Housing Rates & Dining Plans

Housing and dining rates are determined each summer for the following fall. Current year rates are provided to help you estimate these costs for your individual situation. Your specific cost will depend on your room assignment and dining plan choice.

Housing and dining plan charges are divided into two approx. even amounts and posted to your PAWS account semesterly, once in July and again in January. First semester charges are due in late August. Please contact Student Financial Services with questions regarding payments.

Residence Hall Rates (dining plan not included)

Listed below are the University Housing Room Rates for the Academic Year 2023-2024. Questions may be directed to the University Housing Office at (414) 229-4065 or housing@uwm.edu. All account transactions will be posted to your PAWS account.

Rates Include: All utilities, high-speed internet, and standard cable.

Residence Hall

Room Type

2023-24
Academic Year Cost

Cambridge Commons Double $6779
Double Upgrade $7909
RiverView Single $7407
Double $6441
Sandburg (N/S/W) Single $6821
Double $5771
Triple $5145
Sandburg (E) Single $8395
Double $6418

Please download the Room and Dining Rates 2023-2024 sheet for full details, including important notes for residents.

Apartment Rates

Listed below are the University Housing Apartment Rates for the Academic Year 2023-2024. Questions may be directed to the University Housing Office at (414) 229-4065 or housing@uwm.edu. All account transactions will be posted to your PAWS account.

Rates Include: All utilities, high-speed internet, and standard cable. Apartments on floors 6 and 7 also include in-unit laundry. Residents are billed only for their portion of the apartment cost unless they have bought out the entire apartment.


Unit
Type

Total Cost
Per Month
Cost Per Month
(2 occupants)
Cost Per Month
(3 occupants)
1 Bedroom $1109 $554.50 N/A
1 Bedroom Upgrade $1159 $579.50 N/A
2 Bedroom $1414 $707 N/A
2 Bedroom Upgrade $1490 $745 N/A
3 Bedroom $1854 $927 $618
3 Bedroom Upgrade $2058 $1029 $686

Please download the Kenilworth Room Rates 2023-2024 sheet for full details.

Parking
Each building in University Housing has a parking garage and requires its own specific permit. You cannot request a permit until you receive your room assignment. Visit UWM Transportation Services for more information and to request a permit.

Anytime Dining Plan

UWM introduced the Anytime Dining Plan in Fall of 2022. This plan offers enhanced services that enable UWM student resident participants to access any Residential Dining Hall during all operating hours as many times as they please, eating all they care to eat. This plan is as flexible as any participant needs it to be.

In addition, the Gold and Platinum packages offer residents Dining Dollar options at an additional 12 on-campus locations and an opportunity to taste Milwaukee with nearly 20 vendors in the neighboring areas who will accept your Dining Dollars for meals in their restaurants or make deliveries to you.

Dining Plan Requirement

All University Housing residents are required to participate in an Anytime Dining Plan unless they reside in one of the following exempt locations: Kenilworth Square Apartments, Cambridge Commons’ upgraded suites, RiverView Hall, and Sandburg Hall’s East Tower.

    • When you submit your University Housing Contract, you must:
      1. Select a dining plan level (Silver, Gold, or Platinum), or
      2. Provisionally select “no dining plan” if you are requesting to live in an exempt location listed above.
    • If you make a dining plan-related selection that does not meet the criteria of your University Housing assignment, you will automatically be enrolled in the Gold Plan, which is the default dining plan.

Options & Rates

For information on Residential Dining Plan options, please visit Dining and Food Service’s Anytime Dining web page. Once there, you will find:

  • key term definitions,
  • a side-by-side comparison of dining packages along with rates for each,
  • a list of dining locations, in addition to the Residential Dining Halls, and
  • instructions on requesting Dietary Accommodations.

Please be aware that you agree to pay UWM all applicable fees for your dining plan level as detailed in the approved yearly rate schedule, available the summer prior to each Fall semester. Applicable rates will also be posted to your PAWS Account.

