9 dorm room essentials to help you sleep well at college — from $10 in the 4th of July dales

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If you or your loved one is off to college, it's important that you have everything you need to transform your dorm room from a basic box bed into a sleep-friendly sanctuary. Because sleeping well at college can set you up for life — a new study found students who slept longer had a higher grade point average that those who slept less.

But between rowdy roommates, strict schedules and less-than-inspiring dorm beds, you might be wondering how you can catch enough Zs to earns those As. Luckily, there are plenty of sleep products that can help — and they're on sale this 4th of July. Below I've curated all the 4th of July mattress and sleep deals on dorm room essentials.

From the best mattress toppers to soften (and add a hygienic layer to) uncomfortable dorm beds to side sleeper-friendly earplugs to block out noisy neighbors, here's every sleep product you need to make your dorm as relaxing as possible.

Frances Daniels
Senior Sleep Staff Writer

Frances Daniels is a PPA-accredited journalist and Sleep Staff Writer at Tom's Guide with an MA in Magazine Journalism from Cardiff University. Her role includes covering mattress and sleep news and writing sleep product reviews and buyer's guides, including our Best Hybrid Mattress 2025 guide. She is interested in the relationship between sleep and health, interviewing an array of experts to create in-depth articles about topics such as nutrition, sleep disorders, sleep hygiene, and mattress care. She is also our specialist on mattress toppers — producing bed topper reviews and taking care of our Best Mattress Toppers 2025 guide — and leads content relating to fiberglass-free beds for a non-toxic sleep. Outside of Tom's Guide, she has written for Ideal Home and Marie Claire.

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