Student Budget

Common subscriptions for college students and how to minimize costs.

College students spend an average of $100-150/month on subscriptions. Many services offer student discounts: Spotify and Hulu bundle for $5.99, Amazon Prime Student is $7.49/month, Apple Music is $5.99. GitHub, Notion, and Figma offer free plans for students. Before paying full price, always check if a student discount exists.

Your Subscriptions

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Your Subscription Costs

Monthly

$66.46

Yearly

$797.52

Per Day

$2.18

Subscriptions

6

Spending by Category

Streaming: $14.48/moMusic: $5.99/moProductivity: $20.00/moFitness: $25.00/moCloud & Storage: $0.99/mo

Cost Per Subscription

Gym (Student Rate)
$25.00/mo
ChatGPT Plus
$20.00/mo
Amazon Prime Student
$7.49/mo
Netflix (Basic)
$6.99/mo
Spotify + Hulu (Student)
$5.99/mo
iCloud+ (50GB)
$0.99/mo

What if you invested this instead?

If you invested $66.46/month at 8% annual returns, you would have $12,159 in 10 years and $99,049 in 30 years.

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