Freshmen Residents

All students living in residential housing are required to buy a meal plan from the residential meal plan options. Freshmen must choose from one of our two unlimited meal plans that offer unlimited meal swipes to our all-access location the Fresh Food Company located in the Thad Cochran Center. In addition to unlimited meal swipes these plans also come with guest swipes and meal exchange.

• Unlimited meal plans allow students to enter the dining hall every hour from the last hour entered.
• Meal swipes and Bonus Bucks expire at the end of the semester. 
• Meal Exchange is available at Panda Express (after 4 pm), Einstein's Bro, and SWC 2.0. Each location has a Meal Exchange Menu to choose from. Meal Exchanges reset each Sunday.
• All meal plans are a two-semester commitment. If you sign up for a meal plan in the Fall, you will automatically be enrolled for the same meal plan in the Spring.
• All meal selection changes must be done online or in the Eagle Dining office before the University's deadline to charge to student accounts. 

Please allow 2 business days for purchase to be active.

Meal Plans and Dining Dollars charged to the student account will not be active until the Spring 2025 semester.

Before purchasing, we also recommend reading through our Meal Plan Terms & Conditions.

Guaranteed Dining Dollars: Starting in Fall 2024, each semester, students (Hattiesburg campus, 50% or more face-to-face instruction, full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students under the age of 25) will receive $300 in Dining Dollars which can be used at any dining location on campus. The Guaranteed Dining Dollars are billed separately to the student's account, along with other University charges. The $300 Dining Dollars will be loaded on your Student ID at the beginning of each semester. Any remaining Fall Dining Dollars will roll over to the Spring. The remaining balance will reset at the end of the Spring semester. NOTE: The number of online classes can affect your in-person status and you will not receive Guaranteed Dining Dollars.