[Page 2] Top Need-Based Scholarships to Apply for in 2026

Open to high school, college, and graduate students who have earned at least 100 Bold Points.

Open to high school, college, and graduate students who unlock free college funding resources from Sallie.

Open to high school, college, and graduate students who have earned at least 400 Bold Points.

Open to high school, college, and graduate students who download the free Bold.org app and sign in.

Open to high school, college, and graduate students who register with ScholarshipOwl.

Open to high school, college, and graduate students who sign up for a free Swagbucks account.

Open to practical nursing students at FVI School of Nursing and Technology in Florida.

Open to low-income female high school seniors and undergraduates pursuing STEM.

Open to low-income college and trade school students who skateboard, snowboard, rollerblade, or roller skate.

Open to low-income Vermont high school seniors and undergraduates with a physical disability or chronic illness.

Open to North Carolina high school and undergraduate students who have a parent with cancer or lost a parent to cancer.

Open to first-generation Mexican or Mexican American students starting or pursuing an undergraduate degree.

Open to African American Christian undergraduates and college-bound high school graduates.

Open to undergraduate students at Colorado Mountain College Leadville.

Open to Black students 18 and older in Delaware, Maryland, or Virginia studying finance or education.

Open to international undergraduate students at Cal Poly Humboldt.

Open to undergraduate and trade school students who plan to start their own local business.

Open to high school, college, and trade school students in the Mile Square area of Hoboken, New Jersey.

Open to New Jersey high school seniors.

Open to Black women in graduate school studying social work, public health, STEM, or social justice.

Open to graduate students pursuing veterinary medicine.

Open to mothers in North Carolina enrolled in college or trade school.

Open to trade school students training to become electricians with at least a 2.75 GPA.

Open to Catholic undergraduates studying marketing or finance.

Open to Catholic undergraduate students pursuing nursing with a 2.75 GPA or higher.

Open to Texas high school students who play an instrument and plan to pursue music.

Open to female students in Puerto Rico at any level, from high school through graduate school.

Open to Pennsylvania undergraduates at four-year colleges pursuing healthcare, science, or education.

Open to low-income undergraduate and trade school students in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction.

Open to female undergraduate students at two- or four-year colleges studying chemistry.