How to Get Student Discount on Apple Music

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on July 22, 2022

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Apple Music is Apple's streaming music service and give you access to 50 million songs. Content can be streamed or downloaded for offline playback, as well as song and genre-based radio stations and planned Beats 1 stations. Apple Music offers three subscription plans, which are $9.99 for a person per month and $14.99 for a family plan for up to six people. If you are a student and have no ability to pay for the Individual/Family subscription fee, you can consider the Apple Music Student Plan. Now, as long as you are a qualified student, you can get up to 50% discount on Apple Music subscriptions. This way, you only need to pay $5.99 per month for membership, which is incredible for unlimited music streaming. You can learn from the article what is the Apple Music Student Plan and how to get an Apple Music student subscription. In addition, you can also get a reminder on how to keep downloaded songs forever after canceling Apple Music’s student subscription.

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Part 1: Everything You Need to Know About Apple Music Student Plan

What is Apple Music Student Discount?

For Apple Music, just pay a flat fee, and you unlock the entire Apple Music library filled with 50 million songs. Apple Music’s student membership now offers a 50% discount to individual subscribers. Those who have a qualifying university can sign up for Apple Music for just $4.99. Besides, if you sign up for the student plan today, Apple will offer a three-month free trial standard package. Current student members can also choose to switch their current Apple Music subscription plan to a student membership, saving $5 a month. The requirement for the student discount is that you actually are enrolled in a university or college. Your registration verification will be completed by UNIDAYS. You can find out if your university has participated in the UNiDAYS program when you sign up for a subscription.

News: From May 2022, Apple Music raised the price of its student plan in the US, UK and Canada to $5.99, from its previous pricing of $4.99.

Comparison: Apple Music Student Vs. Individual Vs. Family Plan

After comparison, we can find that Apple Music Student Plan enjoy the same functions and benefits as the Individual Plan. But the price is $4 lower than the Individual Plan. This will save you a bill if you subscribe to Apple Music long-term. Of course, only college students can take this offer.

As you can see, the Apple Music Family Plan is more expensive than other two plans. As a result, you will get to run the same account in 4 to 6 devices, and share your existing music library with your family with ease.

Benefits of Apple Student Discount

With an Apple Music Student Discount, you can access the complete catalog of Apple Music, get unlimited skips for its songs and radio stations, download any content on Apple Music for offline playback. What's more, you can stream any of your favorite songs from the catalog of iTunes and places your music in a single or common section whether you downloaded it online, rip CD or purchase from iTunes library.

Where Can You Get Apple Music Student Discount?

Currently, the Apple Music Student Membership Program is available in U.S., U.K., Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Chile, Colombia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.

Something You Should know Apple Music Student Plan:

• Your student plan runs for $4.99 as long as you don’t cancel it.
• UNiDAYS will proof your enrollment regularly. If you are not enrolled anymore, it will automatically switch over to the Individual plan for $9.99 per month.
• If you are using the student plan for 4 years, it also will switch to the $9.99 plan.

FAQs About Apple Music Student Plan
Q1: Who Qualifies for Apple Student Discount?
Answer: Only students attending degree-granting universities and colleges can join Apple Music student discount.

Q2: How Long Can You Get Apple Student Discount?
Answer: Up to 48 months.

Q3: Can You Get a Student Discount with the Family Plan?
Answer: No. This plan was made for only one student. With an Apple Music Student subscription, you can only listen to Apple Music on one at a time. For

Q4. Why is My Apple Music Student Discount Not Working?
Answer: Make sure you are using the correct student id. In addition, you will need an edu mail to sign up instead of other email accounts.

Part 2: Guide: How to Get Apple Music Student Discount (50% Off)

Before You Join Apple Music's Student Plan:

• Update your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to the latest iOS version, and get the latest version of iTunes on your PC or Mac (or Apple Music app on MacOS 10.15 Catalina).
• Update your Android phone to Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) or later.

Signing up for Apple Music Student Membership is simple. Below is different guide on how to get Apple Music's Student Discount on iOS, Android, Mac and PC.

1 # Join Apple Music Student Discount on Mac or PC

Step 1. Launch the iTunes or Apple Music app on your PC/Mac.

Step 2. You should see an offer to subscribe to Apple Music when you first open the Music app on your device. If not, tap "For You" at the bottom of the screen. Or click the "For You" tab at the top of the iTunes window on your Mac or PC.

Step 3. Tap on the three-month trial offer.

Step 4. Choose a "College Student" or "University Student" subscription.

Step 5. Click on "Verify Eligibility".
– If you have an active UNiDAYS account, press Already verified with UNiDAYS? -> use the registered email address to sign in.
– If you’re studying overseas, tap Studying outside of [name of the country]? -> select the country/region.
– Contact Support if something’s not working.

Step 6. In some countries and regions, you may need to log in to your school’s portal to find the Apple Music offer. You may need to enter your academic email or connect to a school’s Wi-Fi.

