About Us
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,
colleges, and universities nationwide. Our mission is to assist students and their
families in not only finding college scholarships, but helping them explore valuable
financial aid opportunities they may not have discovered otherwise.
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 financial aid for college, as well as choosing a campus
that's right for them. 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
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. Our site makes the scholarship search process 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.
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, state, local, and college-based scholarships
and grants available anywhere.
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. 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 information
on 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, such as
student loan options,
budgeting tips, and balancing work and college. Online tools help students
stay organized with email reminders, "favorites" lists, and personalized content
to help the collegebound succeed in and manage their scholarship search.
In January 2009, Scholarships.com became the first scholarship search website to
adopt Scholar Snapp,
then known as the Scholarship Data Standard, an open data standard created and 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 future scholarship searches and
applications on any website that supports the data standard. We strive to remain
at the forefront of innovations in the scholarship world, and work constantly to
enhance our visitors' 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, as
well as
winners of 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 user experience superior to that of other
scholarship search engine sites that is focused on satisfying their needs for college,
scholarship, and financial aid information. We aim to provide a website free of
annoying and irrelevant content and advertisements because we understand the importance
of funding a college education and the serious nature of a visitors' search on Scholarships.com.
The needs of our visitors are our highest priority, and we strive to meet and exceed
their expectations. We take pride in our honesty and integrity 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 provides parents and students with a comprehensive online resource
for college education financing and information through an unmatched user experience,.
Our privacy practices have been reviewed and approved by TRUSTe, and we are a member
of the following professional organizations:
National Scholarship
Providers Association (NSPA)
National
Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)