Most of these year-round student discounts are an easy way to save on service you're already paying for.
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It's no secret that being a student is expensive. Between tuition, textbooks, commuting, and campus housing, rationing funds for non-essential spending can be tough. Several retailers know this and offer college student discounts year-round to help out.
With that in mind, we've gathered the best student discounts you can score for the new semester. The list includes cell service plans, music subscription services, clothing, laptops, software, travel tickets, and more. If you're on the other side of the desk, be sure to check out our roundup of the best teacher discounts available now.
The best college student discounts available in 2025
How is status verified for college student discounts?
Every retailer has a different method of verifying eligibility regarding student discounts. Mostly, they partner with third-party websites like Unidays, SheerID, ID.me, and StudentBeans to do the job. Services like these take information like your name, official school-issued email address, and planned graduation date to confirm your status.
If you're enrolled in an accredited institution but don't have a school email, you'll be asked for different information or documentation to prove your status.
Is Unidays/SheerID/ID.me/StudentBeans safe?
If you're wondering whether it's safe to provide your personal information in exchange for a 15% discount, I hear you. As a former university student scrounging for discounts myself, I've tested Unidays, SheerID, ID.me, and StudentBeans and found them to be valid and safe platforms for verification. The fact that huge companies have partnered with them for years also speaks to their reliability.
In the event that you're being asked to use a different platform or provide your personal information directly to the retailer, just follow the same safety protocols you'd use anywhere on the internet: don't offer highly personal, unnecessary information (like your Social Security number), and double-check the URL to make sure you're at the intended destination site.
Are you an educator or a school employee? Check out my roundup of the best teacher discounts here.
Sarah is a Deals Editor for Business Insider’s Reviews team. She also supports our how-to-watch and streaming coverage. She never pays full price if she can help it and is an expert at finding and vetting the best discounts. ExperienceSarah joined the Business Insider Reviews team in 2020, starting as a deals reporter covering the best deals and steals daily. She later migrated to the tech team, where she researched, tested, and reviewed a variety of devices, from gaming mice to Kindle e-readers. Now, she’s returned to her origins, serving as the deals editor to curate only the best discounts and buying advice for readers. She began her career in service journalism in 2018 at Wirecutter as a deals writer, where she absorbed the history of the most frequently discounted products. This has informed her impeccably high standards for what makes a good deal. Ever since her Wirecutter days, Sarah has been an expert deals curator for tentpole sale days like Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. Following her weekly contributions to Business Insider’s Newsletter will illuminate new ways to get the best value on products you use every day. Why you can trust SarahSarah doesn’t recommend any deal she wouldn’t pay for herself. She is skeptical about the advertising language brands use to tout their sales and utilizes all the price-checking tools to ensure they deliver savings.Expertise
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