27 smart gifts for college grads under $50

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Graduation caps will be flying soon.

You can always send a check to say congrats, but why not pick out a gift that will be both practical and meaningful?

Send your new graduate into the real world with one of these smart (and affordable) gifts.

Teach them to make home-cooked dinners with Blue Apron

There's no dining hall or cafeteria in the real world.

Help ease the transition with this popular subscription meal service that delivers perfectly proportioned ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions.

Price: $9.99 per person per meal

Keep their batteries charged on the go

This way they'll never be out of touch.

Price: $9.99

Keep them informed with a newspaper subscription

A digital subscription will give them full access to everything online, and easy access to the day's headlines through apps on their smartphones.

Price: New York Times: 99¢ for the first four weeks, and $3.75 a week after that; Wall Street Journal: $12 for the first 12 weeks, $32.99 a month ($8.25 a week) after