These 74 hand-curated scholarships are open to Low-Income Students. We highlight the award amount, deadline, and eligibility for each, ranking fully funded opportunities first so you never miss a deadline that matters to you.
The Gates Scholarship
Pell-eligible U.S. citizen or permanent-resident high-school seniors with a 3.3 weighted GPA who plan full-time study in an eligible four-y…
View details →QuestBridge and its college partners
High-achieving, low-income current high-school seniors attending school in the United States, plus U.S. citizen or permanent-resident senio…
View details →University of Rochester
Rochester applicants with academic excellence, leadership, and financial need must complete the Handler form and undergraduate admission ap…
View details →Duke University
Non-U.S. international Duke applicants with strong academic preparation and documented financial need; no separate Karsh nomination or appl…
View details →American University
International first-year applicants needing an F-1/J-1 visa, still in secondary school, with leadership, service, English proficiency, and …
View details →U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Workforce
U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents in an accredited U.S. nursing degree who can accept at least two years of service at a qua…
View details →University of Oxford
Undergraduate offer-holders (deferred entry) from low-income countries who cannot study for a degree at home; apply in January of the start…
View details →Mastercard Foundation (with partner universities)
Academically talented young people (primarily African) with financial need and a commitment to service; apply directly to a partner univers…
View details →The Ohio State University
Pell-eligible Ohio residents entering Ohio State as first-year students who show significant financial need and strong academic merit.
View details →Terry Foundation and The University of Texas at Arlington
A U.S. citizen or permanent resident graduating from a Texas high school in 2027 who enters UTA full time that fall, demonstrates leadershi…
View details →The Ohio State University
An Ohio resident undergraduate at any Ohio State campus who qualifies for a Federal Pell Grant and demonstrates significant financial need …
View details →Rowan University
A qualifying New Jersey resident or eligible noncitizen enrolled full time at Rowan with fewer than 60 credits and an applicable AGI of $80…
View details →District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education
DC residents pursuing their first undergraduate degree at least half time at an eligible institution who satisfy citizenship, domicile, inc…
View details →Minority Corporate Counsel Association
An incoming full-time J.D. student at an ABA-accredited U.S. law school with at least a 3.2 undergraduate GPA, financial need, leadership a…
View details →Ronald M. Simon Family Foundation and Chapman University
Low-income Orange County residents admitted to Chapman’s MMS PA program who demonstrate leadership and service and commit to three years of…
View details →Pizza Hut Foundation
U.S., DC, or Guam residents ages 17–26 with a 2.5+ GPA, federal-aid eligibility, and at least part-time Spring 2027 undergraduate or career…
View details →Wayne County Foundation and Lilly Endowment
Wayne County, Indiana high-school students with a 3.5+ GPA who graduate by June 30, 2027 and will attend an eligible Indiana four-year coll…
View details →From the Top and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Financially needy classical instrumentalists, vocalists, or composers ages 8–18 who study full time in the United States, have not entered …
View details →Association of Environmental Professionals, San Diego Chapter
San Diego or Imperial County high school juniors and seniors with a 3.0 GPA who are low income or first generation and plan an environmenta…
View details →Acorn Equality Fund
LGBTQ+ students, allies, or members of LGBTQ+ families who permanently reside in Acorn’s central and downstate Illinois service area and at…
View details →GFWC Women’s Club of South County
Women age 20 or older who live in Washington County, Rhode Island, demonstrate financial need, and pursue eligible training, a certificate,…
View details →Daniels Fund
Financially eligible graduating seniors from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, or Wyoming with a 3.0+ GPA, U.S. status, character, leadership, an…
View details →Michael E. McGoldrick Foundation
Financially eligible Colorado and Washington seniors with a 3.5 weighted GPA, qualifying test score, and interests aligned with Michael McG…
View details →Maryland Higher Education Commission
Maryland residents transferring from a Maryland community college with an associate degree, 2.5 GPA, full-time Maryland four-year enrollmen…
View details →Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Spring 2027 U.S.-educated high school graduates with a 3.75+ unweighted GPA, documented financial need, a qualifying test score, and full-t…
View details →Elks National Foundation
Current U.S.-citizen high school seniors who will enroll full time in an accredited four-year U.S. bachelor’s program and demonstrate acade…
View details →College Board
Class of 2027 students attending eligible U.S., territory, or DoWEA schools who have a College Board account and complete qualifying BigFut…
View details →Hagan Scholarship Foundation
2027 graduates of U.S. high schools with a 3.50+ unweighted GPA, household AGI up to $125,000, paid-work commitment, and eligible four-year…
View details →Texas A&M University
A Texas-resident first-generation incoming freshman from a family earning under $50,000 who applies to an eligible Texas A&M pathway and co…
View details →Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund
Massachusetts golf-course workers with at least two years of service who will attend an accredited undergraduate or trade program full time…
View details →The University of Alabama and The Coca-Cola Foundation
An incoming Alabama first-year student with a 3.0 high-school GPA, demonstrated financial need, and parents who hold no postsecondary degre…
View details →Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Top U.S. community-college sophomores or recent graduates with a 3.50+ GPA, substantial financial need, and fall 2027 full-time bachelor’s …
View details →Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
An admitted or continuing Johns Hopkins M.D. student with demonstrated financial need who completes the CSS Profile and required documentat…
View details →University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
An incoming fall 2027 nonresident first-year applicant to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who demonstrates academic excellence …
View details →Collaboratory
High school seniors, adult learners, and undergraduate or graduate students who match at least one Collaboratory donor fund, largely in fiv…
View details →APIA Scholars
Degree-seeking students pursuing a first associate or bachelor’s degree at an accredited U.S. institution who meet the program’s citizenshi…
View details →Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and participating Texas universities
A financially needy Texas resident pursuing a first bachelor’s degree at an eligible Texas public university and qualifying through the hig…
