The internet is one of the fastest and easiest ways to look for scholarships. There are thousands of sites that provide free scholarship information. Take a look around at some of these popular scholarship search engines below. In addition to these sites, you can also perform a search on your own using your search engine and type “scholarships” as the keyword. Good luck!!
- WASHBOARD:
TheWashBoard.org is a free, web-based non-profit scholarship clearinghouse for Washington students seeking college scholarships. There are over 50 scholarship providers from across the state registered on the WashBoard.org. These providers have over $4 million in scholarship funds available and anticipate making over 1,700 awards for the academic year. New scholarships are added each day.
- FASTWEB:
One of the largest free scholarship search services on the internet. Searchable databases of more than 500,000 scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans. Students register online and Fastweb responds with a list of matching award programs. Caution: you will receive mailing of commercial offers from this registration.
- COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS:
Use this site to find scholarship information for over 2,000 career schools, traditional colleges, career colleges, Christian colleges, graduate schools, and other educational institutions. You will find links to more than 50 free, online scholarship search sites listing thousands of scholarships and financial aid awards worth billions of dollars.
- SCHOLARSHIP.COM:
Free scholarship search and financial aid information. Helping students find money for colleges since 1998. Search 3,000+ scholarship sources worth over $3 billion in aid, and get customized, relevant results, application letters and more.
- SALLIE MAE SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH:
This is a free financial aid service offered by Sallie Mae. The database includes thousands of private scholarships, grants, tuition waivers, internships and fellowships. Available for all students, undergraduate through post-doctorate. Student information is kept confidential and never sold or rented to others.
- COLLEGE-BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS:
This site contains a free web version of the College Board’s Fund Finder scholarship database. Use this tool to find scholarships, other financial aid and internships from more than 2,200 programs totaling nearly $6 billion from national, state, public, and private sources.
- FINAID:
Independent site that lists a variety of links, scholarship searches, and frequently asked questions.
- COLLEGENET:
Here you will find a good general scholarship search engine. A simple registration for a username and password and you are ready.
- NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND:
The largest Hispanic scholarship organization in the United States. NHSF annually raises funds and awards scholarships to top outstanding Hispanic-American undergraduates and graduate students selected through national application and regional review procedures.
- AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND:
This organization lists resources available to Native American students for college funding. From their home page, go to “Apply for Scholarships” on the bottom right.
- EDUCATORS FOR FAIR CONSIDERATION:
Educators for Fair Consideration supports undocumented students in realizing their academic and career goals and actively contributing to society. This website provides scholarships, legal services, professional and personal development workshops, and a strong peer network for undocumented students.
- SCHOLARSHIP JUNKIES:
This site provides scholarship information for undocumented students and/or Non-US citizens.
