Most SEOs will tell you getting .edu links is a huge boost to any link profile. While this is true, I want to warn you upfront that “getting .edu links” is not as easy as it sounds.
Many SEOs may consider .edu backlinks to be very valuable, while others think they are worthless. From my perspective, .edu links are difficult to get and offer a great deal of authority, which makes them quite valuable
No matter what you call them (EDU, edu, .edu, EDU TLDs), backlinks from edu websites are often viewed as the cream of the crop in the SEO realm.