Scholarships For College Students
Scholarships for college students are similar to college grants in that they do not have to be repaid. Unfortunately, while it is quite easy to find out about grants, finding a scholarship often requires a bit of detective work.
Scholarships are often thought of as being available only for academic high achievers or those students who demonstrate a high level of sporting ability, but this is far from the case.
There are literally hundreds of different scholarships available each year and they are aimed at just about every group you care to mention.
For example, there are scholarships for residents of particular towns, cities and states; for minority students studying specific subjects; for students with parents serving in the Armed Forces, or who have served in the Armed Forces and are now veterans.
There are also scholarships for single parents in certain circumstances; for the children of local widows and indeed for students who fall into 1001 different categories.
The problem is finding a scholarship to suit your individual circumstances and that means searching.
In the table below we have listed just a handful of the hundreds of scholarships on offer to give you a flavor of the wide range of coverage provided by this free source of college funding.
| Scholarship |
Amount |
Requirements |
| AGC Education and Research Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships | 2000 | Must be a college undergraduate in a 4 or 5 year program in an ABET or ACCE-accredited institution majoring in Civil Engineering or Construction. |
| Bucks County C.C. Minority Incentive Grant | Tuition | For Undergraduate study. Must be a U.S. Citizen and a resident of Bucks County, PA. Must be a Minority carrying fewer than 6 credits. Must be used at Bucks Co. Community College. |
| Charles River District Medical Society | Varies | Must be a College Senior or College Graduate Level majoring in Medicine and a resident of Needham, Newton, Weston, Waltham, or Wellesley, MA. Must be a first year medical student. |
| Edward Wagner/George Hosser Scholarship Fund | Varies | For Undergraduate study. Must be a male and a resident of Manchester County, New Hampshire. |
| Henrietta Price Scholarship | 500 | Must be a College Junior, Senior, or Graduate attending (or planning on attending) school full-time with at least a GPA of 3.0 and majoring in Occupational Therapy. Must be a U.S. Citizen and have an affiliation with the American Occupational Therapy Association. Must be a current student of plan on attending Towson State University. Must be a resident of Maryland. Scholarship based on financial need, academic achievement, personal statement, and recommendations and / or references. |
| Humane Studies Fellowship | $12,000 Maximum | Must be a full-time graduate students or full-time junior or senior undergraduate students. You must demonstrate interest in the classical liberal/libertarian tradition of individual rights and market economies and be in interested in applying the principles of this tradition in your work. You must also demonstrate strong academic performance, the potential for success and the relevance of your work to the advancement of a free society to be eligible for this award |
| Marketing/Advertising Scholarship Awards | $1000 - $15,000 | Must have a permanent address on Long Island (Nassau, Suffolk), Queens or Brooklyn. Must be a matriculated student at a college, university, or college-level technical or professional school with a course of study relating to the advertising or marketing field. This includes students majoring in marketing, communications arts, advertising or commercial art, commercial photography, and AV production who are aspiring to a career in advertising. |
| Norfolk State University Special Incentive Grant | 1000 | For College Freshmen. Must be White, a resident of Virginia, and used at Norfolk State University. |
| Scholarship Program of Jewish Federation of Metro Chicago | $1,000 - $5,000 | For Undergraduate study. Must be a resident of Chicago County, IL and Jewish. Must be a full time student training for a career in a helping profession. |
| The Edmund F. Maxwell Foundation | 3500 | Students who plan on attending an accredited independent college or university. Combined SAT score of over 1200. Must be a resident of Western Washington. Entering freshmen preferred. |
If you are looking for a scholarship then two good places to start your search are College Aid and FastWeb.
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