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Scholarships for Hispanic High School Students
  • Colgate Palmolive and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation team up to offer the Haz LA U Program. Each year, there are up to 180 awards in amounts that go up to $15,000 each. To be eligible, you need to be of Hispanic heritage which includes Spain, Brazil and Philippines. You must also have a 3.0 GPA and plan to enroll in a bachelor’s program in the fall after you graduate.
  • Haines Law, P.C. offers a Step Forward Scholarship. It pays $1,000 to one student who is the first in their family to attend college. If you have a GPA of 3.0, you may be eligible. To apply, you need to send a resume and write a 750 to 1,000 word essay that explains why education matters to you. You’ll also need to send in a resume and transcripts from your current school.
  • The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) offers scholarships for STEM high school, college and grad students. STEM.  Awards vary in amounts but tend to pay up to $5,000. To be eligible, you must be an active SHPE member with a GPA of at least 2.75. You must also be pursuing a STEM degree or professional certificate at a school that qualifies.
Scholarships for DACA Students

  • DACA scholarships are for undocumented students who enter the United States prior to age 16 and receive “deferred action status. They are not eligible to be American citizens. They are considered DACA students. Several scholarships may help undocumented students pursue a degree program within their state. TheDream.US offers two different scholarships for high school and community college graduates and those who have no access to college. Eligible undocumented students will need to submit FAFSA, transcripts, and two essays.  TheDream.US National Scholarship awards up to $14,500 for an associate’s degree and $29,000 for bachelor’s degree. Eligible students must be a high school, GED graduate or community college graduate. You must have a DACA or TPS status or meet other immigration criteria. You must be admitted to an approved Partner College.

Scholarships for African American Students

  • United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Scholarships: 

    UNCF has helped more than 500,000 students earn their college degrees since its founding. UNCF is the nation’s largest private scholarship provider to minority group members. Each year, we award more than $100 million in scholarships to students attending more than 1,100 schools across the country, including our prestigious network of 37 HBCUs. We also manage a variety of scholarship programs, such as the Fund II Foundation UNCF STEM Scholars Program, UNCF/Koch Scholars Program, K-12 Education Fellowship and the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship Program.