Find your Perfect Plan
USC Aiken Dining provides a variety of meal plans designed to meet your dining needs while on campus, whether you are a residential or commuter student.
Plans are pre-paid meals and/or declining balances loaded onto your University ID card to spend at on-campus locations of SAC Café, The Station, Starbucks, Concessions and off-campus at the York Street Domino’s.
Meal plan requirements vary depending on your residential status. For more information about the meal plan program, please review the 2025–2026 academic year meal plan details below and visit our FAQ page.
Resident
Click Enter to see the detailsStudents living on campus are required to have a meal plan and will select a meal plan when they complete their housing application. Freshman and Sophomore students will be automatically enrolled in Plan B if they do not choose a plan. Junior and Senior students will be automatically enrolled in Plan D if they do not choose a plan. Meal plans A, B, and C offer a meal exchange which may be used at The Station during breakfast and lunch meal periods.
PLAN A
Unlimited Meal Swipes + $105 Declining Balance
This plan allows one meal per meal period at the SAC Café or as a meal exchange in retail. This plan also includes $105 Declining Balance. Meal plan swipes re-set every Sunday.
Price: $1,781.00 per semester
PLAN B
11 Meals + $315 Declining Balance
This plan allows eleven meals per week to be used for all-you-care-to-eat meals in the SAC Café or as a meal exchange in retail. This plan also includes $315 Declining Balance. Meal plan swipes re-set every Sunday.
Price: $1,781.00 per semester
PLAN C
6 Meals + $630 Declining Balance
This plan allows six meals per week to be used for all-you-care-to-eat meals in the SAC Café or as a meal exchange in retail. This plan also includes $630 Declining Balance. Meal plan swipes re-set every Sunday.
Price: $1,781.00 per semester
PLAN D (available to Juniors & Seniors)
This plan is a declining balance that may be spent at any dining location and does not include any meal swipes or meal equivalency.
Price: $958.00 per semester
PACER CARD
This is a declining balance sold in increments of $40. You receive 10% for every $40 you add!
Price: $40.00 per semester
Commuter
Click Enter to see the detailsFull-time commuting students attending USCA are enrolled with a $75 declining balance meal card accessible through their current student ID. These monies may be used at any USCA dining location which include: Student Activities Center Starbucks, SAC Café, The Station, The Market located at University Housing, Ace’s Food Truck, Concessions at USCA Athletic events, Catering through Campus Dining as well as our off campus dining partner, Dominos Pizza (York Street location). This is a great way to engage with other students, faculty and staff at university venues with the convenience of using preloaded money on your student ID.
Additional meal plans are available and can be added to suit your individual preferences and dining needs. If your balance gets low, additional funds can be loaded onto your card in $40 increments through the USCA Business Services Office located in room 114 of the Penland Administration Building.
PLAN E
50 meals + $132 Declining Balance This plan allows 50 meals per semester to be used for all-you-care-to-eat meals in the SAC Café or as a meal exchange in retail.
Price: $572.00 per semester
PLAN F
This plan is a declining balance that may be spent at any dining location.
Price: $369.00 per semester
PACER CARD
This is a declining balance sold in increments of $40. You receive 10% for every $40 you add!
Price: $40.00 per semester
Faculty / Staff
Click Enter to see the detailsFaculty & Staff may select any meal plan but may find the options below best suited to meet their unique needs and preferences. Plans may be purchased at any time at Business Services located in the Penland Administration Building, room 114.
PLAN E
50 Meals + $132 Declining Balance
This plan allows 50 meals per semester to be used for all-you-care-to-eat meals in the SAC Café or as a meal exchange in retail.
Price: $572.00 per semester
PLAN F
This plan is a declining balance that may be spent at any dining location.
Price: $369.00 per semester
PACER CARD
This is a declining balance sold in increments of $40. You receive 10% for every $40 you add!
Price: $40.00 per semester
Meal Plan Terms
Click Enter to see the detailsMeal Swipes may be used for one meal entry into the SAC Café.
Meal Exchange may be used at The Station in exchange for a predetermined set of items off of the meal plan exchange menu.
Declining Balance is a term used for the balance that comes with a meal plan that is only accepted at on-campus dining services locations and Domino's (1140 York St. location)
Pacer Card is a declining balance fund you may purchase that is only accepted at on-campus dining services locations and Domino’s (1140 York St. location).
Pacer Bucks is a term used by our cashiers for declining balance and pacer card payments.
Carolina Card may be purchased through the Columbia Carolina Card Office and is accepted in dining services locations, the bookstore, vending and print services as well as other University of South Carolina campuses.