Scholarships available to the class of 2022
November 17, 2021
As the class of 2022 seniors prepare for college, finding scholarships can be a lengthy process. Here are a few scholarship finder resources that provide personalized results, national scholarships, and local scholarships catering to the senior class.
Scholarship finders:
Unigo: Personalized results for scholarships and grants (can narrow searches by state).
Nitro: Searches for scholarships based on financial need, major, and background.
Fastweb: Matches to scholarships, grants and internships based on your strengths, interests, student activities and skills.
ScholarshipPoints: Enter for scholarship drawings that range up to $10,000.
College Board Big Future: Matches scholarships based upon major, background, academics, extracurricular involvements.
Scholarships.com: Personalized scholarship match that breaks down in categories of ethnicity, economic background, academic merit, location and more.
National Merit: Vast scholarships available to national merit finalists.
Mega List of Scholarships: Wide variety of scholarships catered by businesses, talents, academic achievements, ethnicity and much more.
National scholarships:
USDA 1890 National Scholars Program
Eligibility: Must attend or be accepted into one of the nineteen 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Universities and study agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, or other related academic disciplines.
Amount: Full tuition including room and board (renewable)
Deadline: January 31, 2022
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
Eligibility: FAFSA, other eligibility varies by individual scholarship.
Amount: Varies on the scholarship being applied for, access their personalized scholarship search
Deadline: Varies on individual scholarship
Eligibility: Must be enrolled, or soon be enrolled, as a full-time student at an accredited U.S. college or university in Fall 2021.
Amount: $5,000 to 50 students
Open: February 18, 2021
Deadline: June 30, 2021
GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program
Eligibility: Demonstrate involvement in community/school, 3.0 GPA, United States citizen, plan to enroll full-time undergraduate course of study toward a bachelor’s degree at an accredited four-year college or university in the United States
Amount: $10,000 (renewable)
Deadline: January 6, 2022
Eligibility: A child of a veteran that died in the line of duty on or after September 11, 2001, while serving in one of the Armed Forces, or was a member of the Selected Reserve who died from a service-connected disability.
Amount: Full in-state tuition at public college ($22,805 per year for private or out-of-state schools), money for housing, books, and supplies.
Deadline: No deadline (application expires 60 days after starting an application)
Eligibility: Student must apply directly to one or more of our partner schools.
Amount: Annual awards ranging from $5,400 to $75,000 including additional funds for enrichment activities such as study abroad, academic conferences and leadership training.
Deadline: Deadline varies based on application of the partner school
LULAC National Scholarship Fund (LNSF)
Eligibility: Hispanic student accepted into and planning to attend a full-time college/university, other scholarships listed include additional criteria
Amount: Varies based on the scholarship (4 listed)
Opens: Early 2022
Deadline: Varies based on the scholarship (4 listed)
Eligibility: Varies based upon scholarship, FAFSA application required
Amount: Varies, single application applies for numerous scholarships at once
Deadline: For scholarships May 1, for summer internship programs March 15
National Honor Society Scholarship
Eligibility: Must have a registered NHS account approved by NHS advisor (steps to create one are listed).
Amount: 1 national winner $25,000 scholarship, 24 national finalists $5,625 scholarship, 575 national semifinalists $3,200 scholarship
Deadline: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 1:00PM (ET)
Eligibility: Must be Black/African American, US citizens or permanent residents and a current high school senior
Amount: Awards 45-50 $10,000 renewable (total $40,000)
Deadline: January 9 (submitted by mail or through email)
Eligibility: Minimum 2.8 GPA, eligible to attend a two- or four-year college or university full-time, must disclose other scholarship programs that you’ve applied for, at least one parent of Hispanic descent
Amount: Up to $25,000 per year
Deadline: February 3rd, 2022
Eligibility: Graduating, minority high school senior, United States citizen, present evidence of financial need, submit an official SAT and/or ACT exam score from junior or senior year (those who choose not to submit scores will not be disadvantaged in the selection process), plan to attend an accredited and approved 4-year college within the United States.
Amount: Up to $30,000 over four years
Deadline: January 12, 2022 5PM (EST)
Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Wells Fargo
Eligibility: Full-time as a senior during the 2021-2022 academic school year, attending a public or private Historically Black College and Universities, at least a 3.0 GPA, U.S. Citizen or legal permanent resident with a valid permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551.
Amount: Up to $5,000
Deadline: January 3, 2022
Local scholarships
2022 Jefferson County Teacher Association (JCTA) Exemplary Student Scholarship
Eligibility: JCPS Student pursuing career in Public Education
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: December 2, 2021
Community of Louisville: Louisville Artisans Guild Art Scholarship
Eligibility: Graduating from Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, and Bullitt Counties in Kentucky or Floyd, Clark, and Harrison Counties in Indiana. A minimum 2.0 GPA. Pursuing a college degree in non-performing Visual Arts or Visual Arts field.
Amount: $2,000 (one time)
Opens: November 15, 2021
Deadline: February 15, 2022
Community of Louisville: General Scholarship Application
Eligibility: Criteria depends on individual scholarship
Amount: One application for 70+ scholarships (varying amounts and guidelines)
Opens: December 2021
Deadline: Varies based on individual scholarships
PDF released by KHEAA with scholarships for two-year college, public colleges, private colleges, universities, seminaries, public universities, federal government grant/scholarships, and state government grant/scholarships.
Eligibility: Household income of $40,000 or below and must have been a JCPS student since freshman year.
Amount: Opportunity grant of $1,000 per semester
Deadline: July 15, 2022
Thinking about heading to @Jefferson_JCTC or @SCKY_1879 next fall, @JCPSKY seniors? Make sure to join us for College One-Stop Shop this Saturday! You can complete our scholarship application and meet with schools to learn more. We’ll see you there! https://t.co/eAnD8Pm2UI
— Evolve502 (@Evolve502) November 17, 2021
Meagher Emerging Influencers Scholarship
Eligibility: Kentucky resident, high school senior graduating in 2022
Amount: One Student will be awarded $1,000 paid directly to college/university
Deadline: May 14, 2022
