Where to Eat
Dine on campus
UMassD’s Dining Services: on-campus dining with a variety of locations and food choices. Dining memberships, menus, locations and hours of operation can be found at dineoncampus.com/umassd.
Dining locations
More about dining locations and hours of operation can be found at dineoncampus.com/umassd.
Market @ Birch Grill: grab-and-go snacks, coffee, breakfast sandwiches
Birch Grill: Late night fare like burgers, wings, salads, and more
"We proudly brew" Starbucks Coffee
Made-to-order and express sandwiches, soup, on-the-go snacks and refreshments
Your vote decides the food! This rotating concept is located in the Campus Center and will rotate every few weeks with new retail brands and innovations. Students have the opportunity to let their voice be heard and choose the next brand in this space.
Meal plans
Meal plans are required for all students at UMass Dartmouth. For meal plan questions or help signing up for meal plans, contact mealplans@umassd.edu. Learn more at dineoncampus.com/umassd.
| 2025 - 2026 Academic Year Pricing & Plan Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meal Plan | Grove Points | Grove Express Points | Guest Meals | Corsair Cash Allotment | Cost Per Semester |
| Unlimited | Unlimited | 10 per week, no rollover | 5 | $175 | $3,055 |
| Unlimited+ | Unlimited | 10 per week, no rollover | 5 | $350 | $3,252 |
| 2026 - 2027Academic Year Pricing & Plan Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meal Plan | Grove Points | Grove Express Points | Guest Meals | Corsair Cash Allotment | Cost Per Semester |
| Unlimited | Unlimited | 10 per week, no rollover | 5 | $175 | $3,147 |
| Unlimited+ | Unlimited | 10 per week, no rollover | 5 | $350 | $3,350 |
All full-time students living on campus with less than 49 credit hours are required to choose one of the unlimited meal plan options. All first-year commuter students enrolled in 12+ credit hours and who has completed less than 24 credit hours, are required to choose one of the commuter meal plan options. You may request to be released from your dining contract by completing the process outlined within the Housing Portal. Your contract release request and uploaded supporting documentation will be reviewed individually, and is neither automatic or guaranteed.
Unused Corsair Cash from the fall semester will carry forward to the spring semester, but only for students with an active spring semester meal plan. Unused meal swipes from all dining memberships will be forfeited at the end of the fall semester. Funds or swipes from meal plan memberships or Corsair Cash balances that remain unused by the end of the spring semester will not carry over to the next academic year.
Commuter students
| 2025 - 2026 Academic Year Pricing & Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Meal Plan | Corsair Cash Allotment | Cost Per Semester |
| Commuter | $337 | $337 |
| Commuter+ | $562 | $562 |
| Commuter Max | $842 | $842 |
| 2026 - 2027 Academic Year Pricing & Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Meal Plan | Grove Points | Corsair Cash Allotment | Cost Per Semester |
| Commuter | 2 | $348 | $348 |
| Commuter+ | 5 | $579 | $579 |
| Commuter Max | 7 | $868 | $842 |
Students that sign up for a Commuter Meal Plan are assigned that meal plan for the academic year. If you sign up for the Commuter Meal Plan in the Fall Semester, you will get Grove Points and allotted Corsair Cash in the Fall Semester and then another allotment of the same amount of Grove Points and Corsair Cash for the Spring Semester.
All first-year commuter students enrolled in 12+ credit hours and who has completed less than 24 credit hours, are required to choose one of the commuter meal plan options. You may request to be released from your dining contract by completing the process outlined within the Housing Portal. Your release request and uploaded supporting documentation will be reviewed individually, and is neither automatic or guaranteed.
Unused Corsair Cash from the fall semester will carry forward to the spring semester, but only for students with an active spring semester meal plan. Unused meal swipes from all dining memberships will be forfeited at the end of the fall semester. Funds or swipes from meal plan memberships or Corsair Cash balances that remain unused by the end of the spring semester will not carry over to the next academic year.
Optional Upperclass meal plans
Upperclass plans are optional for all students with 49 or more credit hours. They provide students with the ability to have Grove Points along with the added convenience of Corsair Cash.
| 2025 - 2026 Academic Year Pricing & Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Meal Plan | Grove Points | Corsair Cash Allotment | Cost Per Semester |
| Upperclass | 80 | $1,000 | $2,405 |
| Upperclass+ | 80 | $1,250 | $2,686 |
| Upperclass Max | 80 | $1,500 | $2,967 |
| 2025 - 2026 Academic Year Pricing & Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Meal Plan | Grove Points | Corsair Cash Allotment | Cost Per Semester |
| Upperclass | 80 | $1,000 | $2,478 |
| Upperclass+ | 85 | $1,250 | $2,767 |
| Upperclass Max | 90 | $1,500 | $3.057 |
Grove Door Rates
| 2025 - 2026 Academic Year Pricing & Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Meal | Corsair Cash & UMD Dollars | Credit/Debit (includes tax) |
| Breakfast | $6.15 | $10.86 |
| Lunch | $7.95 | $12.73 |
| Dinner | $10.10 | $17.23 |
| 2026 - 2027 Academic Year Pricing & Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Meal | Corsair Cash & UMD Dollars | Credit/Debit (includes tax) |
| Breakfast | $6.30 | $11.18 |
| Lunch | $8.20 | $12.96 |
| Dinner | $10.40 | $17.76 |
| Brunch | $10.40 | $17.76 |
Adding UMDollars to your account
- Log in to student portal my.umassd.edu.
- Under the Quicklaunch menu, select UMass Pass.
- Select Make a Deposit.
- Follow the payment instructions there.