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Can You Get a Student Discount For Max?

Need a cheap way to get Max in your dorm? I dug into the details to find out how college students can save on Max.

Does Max have a student discount?

Between books, tuition, weekend bar runs, and rent, it’s pricier than ever to be a college student these days. But if you cut back on your streaming service budget, what’ll you do when your friends start talking about the latest episode of The Pitt or The Righteous Gemstones?

In this guide, I investigated the latest Max deals and partner savings options, unearthing how you can get exclusive savings on Max if you’re an active college student.

HBO Max logo inside a TV

What is the Max student discount?

We’ve dinged Max in the past for being one of the pricier streaming services around. I, for one, don’t love dealing with its annual price increases as much as the next person, but Max’s student discount helps ease some of the sticker shock.

With Max’s student discount, you’ll get a 50% discount on the Max Basic With Ads plan as long as you’re an enrolled student. This cuts Max’s price down from $9.99 to $4.99 per month. But keep in mind that Max doesn’t offer a student discount on its Ad Free or Ultimate Ad Free plans—you’ll have to pay full price if you want to watch HBO in 4K or without ads.

How to get Max’s student discount

Max issues its student discount through UNiDAYS, a free third-party service that manages student discounts for thousands of universities and community colleges. Once you register for a UNiDAYS account, they’ll verify your student enrollment status and issue a referral code that’ll get you a discounted Max rate for 12 months. (As an elder millennial who still has some student discounts, enjoy the savings while you June grads still have them!)

Afterward, simply reverify your college enrollment status through UNiDAYS to resubscribe for another year of discounted Max. Here’s what you’ll need to do to set up your UNiDAYS account:

1. Create a UNiDAYS account.

2. Verify your student enrollment status.

A screenshot of the UniDays account creation page asking for student enrollment verification.

3. Go to UNiDAYS’ Max page to generate a Max student discount code.

4. Click Launch website to get redirected to Max’s Redeem Code page. Enter your code here to finish the Max student discount process.

A screenshot of the Max Redeem Code page.

Can’t stand Max ads?

You can still get savings through Max if its with-ads plan is a dealbreaker for your dorm watch party. Check out our Max deals guide (which is updated monthly by Logan, our intrepid deals hunter) for the latest Max offers.

Why you should trust us

Our streaming experts have spent hundreds of hours testing and researching Max as part of our regular streaming service, internet, and TV coverage. For this service guide, we drew from our existing Max review, research, and deals coverage to walk you through how to get Max’s student discount.

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