Food

Campus Meal plans are a HUGE expense.

Cost Per Meal:

Campus Meal Plan: $13.39[2]

Campus Meal Plan (without breakfast): $20.09[2]

Chick-fil-A Meal: $12.29[3]

Home Cooked Meal: $4[4]

17.9% of college students skip breakfast every day. 72.6% skip breakfast at least once a week[5]

2. Mangan, Katherine. "The Cost of Convenience: College Meal Plans." Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW), 1 Dec. 2023, https://sabew.org/2023/12/the-cost-of-convenience-college-meal-plans/.

3. "Chick-fil-A Menu Prices." Chick-fil-A Menu Prices, https://chickfila-menu-prices.com/.

4. Flannel Guy ROI. "Cooking at Home vs. Eating Out." Flannel Guy ROI, 17 Sept. 2020, https://flannelguyroi.com/cooking-home-vs-eating/.

5. Sliwa, Sarah A., et al. "Skipping Breakfast and Academic Grades, Persistent Feelings of Sadness or Hopelessness, and School Connectedness Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2023." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 73, no. Suppl 4, 10 Oct. 2024, pp. 87–93. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7304a10.htm.

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