Upgrade Rooms
If you choose to upgrade your room from a double room to a double as a single room, it is an additional $850.00 per semester. If you choose to upgrade your room from a triple room to a triple as a double room, it is an additional $450.00 per resident, per semester.
Dining Services Options
There are five (5) meal plan options: The 7 plus plan, 10 plus plan, 12 plus plan, 15 plus plan, and the unlimited plus plan. Each plan allows you to eat a specific number of meals in the University-operated dining centers each week.
MLK Jr., University Union,
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-5111
Fax: 217-581-6489