(Notable update 2/18/24: Amazon Prime student memberships are now available to all youth aged 18-24 even if they aren’t students. Other ages are eligible if they are students by verifying their student status.)
Amazon has a special Prime Student membership with a 6-month free trial, discounted monthly price, and numerous benefits like Grubhub+, cheap Amazon Music Unlimited, discounted Prime Video channels and more. We’ve mentioned many of these benefits individually, in this post we’ll do a full review.
Amazon Prime Student signup page (affiliate links are contained in this post)
Membership Discounts
Those age 18-24 are eligible automatically, even if they are not students. Those in other age groups will input the university name and graduation year during the signup process or you can instead input your .edu email address. (See this comment.)
Bonus Amazon Benefits
Students get the following extra Amazon benefits:
- Many Prime Video channels for just $.99/month, for up to one year. This includes Showtime (reg. $10.99), Epix (reg. $5.99), Acorn TV, Allblk, Motortrend, Shudder, Pantaya, Lifetime Movie Club, Sundance Now, History Vault, Coda Collection.
- Get Amazon Music Unlimited for just $5.99/month for up to four years (reg. $8.99/month).
- Two months free Kindle Unlimited subscription (reg. $9.99/month).
- Students can refer other students to Amazon Prime Student and get a $10 Amazon credit for referrer and $5 credit for new member. (our original post)
- Get $5 off Amazon Warehouse with promo code 5OFFUSED. No minimum purchase required, can get a cheap item for free. (our original post)
Other Benefits
Students get the following partner benefits:
Our Verdict
The biggest thing for Students is the 6 month free trial and discounted monthly price. Some other good benefits as well.