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You’re lucky if you’ve known what you’ve wanted to be since you started high school. Maybe even before. A writer, an artist, an engineer, a teacher, a musician, a nurse, or a lawyer. What makes you lucky is that by knowing what you want to major in enables you to apply for many scholarships. Many universities, colleges, and organizations award scholarships to students pursuing a specific major. Extra money, that is, to ease the financial burden of college. If you know your field of study, you can use that information to search for a major-specific scholarship on Unigo. By searching the scholarship directory, you can find tons of scholarships related to your field of study. And even if you’re still undecided on what major you want to study, a peek at the scholarship opportunities may give you the direction you’re looking for. Check it out!

Meredith Corporation Scholarship

This scholarship and internship opportunity is available for female communications and journalism majors residing in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Award Amount

Total: $5000

Awards: 1

Deadline

Deadline: January 24

Illinois CPA Society Exam Award

Illinois residents with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher who demonstrate financial need and are pre-approved to sit for the CPA Exam are eligible for this award. The award is to be used as reimbursement of the NASBA fee.
Award Amount

Total: $750

Awards: 10

Deadline

Deadline: January 30

Renate W. Chasman Scholarship

This award is for U.S. re-entry female students – one who has returned to school to pursue her education following an interruption. Applicants must be residents of Long Island in New York State, accepted for credit into a degree-oriented program in the natural sciences, engineering, or mathematics, and entering the junior or senior undergraduate year or first-year graduate level.
Award Amount

Total: $1000

Awards: 1

Deadline

Deadline: January 30

AIAA Foundation Orville and Wilbur Wright Graduate Award

This award is for graduate students who are majoring in engineering or science and have a GPA of 3.3 or higher. The student must be an AIAA member in good standing.
Award Amount

Total: $5000

Awards: 2

Deadline

Deadline: January 31

Tom Steel Post-Graduate Fellowship

This fellowship is provided annually to fund a new lawyer to work in the United States on an innovative, public interest law project that serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community.
Award Amount

Total: $30000

Awards: 1

Deadline

Deadline: January 31

Michigan Accountancy Foundation Fifth/Graduate Year Scholarship Program

This scholarship is open to U.S. students who have a declared concentration in accounting and intend to be a CPA in Michigan. Students must have earned at least 120 credit hours by May of the application year and anticipate completion of Michigan CPA requirements in May of the year following application.
Award Amount

Total: $3000

Awards: 15

Deadline

Deadline: January 31

eQuality Medical Scholarship

This scholarship is available for undergraduate students in California who are majoring in a medical field. Applicants must identify as LGBT or demonstrate a history of campaigning for and working toward LGBT inclusion and equality.
Award Amount

Total: $6000

Awards: 3

Deadline

Deadline: January 31

Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design

Current college students who are pursuing a graduate degree at an American institution and are planning a career in landscape architecture are eligible for this award. The award is granted to one student to assist with study and research.
Award Amount

Total: $4000

Awards: 1

Deadline

Deadline: February 01

William E. Weisel Scholarship

This award is for U.S. and Canadian college student who have completed 30 or more college credits and are majoring in manufacturing engineering and technology. The applicant must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher to be eligible.
Award Amount

Total: $2915

Awards: 1

Deadline

Deadline: February 01

Lehigh Valley Section Engineering Scholarship

This award is available for current female high school seniors who are residents of select Pennsylvania counties. The applicant must plan to major in an ABET-accredited engineering field.
Award Amount

Total: $5000

Awards: 7

Deadline

Deadline: February 02