Housing and Meal Plan Costs
Wondering about the cost of living on campus this year? Below are the rates for the 2025-2026 academic year.
With multiple housing options available, SDSU makes it easy to find your perfect campus home. Residence hall rates are billed per semester to the student's university billing account.
Ben Reifel Hall
Single Room: $4,060
Double Room: $3,438
Triple Room: $2,826
Binnewies Hall
Single Room: $3,102
Double Room: $2,326
Brown Hall
Single Room: $3,493
Double Room: $2,721
Caldwell Hall
Single Room: $4,099
Double Room: $3,280
Hansen Hall
Single Room: $3,036
Double Room: $2,110
Honors Hall
Single Room: $4,060
Double Room: $3,438
Hyde Hall
Single Room: $4,060
Double Room: $3,438
Jackrabbit Village
Jackrabbit Village is home to Abbott, Spencer and Thorne halls
Single Room: $4,099
Double Room: $3,280
Designed Single: $3,530
Mathews Hall
Single Room: $3,318
Double Room: $2,485
Meadows Apartments
The Meadows Apartments are four-bedroom apartments with one student living in each bedroom.
Single Room: $3,280
Pierson Hall
Single Room: $3,102
Double Room: $2,326
Schultz Hall
Single Room: $4,060
Double Room: $3,438
Waneta Hall
Single Room: $3,036
Double Room: $2,110
Young Hall
Single Room: $3,102
Double Room: $2,326
Compare Residence Halls Rates
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University apartment rates are for individual tenants. Rates are billed per month to the preferred payment method set up in the leasing agreement.
Skylight Apartments
Two-Bedroom Units: $520
This price includes water, electric, sewer and garbage.
704 12th Ave. Apartments
Two-Bedroom Units: $520
This price includes water, electric, sewer and garbage.
Southeast University Neighborhood
One-Bedroom Units: $1,012
Two-Bedroom Units: $780
Three-Bedroom Units: $686
Four-Bedroom Units: $630
Townhouses (four-bedroom): $696
This price includes internet, water, electric, sewer and garbage.
Sundahl Apartments
Studio Units: $442
One-Bedroom Units: $520
Two-Bedroom Units: $748
This price includes water, electric, sewer and garbage.
Students living in on-campus housing are required to have a meal plan. Meal plans are billed per semester to the student's university billing account. Leftover meal plan funds from the fall semester will transfer to the spring semester. Any unused meal plan funds at the end of the academic year will be wiped from the student's account.
This plan includes:
- Unlimited meals at Larson Commons
- $68 in Flex Dollars
This plan includes:
- 100 meals at Larson Commons
- $865 in Flex Dollars
This plan includes:
- 50 meals at Larson Commons
- $1,114 in Flex Dollars
This plan includes:
- $1,784 in Flex Dollars
This plan includes:
- $1,585 in Flex Dollars
This plan includes:
- $923 in Flex Dollars
This plan is only available to upper-division students living in Hansen Hall and the Meadows Apartments.
If you do not select a meal plan, you will be assigned the default plan of 50 Block and $1,114 in Flex Dollars.
- All students living on campus are required to have a meal plan. The only exception is if you are a 2023 or earlier high school graduate and live in Meadows apartments.
- If you are a 2025 high school graduate, you can only choose a Block Meal Plan.
- If you are a 2024 high school graduate or higher and select a West Flex Meal Plan, we will default you to the Bronze Flex Meal Plan as 2024 and up are not eligible for the West Flex Plan.
The last day to change your fall 2025 meal plan option is Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, at 5 p.m.
The policy for the South Dakota State University Housing and Residential Life Meal Plan Exemption/Accommodation Guidelines and Process are established for students requesting an exemption from the SDSU Meal Plan program. The Meal Plan Exemption Policy covers meal plans for all students required to purchase a meal plan.
