Discover student credit card
Yes — Discover has a student credit card with 5% rotating categories and a first-year Cashback Match.
Discover it Student Cash Back: 5% rotating categories + first-year Cashback Match
- How much
- First-year Cashback Match + 5% rotating categories
- How to claim
- Apply online for the Discover it Student Cash Back card
- certify student enrollment during application
- Verification
- Student verification — Requires certifying current enrollment at a college/university during application; no separate .edu/SheerID step. Credit approval applies.
- Freshness
- Verified 21 days ago
- Where
- United States
- Expires
- No end date listed — ongoing
Discover reserves this deal for verified students. Verifying with your school email is free and takes a moment — browsing everything else stays open.
The details
No-annual-fee student credit card. Earns 5% cash back on rotating quarterly categories (on up to $1,500 in combined purchases per quarter, on activation) and 1% on everything else. Welcome offer: Discover automatically matches all cash back earned at the end of the first year, no minimum spend or cap. Designed for students building credit.
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