Discounts for Remote & Non-Traditional College Students
There are plenty of student discounts that can help remote and non-traditional college students along the way to their higher education degrees. Below you’ll find discounts on tech, services, travel, and software.
Unidays
This discount website is free to students around the world. Current students at institutes of higher learning can get a ton of deals and discounts on products and services they may need or want during the course of their academic careers.
Signing up takes just a few minutes, and students can start searching through over 150 discounts in numerous categories:
- Fashion
- Beauty
- Food & Drink
- Health & Fitness
- Lifestyle
- Technology
- Sports & Media
Student Beans
This company is a global marketing platform for students. It connects students from around the world with leading brands, offering discounts and deals on various products and services.
Student Beans hosts discounts in these categories:
- Food & Drink
- Travel
- Fashion
- Health & Beauty
- Home & Utilities
- Books, Mags & News
- Gifts & Gadgets
- Finance
- Entertainment
- Tech & Mobile
ID.me Student
When you create an ID.me account and verify your status as a student, you can take advantage of exclusive deals through ID.me Shop.
Digital Subscription Discounts
Amazon Prime Student – The Amazon Prime Student program starts with a 6-month free trial, then continues with a discounted rate per month.
Audible – Using an Amazon Prime Student account, students can get either 46% off of Audible Premium Plus, or 3 months of Free Audible Premium Plus. (Unidays)
Apple Music & Apple TV+ – Students can get an Apple Music bundle that includes Apple TV+ (Unidays)
Spotify—Spotify offers a Premium Student account that includes Hulu and Showtime, all for just $5.99/month after the trial period.
Hulu – Through the Hulu U program, students can subscribe to Hulu for only $1.99/month. That’s a 70% savings off of the regular price.
New York Times – As one of the most legendary newspapers in America, the New York Times offers an NYT digital subscription with unlimited access for only $1/week. It’s billed at $4 every 4 weeks, but that’s a small price to pay for great journalism.
Wall Street Journal – A leader in world financial news, the Wall Street Journal student subscriptions include the Student Digital Pack for only $4 per month.
The Economist – This internationally renowned magazine, founded in 1843, offers 75% off their annual digital subscription for college students.
Service Discounts
Travel
Amtrak – Heading home? Making spring break travel plans? Students can save on Amtrak’s regular fares.
Movie Theaters
Bring your student ID to Cinemark, Regal, and AMC Theaters for discounts at the box office. Some cinemas even offer discounts on drinks and eats.
Moving Trucks
Penske offers college students a 10% discount on all truck rentals. Use promo code STUDENT.
Budget Truck Rental offers students a discount of 20% off local moves and 15% off one way moves every day of the week. Use promo code TRUKU.
Car Rentals
Student Beans members can get discounts on car rentals with Fox Rent A Car.
Student Beans members can save 30% off, plus an additional 5% student discount at Rentalcars.com.
Zipcar has gained traction over the years by promoting car sharing over car renting. With the ability to rent a car for as little as an hour, Zipcar is extremely popular on college campuses nationwide. Register through Unidays for special student rates.
Car Insurance
GEICO provides cheap car insurance for college students. Additionally, they offer discounts for grades of “B” or higher, and a good driver discount if you’re accident free for 5 years. Some fraternity, sorority, and honor societies even have partnerships with GEICO to provide lower rates.
Progressive offers discounts to students who maintain good grades and/or attend school far from home. They have a unique Distant Student discount in addition to their Good Student discount.
Cell Phone Service
Phone service is something we all use every day. Some use more data than others, and some prefer texting over talking. Understand your specific needs before opting into a phone plan because you may pay for things you don’t need.
AT&T Unlimited Elite – Students can save $10 per month per line. Verify online with AT&T.
Verizon Start Unlimited – College students can get discounts for Verizon services when signing up for ID.me.
Software/App Discounts
Office 365 – Microsoft has partnered with countless colleges and universities across the country to offer free Office 365 access for students. Additionally, Microsoft offers Surface discounts to college students.
Adobe – Students can get Acrobat Pro + Creative Cloud at a discounted rate. This plan includes access to over 20 Adobe apps including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier Pro, and Indesign.
Evernote – Students can get 40% off of a full year of Evernote Personal to organize coursework and other chaos from life as a college student. In addition to 10GB of storage space, students can markup documents in the app, take notes, and easily collaborate with others.
YouTube Premium – Students with a .EDU email address can access YouTube and YouTube Music, ad-free, for $7.99 per month.
Apple Pro Apps Bundle – The Pro Apps Bundle collects five Apple apps that deliver tremendous flexibility to creatives, video editors, and musicians. The bundle costs $199.99 and includes:
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- Final Cut Pro – powerful video editing software.
- Logic Pro – music production application.
- Motion – a companion tool to Final Cut Pro that adds motion to graphics.
- Compressor – an advanced coding companion to Final Cut Pro.
- MainStage – a live performance app that brings your sounds to the stage.
Technology Discounts
Lenovo – Lenovo offers a Student Discount when you shop with ID.me. The process is simple: shop your school needs, verify your student status with ID.me during checkout, and the discounts are automatically applied.
Apple – Apple offers Education Pricing on their Mac models, iPads, and Accessories. These prices apply for new and current college students, as well as faculty, staff, and teachers of all grade levels.
HP – Student discounts are available through the HP® Education Store. You must register with your .EDU email address to access these deals.
Best Buy – Using Best Buy’s Student Hub, students can explore resources and deals available only to current college students. From Back-to-School sales and checklists, to special 12-month financing,
Logitech – Through Unidays, all students can get a 25% discount on Logitech products.
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About the author
Terry Howell is a retired Coast Guard veteran, where he served for 20 years.
He is currently the Executive Director for Veterans' Legacies, a non-profit that works to preserve veterans personal stories to help educate our youth.
Terry is also the author of The Military Advantage, an annually updated guide to military and veteran benefits.