Nike Student Discount: 10% Off Online, SheerID Verification & Exclusions

Nike's student discount is an online-only promo code: you prove you're a student once, get a code, and use it on Nike.com or in the Nike App. It's handy for back-to-school shoes, but it comes with an age minimum, a spending cap and a list of excluded products. Here's how it works, based on Nike's own help pages. Ordered the wrong size? See our Nike return policy guide.

Who can get Nike's student discount

Nike offers the discount to eligible high school, college and university students in the US ¹. There's also an age floor: you must be 16 or older to be eligible ¹.

Nike's page doesn't list which schools or programs count beyond those three groups, so the verification step is where your eligibility is actually decided.

How much it saves and where you can use it

The help page describes the deal as 10% off most items on Nike.com and in the Nike App ¹. The terms and conditions use slightly narrower wording – an additional 10% off select items ¹ – which is why some products won't take the code (see below).

The code is redeemable on Nike.com, in the Nike App and on Nike's affiliate pages in the United States ¹. It isn't redeemable on Swoosh.com ¹.

How to verify and get your code

1. Complete the verification form. It includes verifying your age, and you may be asked for documentation to confirm you're a student ¹. The check is handled by SheerID, a third-party service Nike partners with ¹.
2. Receive your promo code. After successful verification, Nike provides a single-use code for 10% off most items ¹.
3. Sign in and check out. Log in to your Nike Member profile and enter the code at checkout ¹.

Shipping charges and taxes are calculated after the discount ¹.

How often you can use it

• Single use: each promo code works only once ¹.
• Weekly refresh: you can receive a new code once every seven days; just re-verify your student status when you want to shop again ¹.
• Expiry: codes expire two weeks after they're issued ¹, and the terms say a code must be redeemed within 2 weeks of receiving it ¹.
• Personal and non-cash: codes aren't transferable and can't be redeemed for cash, gift cards, credit, or toward previous purchases ¹.

Not valid in Nike stores

Unlike Nike's military offer, which the promotions FAQ lists as valid in-store ², the student discount doesn't work at the register. Nike says it can only be redeemed on Nike.com and in the Nike App ¹. If you want student pricing on something you tried on in a store, you'd have to order it online.

What's excluded

• Products: Nike By You, gift cards, select Launch and SNKRS products, and Apple products are named as not eligible ¹.
• More exclusions possible: Nike adds that other exclusions may apply ¹.
• Spending cap: the discount applies only to the first $500 of a qualified purchase ¹.
• Stacking: you can combine it with free shipping promo codes only ¹.
• Changes: Nike reserves the right to cancel or modify the offer at any time ¹.

Other Nike discounts to know about

Nike's promotions FAQ lists these related programs ²:

• Educators: school staff get 10% off most items on Nike.com and in the Nike App ².
• Military: 10% off on Nike.com and in-store ².
• First responders and medical professionals: 10% off most items on Nike.com and in the Nike App ².
• Birthday: 10% off during your birthday month on Nike.com and in-store ².

Getting help

For product and order questions, Nike's help page lists phone support at 1-800-806-6453, 4 am – 11 pm PT, 7 days a week ¹.

Quick tips

• Get your code only when your cart is ready – it expires two weeks after it's issued ¹.
• Under 16? You can't use the student discount yet ¹.
• On a big order, only the first $500 gets the discount ¹, and you can get a new code only once every seven days ¹.
• Check that your item isn't a SNKRS launch or Nike By You design before counting on the 10% ¹.
• See how other stores compare in our store discount guides, or browse all our Nike guides.