When it comes to the best backpacks for college, the stakes are high. In some ways, shopping for a new backpack feels a bit like dating. After all, backpack-human relationships are long-term partnerships. If you're carrying the wrong bag, it can be as annoying as getting ghosted. So it's important to find the right backpack for you. Here’s our guide to finding the best backpacks for college students. 

 

What the Best Backpacks for College All Have in Common 

The best backpacks for college students tend to share several critical traits. These essential elements should apply to almost any campus lifestyle.   

  • Water bottle pockets: Because while you’re soaking up knowledge like a thirsty house plant, you need to be hydrating to be your best. And your campus essentials are too valuable to risk water damage in the main compartment. Especially those textbooks—so expensive. 
  • Laptop sleeve: These days, the portable, personal computer is just as important as a smartphone. Every student’s got one, and the best backpacks for college always have a special laptop sleeve that fits just right.  
  • Durable fabric: The college lifestyle is demanding. A backpack fabric that enables you to roam freely from the lab to the library to the student lounge is absolutely necessary.  
  • Organizational features: Student life is hectic, and keeping your stuff together in a literal way is essential to keeping your stuff together in life. 

When it comes to the best backpacks for college, the stakes are high. In some ways, shopping for a new backpack feels a bit like dating. After all, backpack-human relationships are long-term partnerships. If you're carrying the wrong bag, it can be as annoying as getting ghosted. So it's important to find the right backpack for you. Here’s our guide to finding the best backpacks for college students. 

 

What the Best Backpacks for College All Have in Common 

The best backpacks for college students tend to share several critical traits. These essential elements should apply to almost any campus lifestyle.   

  • Water bottle pockets: Because while you’re soaking up knowledge like a thirsty house plant, you need to be hydrating to be your best. And your campus essentials are too valuable to risk water damage in the main compartment. Especially those textbooks—so expensive. 
  • Laptop sleeve: These days, the portable, personal computer is just as important as a smartphone. Every student’s got one, and the best backpacks for college always have a special laptop sleeve that fits just right.  
  • Durable fabric: The college lifestyle is demanding. A backpack fabric that enables you to roam freely from the lab to the library to the student lounge is absolutely necessary.  
  • Organizational features: Student life is hectic, and keeping your stuff together in a literal way is essential to keeping your stuff together in life. 

Making Your College Backpack Your Own 

The best backpacks for college are functional—that’s a given. But does it express who you truly are? Showing your personality is one of the most exciting parts of the campus environment. Here’s what you can do to make sure your bag is showing your best face—even when your back is turned. 

 

  • Style: Whether your style is fun, retro, adorable, professional, or something else, you want your accessories to reflect that. So whatever vibe you’re trying to set that gives your peers a sense of who you are, it’s critical to find this quality in your pack. For example, Kipling has rolling backpack styles for school that blend a jet-setting aesthetic with convenience and functionality. 
  • Color and texture: Bright and spiffy or dark and thoughtful, colors say a lot in one simple design choice. Have fun and find something that feels like you. Kipling’s color choices feature unique styles and metallic textures to help you keep shining. 
  • Personalization: Keychains, monograms, and other personal touches help you stand out from the crowd. Browse Kipling’s monogrammable backpacks and make your mark however you choose. 

 

Kipling’s Best Backpacks for College 

We’re biased—but we think our back-to-school backpacks are a line-up of all-stars that are bound to be fantastic companions on your college journey. 

 

Our Seoul collection is a group of campus legends. With a 15” laptop sleeve and a variety of styles and textures, this bag is durable, comfortable, and extremely cute. The matching monkey keychain that comes with it sure doesn’t hurt, either.

Essential College Accessories to Complement Your College Backpack 

We all get by with a little help from our friends. Kipling accessories for school are exactly the life-savers that make your day easier during the little moments when you need them most.  

 

Maybe it’s pencil cases and pouches to keep the little things that have a habit of spreading out in your bag stay in one place. You might also try our school lunch bags to protect the lunch you’ve been so looking forward to eating. 

 

With the full complement of accessories and add-ons to complete your Kipling back-to-school shopping, you won’t lack a single thing when you return to campus.  

 

Shop Deals on the College Students’ Backpacks 

While you’re looking for your best backpack for college, take a look at our back-to-school deals on select styles. You can take advantage of killer sales and get a glimpse of the bags and accessories that everyone’s already talking about. See you there! 

Essential College Accessories to Complement Your College Backpack 

We all get by with a little help from our friends. Kipling accessories for school are exactly the life-savers that make your day easier during the little moments when you need them most.  

 

Maybe it’s pencil cases and pouches to keep the little things that have a habit of spreading out in your bag stay in one place. You might also try our school lunch bags to protect the lunch you’ve been so looking forward to eating. 

 

With the full complement of accessories and add-ons to complete your Kipling back-to-school shopping, you won’t lack a single thing when you return to campus.  

 

Shop Deals on the College Students’ Backpacks 

While you’re looking for your best backpack for college, take a look at our back-to-school deals on select styles. You can take advantage of killer sales and get a glimpse of the bags and accessories that everyone’s already talking about. See you there!