View details →Cancer for College
Cancer survivors attending or planning to attend an accredited U.S.-based college, university, trade school, or certificate program and mee…
View details →National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
A financially needy student accepted to or currently enrolled in an accredited nursing school who can document nursing-program acceptance o…
View details →The Ohio State University
An Ohio resident pursuing a first bachelor’s degree at Ohio State who enrolls full time, demonstrates financial need through the FAFSA, and…
View details →Oregon Office of Student Access and Completion
A low-income Oregon resident enrolled full time in an eligible barbering, hair design, cosmetology, or manicure program at a participating …
View details →Valley Alliance of Mentors for Opportunities and Scholarships and Hispanic Scholarship Fund
A Pell-eligible graduating senior from Hidalgo, Cameron, or Starr County with at least a 2.75 GPA who will attend an eligible four-year uni…
View details →Horatio Alger Association
U.S.-citizen high school juniors with a 2.0+ GPA, family income of $100,000 or less, significant adversity, community involvement, and plan…
View details →Ty Cobb Educational Foundation
A U.S. citizen and Georgia resident beyond the freshman year who has at least a 3.0 GPA, the required college credits, full-time enrollment…
View details →University of Colorado Boulder
An incoming CU Boulder first-year or qualifying resident transfer student with significant financial need whose parents do not hold bachelo…
View details →BJC HealthCare and The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis
High school seniors from eligible BJC hospital communities who demonstrate significant financial need and plan full bachelor’s-degree study…
View details →Thurgood Marshall College Fund and McDonald’s
A financially needy U.S. citizen or permanent resident with at least a 2.7 GPA who will attend an HBCU full time as an undergraduate in 202…
View details →San Diego Council, Navy League of the United States
California graduating seniors who are dependent children of qualifying Navy or Marine Corps personnel, meet the academic threshold, demonst…
View details →The Eve Devitt Fund
A graduating Class of 2027 high school senior with an outstanding record of advancing human rights in Idaho; LGBTQ+ and BIPOC applicants wi…
View details →Wyoming LDS Foundation
A financially needy student admitted to a Wyoming college who will attend an LDS Institute of Religion and submit the required ecclesiastic…
View details →Edwards Scholarship Fund
A financially needy Boston resident with at least a 2.0 GPA pursuing an undergraduate degree at an eligible regionally accredited instituti…
View details →U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
An eligible undergraduate with demonstrated financial need who submits the 2026–27 FAFSA and attends an eligible college, career school, or…
View details →Berea College
Admitted Berea College undergraduates with strong academic potential and financial need receive the Tuition Promise automatically as part o…
View details →Christian James Mazzariello Memorial Scholarship Fund
Financially needy U.S. high school seniors pursuing computer science, engineering, or a similar four-year degree, with stated preference fo…
View details →University of Oregon
New or continuing international UO students with financial need, academic merit, and strong public presentation ability who can complete an…
View details →Melita Group
Low-income single parents who legally care for a child under 14 and are pursuing an undergraduate, community-college-to-bachelor’s pathway …
View details →Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
A Pell-eligible high school senior in an approved college-readiness program, with at least a 2.4 GPA, entering a four-year college full tim…
View details →Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and participating public colleges
A financially needy Texas resident in the first 45 credit hours of an eligible associate or certificate program at a participating public t…
View details →University College London (UCL)
UCL undergraduate offer-holders (UK or Overseas) with financial need and a commitment to university life and extracurricular involvement.
View details →Minnesota Office of Higher Education
A Minnesota resident enrolled for at least one credit at a participating Minnesota institution who has an eligible young child, is already …
View details →Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and participating private Texas institutions
A financially needy Texas resident enrolled at least three-quarter time toward a first eligible degree at a participating private or indepe…
View details →Minnesota Office of Higher Education
A financially needy Minnesota resident with at least one-fourth American Indian ancestry or enrolled citizenship in a federally recognized …
View details →U.S. Department of State (Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs)
Pell Grant-receiving US undergraduates at accredited US institutions heading to a credit-bearing study-abroad/internship program (Travel Ad…
View details →Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
A full-time U.S. community-college student with a 2.7 GPA who will transfer full time to a four-year Bachelor of Science program in an elig…
View details →Women With Promise
A North Texas woman with financial need who has been accepted to an accredited program and has an established nonprofit or social-agency sp…
View details →5Rivers Foundation
Sikh undergraduate or graduate students with at least a 2.5 GPA, eligible U.S. legal status, U.S. college attendance, and annual family inc…
View details →The Lois Parker Foundation
An underprivileged applicant, U.S. military veteran, or rural government employee enrolled in an accredited IT, medical, first-response, or…
View details →Mica Hammond Fund and CharitySmith
A needs-based student with at least a 3.0 GPA who is a child with a rare or undiagnosed disease or an immediate family member of such a chi…
View details →Heidelberg University
An admitted Heidelberg University undergraduate who files the FAFSA, demonstrates exceptional financial need, and remains eligible under th…
View details →University of British Columbia
International first-degree undergraduate applicants to UBC with all-As academic achievement, leadership, and significant financial need; cu…
View details →UNCF (United Negro College Fund)
US students with financial need (often at UNCF member institutions, min ~2.5 GPA, FAFSA required); criteria vary by program. Primarily supp…
View details →Drake University
International students first apply to Drake, then use the grant application link inside the admission application to request partial need-b…
View details →University of Pennsylvania
A Philadelphia resident attending high school in Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware, or Montgomery County who applies to Penn, is admitted, and …
View details →Alice Francis ALS Scholarship Fund
U.S. students from households below $50,000 whose parent, grandparent, or guardian is currently affected by ALS or was affected within the …
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