Best Back to School Deals and Sales for Students (2025
It’s time for the Back to School sales, and brands are already up and running heavy discounts to students and teachers. If you are a student or a teacher looking to save on learning & teaching materials, these Back to School deals can help you a lot.
All sorts of brands run the Back to School sale, with students as their target customers. The products under this sale range from school bags to laptops, webcams, software, courses and more.
I have gathered and verified some of the best back to school deals that are live right now.
Be sure to benefit from these before the offers end. For your convenience, I have sorted these deals by type.
In this post
Software
PDFElement
The popular PDF editing and annotation software for students, PDFElement is now 60% off for a limited time. Under the Back to School campaign, all PDFElement versions, Windows, macOS and iPadOS have huge discounts. That’s not it. PDFElement is also offering 100s of PDF templates that you can use for free.
Parallels
Have a Mac and want to run Windows on it? You can do that without booting your Mac with new firmware. Use Parallels Desktop to run Windows on Mac. Available at 50% off for Students.
DemoCreator
Make your online presentations look cool and engaging with Wondershare DemoCreator. Own it forever for $59.
EdrawMax and EdrawMind
Save 70% with Edraw Back to School deals. Both EdrawMax and EdrawMind mind mapping software are available for heavy discounts and bundle offers during this sale.
Animoto
Animoto, which lets you create, edit, and share videos with an online video maker, has its offers as well. During their Back to School Offer you can save 30% on all of their plans with coupon code SCHOOL30AP.
More
- Amazon is offering Kindle Unlimited’s 3-months subscription for $0.99. You will have to log in to your Amazon account to see the offer.
- All Kindle e-readers are on sale as well. These e-readers come with free Kindle Unlimited subscription (ranging from 3-months to 1-year).
- Careerist is a job-centered online learning platform offering training in tech careers like QA, UX Design, and more, with mentorship, internships, and job placement support for students with no tech background. They have 50% off on their plans (limited slots available) for you to check out.
- Want to learn logo design & branding, wait, in fact, everything for free? Skillshare has 30-days free to try their latest
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- A career in coding? 380+ courses, career tracks & projects? Datacamp is the best out there for Coding certifications, and offers 380+ courses, career tracks & projects right now.
- During Datacamp BTS sale, it is offering 65% discount on its all-in-one personal plan. Do I recommend it? Yes. And it is also Forbes’ #1 ranked certification program.
- Udacity is more than just another online course platform. It is a fully-fledged university in its own. Well, their courses are 50% off this season. Redeem using this link.
- Coursera Plus is a must-have as it offers unlimited access to 7,000+ world-class courses, hands-on projects, and job-ready certificate programs, for one all-inclusive subscription price. Save $100 on annual subscription
- Get 20% off up to $3 on Chegg Study and Chegg Study Pack products! Click here to get the deal
- Need to create some videos for your school projects? Animoto is offering a 40% discount on annual pro and pro+ plans.
- PDFElement is now 60% off for a limited time. That’s not it. It includes 100s of PDF templates that you can use for free.
- pdfFiller is the annotation expert and is offering 25% off on its annual plans. signNow is at 20% off during BTS Sale as well. These products generally don’t offer any discounts.
- Make your kids (or younger siblings) fall in love with science with MEL Science. Get 50% on your first order. Signup for an account here.
- Are you a teacher looking to start your own online course? Teachable is very ideal for that and it is offering a 40% discount on its annual plans of Pro, Pro +, and Business. Get in early to score extra bonuses.
- Love more than the news? The Economist is offering a 50% discount on its subscriptions. Save up to 75% with the academic discounts. Or try first month free.
Laptops
Apple
Now is the best time to buy an Apple device as the “Far Out” event is close. Before Apple launches any new products, it offers heavy discounts on its older products. Here the term heavy may only mean a 10-15% discount, but this is the best Apple offers.
During the season sale, you can save on a new Mac or iPad with an education discount. You can also get 20% off AppleCare+ and get $150 in extra credits when you trade in an eligible product. These deals are available on the Apple Education Store.
Here are the offers that are live on Apple Education Store:
- MacBook Air from $899 or $74.91/month for 12 mo (includes education discount of $100) – also available on Amazon.
- MacBook Pro from $1199 or $99.91/month for 12 mo (includes education discount of $100) – also available on Amazon.
- iMac from $1249 or $104.08/month for 12 mo (includes education discount of $100) – also available on Amazon.
ASUS
High-end ASUS ZenBook Duo 14, which comes with 14” FHD Touch Display, Intel Evo Platform, Core i5-1155G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, ScreenPad Plus and Windows 10 Home installed, is now $150 off on its retail price. This magnificent laptop is available on Amazon and is ideal for college students and teachers.
Tablets
Drawing/Pen Tablets
Wacom One Drawing Tablet, which comes with a huge 13.3-inch pen display is now at 25% off. It is ideal for students and teachers alike and is compatible with Mac, PC, Chromebook & Android devices.
Coupons and Subscription Discounts
If you are a Prime Member, Amazon’s Back-to-school deals can help you save a lot on select products.
Not a prime member, you can become one at the cheapest price possible.
As a student, you are eligible for a 6-month free Prime Trial and 50% off on Prime subscription thereafter.
Amazon Prime Student subscription opens many possibilities for you, including free shipping, faster delivery, early access to deals, Prime reading, Prime Music, Prime Video and more bonus features.
Audible is offering 3-months of free exclusive access to students.
Others
If you want to shop for those little school needs on your own, Amazon has opened its Back to School page now. Get shopping.
It offers deals in several categories, including essentials, supplies and electronics.
Here are the top deals for students that you can benefit from:
So, that’s all for now. The Back to School Deals have just begun. I will be updating this page as soon as new deals come to my attention. Be sure to bookmark this page and revisit it for new updates.
Last update on 2024-11-21 using Amazon Product Advertising API.
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