Scholarships
Amount: $1,000. About: Student loan servicer Sallie Mae offers a monthly $1,000 scholarship to students who simply apply for their Scholarship Search and College Planning Calculator, a tool that connects students with scholarships and provides automated college finance planning advice. This is a monthly sweepstakes. One winner is selected on the first day of every…
Amount: $2,000 per year (for up to 5 years). About: The Jeannette Rankin Women’s Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to low-income women ages 35+. In order to qualify, applicants must be defined as low-income, according to the Department of Labor’s income guidelines, and must be pursuing their first bachelor’s degree, an associate’s degree or technical/vocational education.…
Amount: Up to $25,000 (renewable). About: The Jesse Jackson Fellows – Toyota Scholarship is annually awarded to rising undergraduate sophomores studying business or engineering. Applicants must be sophomores as of August 1, have a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA, be a business or engineering major, have demonstrated participation in community service, and show financial need. Eligible…
Amount: $2,000-$5,000. About: Each year, Prospanica — the Association of Hispanic MBAs and Business Professionals — awards scholarships to entrepreneurial-minded Hispanic/Latinx students. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, or DACA recipients, be of Hispanic or Latinx heritage, be currently enrolled in or planning to enroll in an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral program in…
Amount: Up to $12,000. About: Each year, the Pride Foundation offers scholarships to LGBTQ students who show leadership, lack a support system, demonstrate financial need, and face additional barriers to higher education. Applicants must be a resident of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington, but they may study elsewhere. Additionally, applicants must be pursuing postsecondary…
Amount: Up to $1,500. About: Offered by the Point Foundation, the Point BIPOC Scholarship supports Black, Indigenous, and People of Color students who also identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students. In addition to financial support, Point BIPOC scholarship recipients receive community resources and professional development. The foundation assesses applicants on many factors,…