I don't think it has to be an accredited program, but as long as he can prove enrollment info or some kind of student ID it should work fine. I don't remember exactly how much the student deal was, but I seem to remember the internet was about $200 for ten months and it's available in the late summer/fall. Give them a call anyway, they have some good deals on now. A rep called me up in February and cut my cable/internet bill by about 50% and friends who called them after that were able to get the same deals.