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Top 73 Scholarships for Women in December 2022
Historically, women have not had the same educational career opportunities as men. Many colleges did not even admit women until relatively recently. Luckily, colleges and other educational organizations have created a number of programs aimed at supporting women. There are also a number of scholarships for women to pay for undergraduate or graduate education. These scholarships help level the playing field for all women to pursue their education!
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- Top scholarships for women
- Scholarships at women’s colleges
- How to win scholarships for women
- Frequently asked questions about women’s scholarships
- Other scholarship lists to explore
Top 73 Scholarships for Women in December 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] 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
Scholarships360 Exclusive
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.
Worthy Women’s Scholarship
Offered by Worthy
Open to women age 30 or older who have decided to enroll in school to pursue their passions.
Science Ambassador Scholarship
Offered by Cards Against Humanity
Female high school seniors and undergraduate students who submit a three-minute educational video on a STEM topic they're passionate about.
P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Fund
Offered by Philanthropic Educational Organization
Open to international women students who wish to pursue graduate study in the U.S. or Canada. U.S. and Canadian citizens are ineligible.
Goldman Sachs MBA Fellowship
Offered by Goldman Sachs
Open to historically underrepresented first year MBA students who are also pursuing a Summer Associate position with Goldman Sachs.
Linly Heflin Scholarship
Offered by Linly Heflin
Open to Alabama women who will be attending four-year Alabama colleges or universities.
Margaret Mcnamara US-Canada Program
Offered by Margaret Mcnamara Education Grants
Women aged 25 and up who are nationals of a country on the MMEG eligibility list and are full-time college students in the U.S. or Canada.
MPOWER Women in STEM Scholarship
Offered by MPOWER Financing
International and DACA female students who wish to study in the U.S. or Canada and pursue a career in STEM, the medical field, or education.
$10,000 CollegeXpress Scholarship
Sponsored
Annual $10k scholarship from CollegeXpress open to all high school students.
Legacy Scholarship Program
Offered by Army Women's Foundation
Open to women soldiers, past and present, as well as their descendants, who are pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree.
“Making Waves” Scholarship for Women
Scholarships360 Exclusive
Women currently attending high school, college, technical/vocational, or graduate school are eligible to apply.
Norma Ross Walter Scholarship
Offered by Willa Cather Center
Open to female high school seniors from Nebraska who plan on enrolling in accredited universities as English majors after graduation.
“Mom to Scholar” Scholarship for Mothers
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Open to mothers over the age of 35 either accepted to or a attending technical, community, or four-year college/university.
Jeannette Rankin Foundation National Scholar Grant
Offered by Jeannette Rankin Foundation
Open to women aged 35 and up who are pursuing a technical/vocational, associate's, or bachelor's degree.
Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship
Offered by American Statisical Association
Open to U.S. women in a graduate level statistics program.
Hilda Specter Morgenstern Merit Scholarship
Offered by Morganstern Scholarship
Open to female Jewish college students who will study in Israel.
$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.
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Scholarships at women’s colleges
Women’s colleges and universities are single-gender colleges that aim to support women. Below are the top women’s colleges that offer merit scholarships to students.
Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA)
- Agnes Scott College offers a variety of scholarships to first-year freshman students that range from $15,00 to $25,000 per year.
- To qualify for merit scholarships at Agnes Scott, students must submit their Common Application and supporting materials by January 15th.
Barnard College (New York, NY)
- Barnard does not offer merit scholarships, but has a generous need-based financial aid program that meets 100% of demonstrated need for all students.
- To qualify for need-based aid at Barnard, students must submit the CSS Profile and the FAFSA.
Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
- Bryn Mawr offers merit scholarships of up to $40,000 per year to prospective first year students.
- To qualify for Bryn Mawr merit aid, students simply need to submit their admissions application.
Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA)
- Mount Holyoke offers three major merit scholarships to students: the Trustee Full Tuition Scholarship, the 21st Century Scholars program, and the Chin Scholars program.
Scripps College (Claremont, CA)
- Scripps College offers merit scholarships that range from $15,000 to $28,000 per year.
- All applicants are considered for merit scholarships and no other application is necessary.
Smith College (Northampton, MA)
- Smith College offers merit scholarships of up to $25,000 per year to prospective students.
- All Smith applicants for admission are automatically considered for merit aid.
Spelman College (Atlanta, GA)
- Spelman offers merit scholarships to outstanding students in their applicant pool. To be considered, students must have a minimum weighted GPA of 3.8 and minimum testing of 31 on the ACT or 1330 on the SAT.
Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
- Wellesley College does not offer merit scholarships, but offers generous need-based financial aid.
- Wellesley is also a Questbridge partner, so students can be matched to the College through their Questbridge application (which aims to support high-achieving, low income students)
How to win scholarships for women
Like any scholarships, scholarships for women receive a huge number of applications, so it’s important to make yours stand out if you want to win. Before you start writing your application, it’s a good idea to give the scholarship prompts and background a very thorough read-through.
Try to identify the values and principles that the organization values, and emphasize those in your writing. Make sure you are answering the prompts directly, and speaking to how your experience as a woman has shaped your choices. If you have experienced discrimination or setbacks as the result of your gender, try to frame these setbacks as learning opportunities rather than emphasizing the unfairness which they caused. This shows that you have found ways to increase your impact in the face of adversity.
Writing strong essays
One of the best ways to make your application stand out is to write some strong essays. Luckily, we have a host of resources to help you fine-tune your writing. These include guides on how to write about yourself, how to start and end scholarship essays, and how to write a winning scholarship essay. We can also help you tailor your writing to 250 or 500 word prompts, and respond to the most common scholarship essay prompts. Good luck!
