college food budget?

SallyNYU
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:44:18 +0000

It depends. I am a graduate student at New York Univerisity and food is VERY expensive here. I would say I spend $300-$500 per month on food, depending how often I go out for extra coffee or lunches with friends. In NYC, lunch with friends (aka: subway or a deli-sandwhich meal) will run you $10 easy. Do that a couple times a week and you will see your budget go up. At the same time I dont want to NOT have friends or go for coffee because of a budget. So, I try to eat at home as much as possible and save my money for weekends out with the girls! I eat 3 meals per day and most days one meal is out/campus cafeteria. I keep a budget of $100 per week including going out to eat and groceries. This budget has proven a little high, as most weeks I can get by with $75 and if I dont eat out at all $50 per week. I would assume since you have one meal paid for already, $50-$75 per week should be plenty to eat sandwhiches, lunch, snacks and the occasional meal or coffee with friends.