Plan Changes & Terms

    1. Enrollment & Upgrades
      • Residents may enroll in the Anytime Dining Plan, or increase their plan level, at any time. Upgrades and new plan enrollment are the only changes that may be made after the change deadlines pass each semester.
    2. Dining Plan Changes Prior to the Contract Preference Deadline:
      • Residents may change their dining plan preferences, or unenroll from the Anytime Dining Plan (if eligible), by using the online preference change process outlined in the “Preferences & Preference Change Instructions” in the Contract Guidebook, until the relevant Preference Deadline:
        • May 31, 2023 for students entering University Housing in Fall/Semester I.
        • December 31, 2023 for students entering University Housing in Spring/Semester II.
    3. Dining Plan Changes After the Contract Preference Deadline: Residents wishing to change their dining plan preference, or unenroll from the Anytime Dining Plan (if eligible), must submit a Dining Plan Change Form to University Housing.
      • Fall/Semester I requests to reduce dining plan level or to unenroll from the Anytime Dining Plan must be received no later than October 3, 2023.
      • Spring/Semester II requests to reduce dining plan level or to unenroll from the Anytime Dining Plan must be received no later than February 19, 2024.
      • Students entering into an initial University Housing contract after the relevant deadline cannot reduce their current dining plan or unenroll from the Anytime Dining Plan in the current semester. These residents may, however, make changes for the Spring/Semester II as provided for in this section.
  1. When unenrolling from the Anytime Dining Plan (if eligible), or decreasing a dining plan level:
    1. Residents will not be credited for any Dining Dollars they used before changing their plan.
    2. Unused guest passes, if applicable, will be removed from residents’ dining account.
    3. Residents who are unenrolling will be charged a prorated fee for the days they were enrolled in such dining plan prior to their approved change/unenrollment date.
    4. To avoid prorated dining plan charges, residents in Cambridge Commons upgraded suites and Sandburg Hall’s East Tower who do not wish to participate in the Anytime Dining Plan, should ensure that they have selected “no dining plan” in their preferences or via a Dining Plan Change Form prior to the start of the semester.
  1. Dining Plan Changes due to Change in Housing Assignments
    1. If a requested housing assignment change is granted and results in a resident moving from an assignment where the Anytime Dining Plan is not required to an assignment where it is, the resident will be required to select a dining plan. If a resident fails to do so, the default Gold Plan will be selected for them. The relevant dining plan-related fees will be prorated based on the approved assignment change date.
    2. If a resident moves from a housing assignment where the Anytime Dining Plan is required to one where it is not, the resident may only change dining plan levels or unenroll from the Anytime Dining Plan if they submit a Dining Plan Change form by the relevant deadlines detailed above.

Continuance, Rollover, and Contract Expiration

    1. For Spring/Semester II, all returning residents will maintain the dining plan level they were enrolled in at the end of Fall/Semester I.
    2. Dining Dollars * and Guest Passes
      1. On or before the start of the Fall/Semester I, your account will be credited with half of the annual Dining Dollars and Guest Passes included with your chosen Anytime Dining Plan level.
      2. Near the end of the Fall/Semester I, your account will be credited with the remaining Dining Dollars and Guest Passes in anticipation of the Spring/Semester II semester. This helps residents to budget their Dining Dollars.
      3. Any Dining Dollars and Guest Passes not used in the Fall/Semester I will be automatically carried over to the Spring/Semester II.
      4. If you choose to reduce your plan level in the Spring/Semester II any Fall/Semester I Dining Dollar and Guest Pass carryovers are non-refundable.
      5. All unused Dining Dollars and Guest Passes (including any carryovers from Fall/Semester I) expire at the end of the Spring/Semester II and are non-refundable.
      6. * Residents may monitor their Dining Dollar usage by downloading the GET Mobile app for UWM or logging on to uwm.edu/retailservices/panthercard/#mealplan.

PanterCa$h

  1. PantherCa$H is like a pre-paid debit account that is usable through your UWM Panthercard. All UWM students may elect to place funds on their PantherCa$h account for use to buy food, goods, and other services. The funds are referred to as PantherCa$h and are described in more detail below. PantherCa$h is not the same as Dining Dollars, and cannot be used in Residential Dining Halls.
    1. PantherCa$h may be used for a variety of UWM campus services (i.e., vending, WEPA printing, Housing laundry, Panther Shop, Student Union services, SARUP lab, UWM Retail Dining venues, RESTORE, Union Station, Pepsi and Farmers Fridge vending machines).
    2. PantherCa$h can be used to purchase food off campus at participating vendors. The current list of participating vendors can be found online at uwm.edu/retailservices/panthercard/#useat.
    3. Deposits must be added to your PantherCa$h account in advance of the service being rendered using your GET Mobile app or at the Panther Card Office (Student Union, Room 198) or through a Cash Value Center (CVC) in University Housing laundry rooms.
    4. PantherCa$h is the only method of payment for University Housing laundry.
    5. Terms of Use are available online at uwm.edu/retailservices/panthercard.