[Page 4] The 300 Best Scholarships for High School Students in October 2026
Updated: October 26, 2026
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Vision of Music Scholarship
Funded byMakenna WaymanOpen to female high school seniors and undergraduates pursuing careers in music.Amount$500Deadline:Dec 24, 2026Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes91
No Limits Athletic Scholarship
Funded byKai WaymanOpen to East Coast high school seniors with a physical or mental health disability who play sports.Amount$500Deadline:Dec 24, 2026Education LevelHigh SchoolTakes minutes92
RonranGlee Literary Scholarship
Funded byRonne GleasonOpen to high school seniors and undergraduates with a passion for close reading.Amount$10,000Deadline:Dec 26, 2026Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes93
Lotus Scholarship
Funded byFiona ChenOpen to BIPOC high school seniors, college, and graduate students from low-income or single-parent households.Amount$500Deadline:Dec 29, 2026Education LevelAnyTakes minutes94
Maggie's Way- International Woman’s Scholarship
Funded byDavid GaskillOpen to female international high school and undergraduate students studying in the U.S.Amount$5,000Deadline:Dec 30, 2026Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes95
Elizabeth Schalk Memorial Scholarship
Funded byBrian SchalkOpen to high school seniors, college students, and graduate students affected by mental illness, personally or in their family.Amount$2,000Deadline:Dec 31, 2026Education LevelAnyTakes minutes96
Tanya C. Harper Memorial SAR Scholarship
Funded byGail SaundersOpen to Black high school seniors and undergraduates pursuing careers in medicine.Amount$500Deadline:Dec 31, 2026Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes97
John Dowling Odom Welding Scholarship
Funded byLisa VaughanOpen to high school and trade school students pursuing welding with at least a 2.5 GPA.Amount$1,000Deadline:Dec 31, 2026Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes98
Brian Chellios Memorial Scholarship
Funded byStacie StreicherOpen to high school seniors, undergraduates, and trade school students with a 3.0 GPA pursuing fire science or EMS.Amount$2,000Deadline:Jan 1, 2027Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes99
Stephen LeCornu Routh Memorial Scholarship
Funded byAnonymousOpen to Tennessee high school seniors and undergraduates pursuing engineering.Amount$2,000Deadline:Jan 1, 2027Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes100
Al Luna Memorial Design Scholarship
Funded byLuna FamilyOpen to BIPOC high school students pursuing careers in art, design, or other creative fields.Amount$1,000Deadline:Jan 1, 2027Education LevelHigh School101
Louis (Grizz) Scafetta Sr Memorial Scholarship
Funded byMichelle GillardOpen to New York high school and undergraduate students studying forestry, conservation, wildlife biology, or environmental science.Amount$2,000Deadline:Jan 3, 2027Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes102
Pete and Consuelo Hernandez Memorial Scholarship
Funded byHernandez FamilyOpen to first-generation, underrepresented minority high school seniors and college freshmen in California.Amount$6,100Deadline:Jan 11, 2027Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes103
Kibbe-Palmer Scholarship
Funded byRoberta KirsoppOpen to Crosby High School (Texas) seniors with a 2.5+ GPA planning to attend college or trade school.Amount$30,000Deadline:Jan 12, 2027Education LevelHigh SchoolTakes minutes104
Snap EmpowHER Scholarship
Funded bySnap FinanceOpen to female-identifying high school seniors and first-year college students.Amount$4,000Deadline:Jan 16, 2027Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes105
Somebody Cares About Science - Robert Stockwell Memorial Scholarship
Funded byStockwell FamilyOpen to current and former Learn4Life students in California continuing their education.Amount$1,000Deadline:Jan 18, 2027Education LevelAnyTakes minutes106
Bonita J. Gribble Memorial Scholarship
Funded byBrenda HagensonOpen to high school seniors and graduates from Delaware County, Indiana, and undergraduates at Ball State University.Amount$1,000Deadline:Jan 19, 2027Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes107
Stiger Technical Scholarship
Funded byJerome StigerOpen to Michigan high school seniors planning to attend trade school.Amount$1,000Deadline:Jan 19, 2027Education LevelHigh SchoolTakes minutes108
Maverick - Colorado Springs Scholarship
Funded byJohn RodgersThis scholarship supports low-income high school seniors residing in Colorado Springs, Colorado.Amount$2,500Deadline:Jan 20, 2027Education LevelHigh SchoolTakes minutes109
YOU GOT IT GIRL SCHOLARSHIP
Funded byYGIGOpen to low-income female athletes who are high school seniors or undergraduates.Amount$1,000Deadline:Jan 22, 2027Education LevelHigh School, Undergraduate110
Central Carolina Insurance Risk Management Scholarship
Funded byCentral Carolina Insurance Agency Inc.Open to high school seniors and undergraduates in Cabarrus, Rowan, or Iredell County, North Carolina, studying insurance or finance.Amount$1,000Deadline:Jan 22, 2027Education LevelHigh SchoolTakes minutes111
Dick Loges Veteran Entrepreneur Scholarship
Funded byOne Degree FinancialOpen to high school seniors, undergraduates, and trade school students with a veteran entrepreneur parent.Amount$2,500Deadline:Jan 22, 2027Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes112
Breanna Coleman Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Funded byColeman FamilyOpen to first-generation high school seniors planning to study nursing.Amount$5,000Deadline:Jan 23, 2027Education LevelHigh SchoolTakes minutes113
Marjorie Moriole Early Childhood Education Scholarship
Funded byVictoria MorioleOpen to students pursuing careers in early childhood education or teaching.Amount$500Deadline:Jan 24, 2027Education LevelAnyTakes minutes114
Appalachian Region Vocational Scholarship
Funded byDaelyn ChaneyOpen to first-generation high school and college students in Kentucky, West Virginia, or Virginia pursuing STEM careers.Amount$1,000Deadline:Jan 24, 2027Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes115
Project Climbing Everest Scholarship
Funded byProject Climbing EverestOpen to Michigan high school seniors planning careers in mental health, social work, or counseling.Amount$500Deadline:Jan 27, 2027Education LevelHigh SchoolTakes minutes116
Pierson Family Scholarship for U.S. Studies
Funded byPierson FamilyOpen to low-income international high school and undergraduate students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.Amount$10,000Deadline:Jan 27, 2027Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes117
Amber Joy Lillian Women in Business Scholarship
Funded byAmber GreeneOpen to young women at Woodland Hills High School in Pennsylvania who plan to study business.Amount$1,000Deadline:Jan 28, 2027Education LevelHigh SchoolTakes minutes118
Rudy J. Mazzetti Culinary Arts Scholarship
Funded byMazzetti FamilyOpen to California high school, college, and trade school students pursuing culinary arts.Amount$2,500Deadline:Jan 28, 2027Education LevelHigh School, UndergraduateTakes minutes119
Black & Jones Scholarship
Funded byBlack & Jones Attorneys at LawOpen to high school seniors in northwestern and north-central Illinois heading to trade school.Amount$2,500Deadline:Jan 30, 2027Education LevelHigh SchoolTakes minutes120