Native Americans may be one of the least represented minorities in U.S. public schools, comprising less than one percent of students. The drop-out rate among American Indians and Alaskan natives is high and rising; many colleges and organizations, such as the American Indian College Fund, offer scholarships for college in hopes to help with the cost of tuition and inspire more Native American students to continue their education. Many of these Native American scholarships are based on a student’s heritage, family background, residency status, tribe affiliation, and many other characteristics. If you know that your grandparents or parents are a part of a specific American Indian tribe, there very well may be free college dollars available to you in the form of Native American scholarships.
CANFit Undergraduate Scholarship
This award is available for minority students who are currently enrolled in a fitness or nutrition program at an accredited California college or university. The applicant must have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher and have completed at least 50 credit hours toward his/her degree at the time of application.
CANFit Culinary Arts Undergraduate Scholarship
This award is available for students who are enrolled in a California culinary arts school. Students must be of African-American, American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian-American, Pacific Islander or Latino/Hispanic ethnicity.
CANFit Graduate Scholarship
This award is available for minority students currently enrolled in a graduate program for nutrition, public health nutrition, physical education, or an American Dietetic Association-approved pre-professional practice program at an accredited California college or university. Applicants must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and have completed 12 to 15 units of graduate course work at the time of application.
Mary Free Bed Minority Scholarship Program
This scholarship is available for minority students who reside in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan. Applicants must be currently enrolled in one of the specified nursing specialities and must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Rosewood Family Scholarship Program
This award is available for U.S. undergraduate students who are considered a minority and planning to attend an eligible college or university in Florida. Priority will be given to direct descendants of African-American Rosewood families affected by the events of January 1923.
American Indian Education Foundation Graduate Scholarship
This award is for U.S. students who are pursuing a master's or doctoral degree. The student must be of Native American, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian descent.
American Indian Education Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship
This award is for U.S. students who are attending or planning to attend an accredited college/university or technical/vocational school as a full-time undergraduate student. The student must be of Native American or Alaska Native descent.
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Strategic Systems Programs Scholarship
This scholarship is open to U.S. college freshmen who are American Indian, Alaskan Native, or Native Hawaiian and enrolled at a minority-serving institution (as designated by the U.S. Department of Education) that is ABET-accredited. Students must be pursuing a Navy-relevant Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) degree and have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Collective Bill Caspare Memorial Fund Scholarship
This scholarship is open to U.S. college students who are rising juniors and seniors at select New England institutions and are African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, Native American, multiracial, or LGBTQ. Students must have a grade point average of 3.25 or higher and interested in pursuing a career in new media/digital advertising and/or data science.
George Geng On Lee Minorities in Leadership Scholarship
This award is for minority students who are graduating from high school, or who are full time undergraduate students enrolled at a four-year institution. Applicants must reside in the greater San Fransisco Bay area, defined as Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties in California.
La Raza Foundation Scholarship
This award is available for minority law school students who live in or attend law school in the San Fransisco Bay Area.
CT Minority Teacher Incentive Grant Program
This award is for Connecticut upper-level undergraduate students who are enrolled in an undergraduate teacher preparation program at an eligible college or university in Connecticut. The student must be a minority student (African, American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian American or Native American heritage) and intend to teach in a Connecticut public school after graduation.
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