[Page 7] Best Scholarships for College Students in 2026

Open to BIPOC students age 17+ with Sickle Cell Disease who are high school seniors or graduates, or enrolled in college, trade school, or graduate school.

Open to mothers in high school or college who are pursuing nursing.

Open to Mississippi high school seniors, plus undergraduate and trade school students, pursuing first-responder or health care careers.

Open to Vermont high school seniors and undergraduate students pursuing careers in teaching.

Open to women rugby players who are high school seniors, undergraduates, trade school students, or graduate students.

Open to high school, college, and trade school students in San Diego County or Nevada County, California.

Open to high school seniors, undergraduates, and trade school students in Georgia.

Open to high school seniors and college, graduate, and trade school students in Illinois or Missouri.

Open to first-generation undergraduates at four-year colleges studying social work with a 3.0 GPA or higher.

Open to LGBTQ+ students or students affected by mental illness or suicide, from high school seniors through graduate school.

Open to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in insurance or actuarial science.

Open to low-income, first-generation Hispanic or Latino high school seniors in Illinois.

Open to all undergraduate and graduate students.

Open to Illinois bachelor's degree students with a 3.0 GPA or higher who have studied a foreign language.

Open to high school, college, and trade school students with volunteer or nonprofit experience.

Open to Missouri college and trade school students in recovery or who lost a parent or sibling to overdose.

Open to undergraduate students at Winston-Salem State University.

Open to two-year college and trade school students in Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, Delaware, Philadelphia, or Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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

Open to Utah high school seniors and college, graduate, and certificate students who play jazz piano.

Open to high school seniors and undergraduates in New York or Colorado pursuing music or art.

Open to undergraduate nursing students who want to care for patients with chronic illness, diabetes, heart conditions, or ostomy needs.

Open to high school seniors and undergraduates pursuing careers in medicine or health care.

Open to high school and college student athletes in North Carolina.

Open to students at any education level who love math.

Open to Christian high school juniors and seniors, and undergraduate or trade school students.

Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are high school seniors, college, or graduate students pursuing STEM.

Open to first-generation college and graduate students who are U.S. citizens pursuing law or medicine.

Open to Buddhist undergraduate and graduate students in any field of study.

This scholarship supports high school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents and have faced mental health challenges or advocate for mental health awareness.