Step 7. After you sign in and are verified as a student, you'll be redirected back to iTunes to finish the join process.

Step 9. Tap "Use Existing Apple ID", then enter your Apple ID and password. If you don't have one, tap "Create New Apple ID".

Step 10. You may be asked to validate your billing information. Add a valid payment method if required and select "Join".

2 # Join Apple Music Student Discount on iOS

Step 1. Open Apple Music on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

Step 2. Tap on For You > free trial, select the option of Student and tap Verify Eligibility.

Step 3. Then the site redirects to Unidays, where you must verify your university's enrolment. Just follow certain steps by Unidays for verifying your account.

3 # Join Apple Music Student Discount on Android

Step 1. Open the Apple Music app on your Android phone or tablet, and tap the trial offer.

Step 2. Click "Are you a college student?" or "Are you a university student?", then hit Verify Eligibility.

Step 3. Then you will see a window pop up, please enter your academic (.edu) email address and search for your institution's name.

Step 4. Sign in to your institution's portal. For more details, follow the same tep mention for iOS devices.

4 # Switch Student Plan on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
Can I switch from individual to student Apple Music? Yes! How to switch to an Apple Music student membership if you have already signed up to Apple Music. In case you already signed up to Apple Music and wish to change to a Student Membership, just follow the steps below:

Step 1. Open the Music app > tap View Apple ID. You might be asked to sign in or use Touch ID.

Step 2. Under Subscriptions, tap "Manage".

Step 3. In your renewal options, it will show whether your current plan is the Individual or Family Plan. Click on the link under your current plan that says Student (1 month) Verification Required.

Step 4. Next, verify your student eligibility through UNIDAYS and enter your personal information and qualified educational institution information.

Part 3: Save Songs Forever after Canceling Apple Music Student Subscription

How do I get Apple Music forever for free? You can enjoy student discounts for up to 4 years (48 months). Upon expiration, you will be forced to pay a monthly subscription of 9.99 monthly subscriptions. At this time, if you cancel the subscription plan, all the songs you downloaded during the 4 years will not be playable. The good news here is that ask help from a third-party DRM music converter, such as UkeySoft Apple Music Converter.

UkeySoft Apple Music Converter is born to help you save all downloaded songs and playlists even after you cancel your subscription and enjoy Apple Music everywhere. It is well designed to remove DRM protection from Apple Music while converting music tracks to common audio formats such as MP3, AAC, FLAC and WAV. This professional tool will retain all ID3 tags and original music quality in output files.

The updated UkeySoft Apple Music Converter has a built-in Apple Music Web Player and Music Player. It lets you download Apple Music songs to computer from Apple Music web browser. This means you can download and convert your Apple Music library without using iTunes or Apple Music app, saving your time!

After conversion, all converted Apple Music songs will be stored on your local drive, then you can listen to them through any media player without restrictions. Even better, you can transfer Apple Music songs to MP3 player, USB drive, SD card, smartphone, tablet, card player, and more devices for offline playback!

Highlights of UkeySoft Apple Music Converter:
- Download tracks, albums, artists, playlists from Apple Music web browser.
- Convert Apple Music songs to MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF.
- 100% output music quality, up to 320kbps high bitrate.
- Keep ID3 tags and metadata like title, artist, artwork, track number, etc.
- Sort output songs by Artist, Album, Artist/Album or Album/Artist.
- Up to 10X faster conversion speed and supports batch conversion.
- Built-in Apple Music Web Player, no need to install iTunes/Apple Music app.
- Backup to USB, burn Apple Music to CD or upload Apple Music to Cloud drive.
- Keep Apple Music songs forever after canceling subscription and enjoy everywhere.

Easy Guide:
1. Launch Program and login to Apple ID on Converter.

2. Customize output settings like output format, quality, etc.

3. Add Apple Music tracks/albums/playlists to converting list.

4. Hit on "Convert" to unlock DRM and convert Apple Music to MP3, etc.

For detailed tutorials, you can refer to: How to Download Music from Apple Music to Computer.

Part 4. Bonus: More Student Discounts on Streaming Music Recommended

It is not difficult to get Apple Music's Student Discount, as long as you have the qualify. But Apple Music's student plan is getting more expensive in the US, UK, and Canada. Do you want to save your bills? You can consider switching to cheaper Student Discounts on other music streaming services. Here we would like to introduce some popular streaming music student plans.

Spotify Premium Student: You can enjoy millions songs and receive Showtime and ad-supported Hulu for free ($4.99 a month).

Amazon Prime Student: You get unlimited streaming video and music, plus special deals on other digital media ($7.49 from Amazon monthly).

YouTube Premium Student: With a YouTube Premium subscription, you are able to enjoy ad-free music and videos, and even download them for offline playback ($6.99 from YouTube monthly).

Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

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