Since our founding in 1999, Scholarships.com has had one goal: to help students
find the money they need to get a college education. Over the last several years,
we've become the largest free and independent college
scholarship search and financial aid information
resource on the Internet, and have been recognized by high schools and colleges
and universities nationwide. Our mission is to assist students and their families
in finding college scholarships and to help them explore a variety of valuable financial
aid opportunities.
As a leading scholarship search service and financial aid information resource,
Scholarships.com plays a primary role in helping students make the decisions that
shape their lives. On Scholarships.com, students are connected with tools to aid
in researching and finding college financial aid, as well as choosing a college.
Our regularly updated proprietary database allows students to search 2.7 million
college scholarships and grants
worth over $19 billion and quickly arrive at a list of awards for which they qualify.
And it's all free.
The Scholarships.com Difference
Scholarships.com makes the scholarship search process both fast and easy by using
our unique filtering process and sophisticated relevancy algorithm to sort and rank
scholarship awards based on each user’s individual characteristics. The Scholarships.com
difference lies in our database and our scholarship search engine which uses a personal
profile to identify the scholarships that are most relevant to each student.
Each Scholarships.com user answers a detailed questionnaire, providing information
about their academics, extracurricular activities, and individual background. We
then use this data to generate a customized list of grant and
scholarship opportunities that match the student’s qualifications. At the
heart of this process is our industry-leading scholarship database–the most comprehensive
and accurate compilation of national, community, and college-specific scholarships
and grants available anywhere.
In addition to personalized scholarship search results, Scholarships.com also offers
a college search, a free library of financial aid resources and a variety of user
tools. Our college search provides detailed information
on colleges and universities nationwide, featuring everything from cost of attendance
to crime statistics. The articles in our expansive
resource library provide advice and information on a wide range of topics
related to applying to, attending, and paying for college. Online tools help students
stay organized with email reminders, favorites lists, and personalized content to
help them succeed in their scholarship search.
Recognized by 16,752 high schools and 6,951 colleges and universities nationwide,
Scholarships.com is among the most trusted and well-known free resources for students
pursuing a college education. We are also one of the most comprehensive: on top
of our free college scholarship search, Scholarships.com offers visitors much more.
Our college search provides detailed information
on colleges and universities nationwide, featuring everything from cost of attendance
to crime statistics. The articles in our expansive resource
library provide advice and information on a wide range of topics related
to applying to, attending, and paying for college. Online tools help students stay
organized with email reminders, favorites lists, and personalized content to help
them succeed.
In January 2009, Scholarships.com became the first scholarship search website to
adopt the Scholarship Data Standard, an open data standard advocated by the
National Scholarship Providers Association and developed by the
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. The Scholarship Data Standard allows
students to create an application file containing commonly requested information,
save it to their computer and use it to complete later
scholarship searches and applications on any website that supports the standard.
We strive to remain at the forefront of innovations in the scholarship world, and
constantly work to enhance our visitor experience.
Scholarships.com as a Financial Aid Provider
In addition to helping students find information about scholarships and grants,
Scholarships.com makes its own financial aid contribution by administering its own
scholarship competitions. We currently offer users fourteen distinct college-funding
opportunities worth a total of $18,000. Winners of the
Scholarships.com Resolve To Evolve Essay Scholarship and the
Scholarships.com Area of Study College Scholarships will be one step
closer to achieving their educational and career goals, not to mention paying for
their college education. For more information about these scholarships,
please click here.
Our Ethic
Scholarships.com visitors will discover a superior user experience focused on satisfying
their need for college, scholarship and financial aid information. We aim to provide
a website free of annoying and irrelevant content and advertisements. We understand
the importance of funding one's education and the serious nature of your visit to
Scholarships.com. The needs of our visitors are our highest priority, and we strive
to meet or exceed their expectations. We take pride in our honesty, integrity and
trustworthiness and treat all Scholarships.com visitors and business partners with
respect and dignity.
Scholarships.com works tirelessly to be the best and most trusted free college scholarship
search service, and through an unmatched user experience, provides parents and students
with a comprehensive online resource for college education financing and information.
Our privacy practices have been reviewed and approved by TRUSTe and we are also
a member of the following professional organizations:
National Scholarship
Providers Association (NSPA)
National
Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)