What is a Scholarship?
A scholarship is money given to you to help pay for your education or related expenses. Scholarships come from a variety of sources, such as your college or a private organization.
Examples of types of scholarships:
- Merit scholarships are based on a student's achievements.
- School scholarships are given to students by the school they attend.
- Work scholarships require students to work to receive scholarship money.
- Field of Study scholarships are given to students pursuing a specific field of study or academic program.
- Need scholarships are based on financial need.
Apply for a Los Rios Scholarship
Apply for an Outside Scholarship
Time Sensitive Scholarships
We encourage you to do your own research to find other scholarship opportunities. Remember that you should never have to pay for a scholarship. Any scholarship that costs you money is probably a scam.
Scholarship Search Engines
We encourage you to do your own research to find other scholarship opportunities. Remember that you should never have to pay for a scholarship. Any scholarship that costs you money is probably a scam.
- American Psychological Association Scholarships, Grants and Awards
- America's Career InfoNet
- Brown and Caldwell Scholarship Information
- College Aid for your Education
- Complete Guide to Healthcare Scholarships
- Computer Science Scholarships
- Discover Nursing Scholarships
- EduMed Medical and Healthcare Scholarships
- FastWeb.com
- Funding your Psychology Degree
- National College Resources Foundation
- Nursing Scholarships
- PG&E Scholarship Opportunities
- Physicians Medical Foundation
- Psychology Scholarships Search
- Sacramento Region Community Foundation Scholarships
- SMUD Powering Futures
- SallieMae Scholarships Search
- Scholarships.com
- StudentScholarships.org
- UNCF Scholarship Opportunities