Gift Ideas for College Students

Here is breakdown of cool and/or useful gift ideas for college / university students. I will be updating this page with new ideas and links, as I find them.

1. Feed Me

Give certificates for Grocery stores is a great gift, ideally forcing the student to purchase something not fast food or from a vending machine.

Tons of restaurants and fast food chains offer gift cards if you want to be more realistic with your students cooking skills.

Some pizza places allow for “gift pizzas” — the perfect birthday gift for your favorite student away from home. I know PizzaHut was doing this years ago, not sure if they still do.

2. Entertainment Me

Lucky for you — your college student is immersed in the digital age. Making the gift of entertainment very easy, and most times instant. For instance, you could buy a iTunes gift card… or a gift subscription to Netflix.

Amazon.com offers a variety of books, movies and music in both digital and physical formats. Amazon.com has great gift card options — even allowing instant delivery of gift cards by email or even Facebook.

3. Help me, I’m Useless

This kind of goes along with the inability to cook for themselves.

Other problems student often have include doing the laundry and cleaning up after themselves. Giving you the perfect opportunity for a great gift: laundry cleaner or housekeeping gift certificates.

You can generally find them by doing a google search for the city + the service you are looking for. Add “gift certificates” to your search, and I’m sure you’ll find a suitable service that does gift options.

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Have your own great gift ideas for students? Leave your comment below. Thanks!

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