Living on Campus

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Information held here on these pages, including charges for tuition, fees and living expenses, is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been and will continue to be made to include information that most accurately represents SMU, but it is subject to change based on actions of SMU and/or the federal and state governments.

HOUSING RATES

May Term 2024

Summer Term 2024

SMU-in-Taos

Law Oxford

August Term 2024

Fall and Spring Term 2024-2025

Residential Commons Housing 

The SMU Residential Commons at SMU includes 13 residential communities housed in Armstrong, Boaz, Cockrell-McIntosh, Crum, Loyd, Kathy Crow Commons, Mary Hay, Peyton, Shuttles, McElvaney, Morrison-McGinnis, Virginia-Snider, and Ware.

Jan Term 2025

May Term 2025

SMU-in-Taos

Summer Term 2025

SMU-in-Taos

Law Oxford 

August Term 2025

The Department of Residence Life and Student Housing should be consulted about nontraditional residence accommodation and rates. For more information, please call 214-768-2407.

Room rent is billed to the student account each semester.

Students living in SMU Residential Commons and SMU residence halls are required to have a Hughes-Trigg Student Center mailbox. A nonrefundable $97.50 mailbox fee is included in the room rate ($48.75 per semester Fall and Spring).

All students living in Residential Commons, Perkins or Smith must have a meal plan. Meal plan charges are separate from room charges and are managed by SMU Dining. Please see meal plan rates below.

MEAL PLAN RATES

Summer Term 2024 Meal Plan Rates

August Term 2024 Meal Plan Rates

Fall and Spring Term 2024 - 2025 Meal Plan Rates

* Tax included in meal portion of meal plan. Flex Dollars are deposited at full value. Flex Dollar purchases are taxed at point of sale, if appropriate.
** $200 flex dollars are included at no additional charge.
*** Add $350 Flex Dollars to standard meal plan, receive $30 discount.
**** Add $500 Flex Dollars to standard meal plan, receive $60 discount.

NOTES:

The Works is the required plan for all first-and second-year residential students; unlimited access to the residential dining facilities 7 days. (Important information - The default meal plan for all first-and second-year residential students will be The Works plus $350 Flex if no other Works meal plan is preselected.)

Residential students who are juniors and above may choose from plans The Works or Block 150 or Senior Block 50 to fulfill their meal plan requirement.

Commuter students may purchase any plan.

Residential students who are juniors and above may choose from plans The Works, Block 150, or Senior Block 50 to fulfill their meal plan requirement.

Residential students who are seniors may choose from all plans - The Works, Block 150, or Senior Block 50 to fulfill their meal plan requirements.

(Plans are a combination of the approved meal plan and additional Flex Dollars combined.)

Jan Term 2025 Meal Plan Rates

May Term 2025 Meal Plan Rates

Summer Term 2025 Meal Plan Rates

August Term 2025 Meal Plan Rates

FACTS ABOUT MEAL PLANS

• All resident students must have a meal plan. First-year and second-year residential students are required to have one of The Works meal plans. After completing the first two years, a resident student may select from The Works meal plans or Block 150 options.
• Resident students who are senior- or graduate-level may select the Senior Block 50 or any of the above listed meal plans.
• Each meal plan listed above is available to nonresident students.
• Meal plans may be used in Umphrey Lee Center, Arnold Dining Commons or in McElvaney Commons (Mac’s Place) by using meal swipes.
• The Works and Block 150 meal plan both have 10 Guest Passes, per semester, which can be used for any guest, provided members are present at the time of transaction. Guests of members on a Block 50 meal plan are admitted by paying the door entry rate per guest from the member’s Flex Dollars account.
• Flex Dollars are a stored-value, declining-balance program that works on the same principles as a debit card.
• Flex Dollars may be used to buy meals or commodities at any SMU Dining Services location on campus.
• Flex Dollar balances carry over from summer to fall to spring terms, expiring at the end of each academic year.
• Door rates for dining without a meal plan at the dining halls are: $10.42 (plus tax) for breakfast, $12.72 (plus tax) for lunch and $14.82 (plus tax) for dinner. Rates for continuous service periods between standard meal periods are calculated at the prior meal-period rate.
• A meal plan may be changed through the last day of add/drop, allowing one change per term for all plans. Unless a different meal plan is selected, students will be enrolled automatically in the spring for the same meal plan selected for the fall term.

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