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Residence Life & Housing

Room & Board Rates 2026-27

Residence Halls

 

Residence Halls Fall Semester Spring Semester Total Academic Year
Escalante Complex, Mears Complex, Ute – Double
(First-year student options in Escalante and Ute Halls Only)		 $2,886.60 $2886.59 $5,773.19

Apartments

Apartments Fall Semester Spring Semester Total Academic Year
Chipeta – Single, 1 Bedroom $4,080.76 $4,080.75 $8,161.51
Chipeta – Single, 2 Bedroom $3,735.72 $3,735.71 $7,471.43
Pinnacles – Single Room $3,847.74 $3,847.73 $7,695.47
Pinnacles – Double Room $3,622.64 $3,622.64 $7,345.28

Meal Plans

Plans

The Blue Mesa Plan or Mountaineer Plan is required of all freshmen and is available to all students.

 Fall Semester Spring Semester Total Academic Year
Blue Mesa Plan

19 Meals a week plus $225 Flex Dollars to be used exclusively in the Rare Air Café and Mad Jack’s.

 $3,066.78 $3,066.78 $6,133.56
Mountaineer Plan

15 Meals a week plus $225 Flex Dollars to be used exclusively in the Rare Air Café and Mad Jack’s.

 $2,798.90 $2,798.90 $5,597.80
Crimson Plan

10 Meals a week plus $300 Flex Dollars to be used exclusively in the Rare Air Café and Mad Jack’s.

Available only to second-year students and above not living in a freshman hall.

 $2,471.82 $2,471.82 $4,943.64
The optional meal plans below will only be available to second year students and above who live in the on-campus apartments or off campus. You may purchase additional plans if you run out during a semester. These plans carry over between fall and spring semester. These plans are non-refundable Per Plan
80 Block Plan

  • Any 80 individual meals in the Rare Air Cafe plus $110 Flex Dollars to be used at Mad Jacks
 $968.52
40 Block Plan

  • Any 40 individual meals in the Rare Air Cafe plus $60 Flex Dollars to be used at Mad Jacks
 $482.70
20 Block Plan

  • Any 20 individual meals in the Rare Air Cafe plus $35 Flex Dollars to be used at Mad Jacks
 $241.35

**The Mears complex offers a community kitchen that will be available exclusively to sophomores and above living in the Mears complex. The use of this kitchen can supplement your meal plan, as all students living in the Mears complex are required to have at least the Crimson Plan**

Residence Life

Interim Director

Contact Information

970.943.2101
reslife@western.edu

Contact Location

Western Colorado University
University Center 117
1 Western Way
Gunnison, CO 81231