[Page 4] Top Need-Based Scholarships to Apply for in 2026

Open to Black high school seniors and undergraduates pursuing careers in medicine.

Open to Tennessee high school seniors and undergraduates pursuing engineering.

Open to undergraduate students at community colleges and four-year schools in California.

Open to Chicago-area high school seniors and college or trade school students pursuing careers in the skilled trades.

Open to high school seniors and undergraduates who are immigrants, refugees, or children of immigrants.

Open to Crosby High School (Texas) seniors with a 2.5+ GPA planning to attend college or trade school.

Open to high school seniors and undergraduates pursuing business, finance, healthcare, technology, or skilled trades.

Open to current and former Learn4Life students in California continuing their education.

Open to undergraduate nursing students in associate or bachelor's degree programs.

This scholarship supports low-income high school seniors residing in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Open to first-year bachelor's degree students pursuing social work or related human services fields.

Open to Michigan high school seniors planning careers in mental health, social work, or counseling.

Open to low-income international high school and undergraduate students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Open to young women at Woodland Hills High School in Pennsylvania who plan to study business.

Open to undergraduate and graduate students who are low-income, first-generation, or BIPOC.

Open to California high school, college, and trade school students pursuing culinary arts.

Open to licensed BetterHelp therapists with student loan debt who work in women's mental health.

Open to high school seniors pursuing culinary arts, or culinary arts students in trade school or associate-degree programs.

Open to four-year undergraduates in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, or Kentucky.

Open to first-generation high school seniors and undergraduates studying to become teachers.

Open to high school seniors, college, and graduate students with community service experience pursuing social work.

Open to high school students at Washington Court House City Schools or Miami Trace High School in Ohio.

Open to high school and undergraduate students in Michigan, Ohio, or Indiana pursuing visual or performing arts.

Open to undergraduate and graduate students with nonprofit or volunteering experience.

Open to Wisconsin high school, undergraduate, and trade school students planning careers in electric vehicles.

Open to undergraduate students with a 2.8 GPA or higher pursuing healthcare, nursing, radiology, or medical technology.

Open to Leilehua High School seniors in Hawaii who attended Ka'ala Elementary School.

Open to BIPOC high school seniors, college, and graduate students pursuing careers in art or health.

Open to juniors at Pleasant Hill High School in Missouri with more than a year of work experience.

Open to Prairie View A&M University undergraduates and high school seniors who list it as a college of interest.