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Top 17 Public Health Scholarships in November 2022
Dedicated to improving people’s health and defending them from disease? Public health is a field always in need of more students. If you’ve been wanting to study public health but weren’t sure how to fund your education, we’ve luckily compiled a list of the top public health scholarships for you.
To learn how to save lives (and save your money), keep on reading to find out about the top public health scholarships!
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Top 16 Public Health Scholarships in November 2022
The Scholarships360 Research Team reviews all scholarships individually and strives to exclude any scholarship where any of the below applies:
- The scholarship requires a fee to apply
- The scholarship provider’s privacy policy allows for the misuse of student data
- The scholarship requires paid membership in an organization (with certain exceptions for reputable trade organizations and others)
- Student are required to sign up for a site or service to apply*
- The scholarship seems primarily used for lead generation** or idea harvesting purposes***
- The scholarship website has many grammatical errors and/or advertisements
- The scholarship or scholarship providing organization seem untrustworthy
- There is no evidence the scholarship was previously awarded
- The scholarship has not been awarded in the past 12 months
- There is no available contact information
If you believe a scholarship has been published in error, please reach out to [email protected]hips360.org and we’ll take a look!
* There are certain exceptions to this, for example if the sponsoring organization is a major corporation or nonprofit with its own scholarship application system.
** Lead generation scholarships will require students to sign up for an app or website and require minimal (if any) application requirements.
***Idea harvesting scholarships will require students to submit blog posts or other materials that companies may use for marketing purposes.
$10,000 “No Essay” Scholarship
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Easy scholarship open to all US-based high school, college, community college and graduate students.
$2,000 Nitro College Scholarship – No Essay
Sponsored
Easy scholarship open to all high school, college, community and graduate students.
Niche $50,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
Sponsored
Open to high school and college students, as well as anyone looking to attend college or graduate school in the next year.
“Follow Your Own Path” Essay Scholarship
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Open to all postsecondary students, regardless of the type of training/education they are pursuing.
“Outstanding Undergraduate” Essay Scholarship
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Open to current undergraduates at four-year universities in the U.S.
Health Career Scholarships
Offered by International Order of The King’s Daughters and Sons
Students in their second or third year of any educational healthcare profession preparation program.
Briana Tigue Medina Nursing Scholarship Fund
Offered by Catholic Community Foundation
Open to Arizona high school seniors planning to pursue an undergraduate degree in nursing.
Senior Planning Social Work & Eldercare Award
Offered by Senior Planning
Open to high school seniors or undergraduate students who plan to pursue a career in senior care.
Annual Prevounce Preventive Health Scholarship Program
Offered by Prevounce
Open to high school seniors, college, and graduate students pursuing a career in healthcare, medicine, nursing, and public health
NSCA Challenge Scholarship
Offered by National Strength and Conditioning Association
Open to NCSA members in college who are pursuing a degree and career in the strength and conditioning field.
$10,000 CollegeXpress Scholarship
Sponsored
Annual $10k scholarship from CollegeXpress open to all high school students.
Consuelo W. Gosnell Memorial Scholarship
Offered by NASW Foundation
Open to NASW members who have applied or been accepted to MSW programs and want to work with Hispanic and Native American communities.
New Leader Scholarship
Offered by Marin Community Foundation
Open to previous New Leader Scholarship recipients who will be attending a graduate school in the California Bay Area.
APF Walter Katkovsky Scholarships
Offered by American Psychological Foundation
Postdoctoral licensed psychologists who have been accepted to or are in their first or second semester of a psychopharmacology program.
$25k “Be Bold” No-Essay Scholarship
Sponsored
Easy scholarship open to high school students, college students, community college students, and graduate students.
Niche $2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
Sponsored
Easy scholarship from Niche open to all high school, college, and graduate students.
How to win public health scholarships
If you are a current or prospective public health student, you are smart to consider public health scholarships to pay for your degree. Whether you are an undergraduate student or a graduate student, scholarships represent free money that does not need to be repaid. The first step towards winning scholarships is putting together a compelling application which can include transcripts, test scores, essays, interviews, and recommendation letters.
Any scholarship that is focused on supporting students in a specific major will be looking at your achievement within that field, as well as your broader ambitions. This is certainly the case with public health scholarships and why it is important to connect your application to the public health field.
For example, you can focus your essays on your experiences in public health inside and outside of the classroom. If you don’t have a ton of experiences to draw on, that’s not a problem. Instead, you can talk about books, podcasts, and other ways that you engage with public health. If your passion for public health was started by something that happened to you personally, you can also feel free to draw upon that.
Learn more: Public health major overview
Essay advice for public health scholarships
If you’re looking for more advice about public health scholarship essays, we have you covered! You can get started with our how to start a scholarship essay or our how to write a winning scholarship essay. To go deeper, check out these other articles on tackling specific types of essays:
- How to write an essay about yourself
- Guide to writing a “Why do you deserve this scholarship?” essay
- How to write a 250 word essay
- How to write a 500 word essay
Frequently asked questions about public health scholarships
Does the FAFSA cover a Master in Public Health degree?
As long as your graduate program in public health is at an accredited college in the U.S., then yes, you can apply for financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA. The FAFSA will allow you to apply for a variety of need-based financial aid options including grants, student loans, and federal work study. With this said, simply completing the FAFSA does not guarantee that you will receive financial aid.
What are the highest paying jobs in public health?
The salaries for public health jobs vary greatly, as there are many career options in public health. However, there are some that tend to pay more than others (just keep in mind that these numbers may vary by your location as well!). With that said, a few of the highest paying jobs in public health by average annual salary include: a Public Health Attorney ($122,960), a Computer and Information Systems Manager in Healthcare ($146,360), and a Medical and Health Services Manager ($100,980). For a longer list of the highest-paying public health jobs, check out the Public Health Degrees website.
What does a Master in Public Health (MPH) do?
Good question! Broadly speaking, getting a Masters in Public Health degree will train you to defend and improve the health of entire populations. Students will learn to handle the challenging health issues that impact communities, work with people across many regions, and inform the public about the best health care practices. Also, more specifically, a MPH teaches you how to analyze data, alter/influence public policy (for the better), study threats to public health, and conduct important research.
