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Cards designed for undergraduates building a credit history. Lower credit limits, no annual fee, and rewards that beat what you would expect at this approval bar. Most graduate to a regular product after a few years, so the card you start with does not have to be the card you finish with.
Built for students with no credit history, this card matches your entire first year of cash back and charges no annual fee, though the 2% category is capped at just $1,000 a quarter.
The best student card in year one because of Cashback Match, and Discover now layers on a $100 statement credit after $300 in spending during the first 3 months.
