College Scholarships for the Class of 2025 High School Seniors
It's time to break out that picture of you as a kindergarten graduate. Place it on the mantel as a reminder that you'll soon attend your dream college or university. You wrapped up your junior year, and the school year you've been waiting on has FINALLY arrived. You're now leaders of your high school seniors class of 2025! Apply for those scholarships for high school seniors to keep your education affordable.
Award Amount: Varies Award Details: The Courageous Persuaders Video Contest is open to high school students. To be considered, you must create a 30-second television commercial targeted at middle school students to warn them about the dangers of drinking and driving or distracted driving. You may enter as an individual or as a team.
Award Amount: $10,000 Award Details:The Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must be 26 years of age or younger and reside in one of the 16 states where Carl's Jr. operates to be eligible for this award.
Award Amount: $500 - $2,000 Award Details:The Districts Make the Difference Student Video Contest is open to high school students. To enter, you must create 60 - second video that highlights the ways that special districts "Make the Difference" in local communities across the U.S.
Award Amount: $1,000 Award Details: The Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes is open to registered Fastweb members who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. You must log into your Fastweb account to obtain your personal referral link. For each person who registers for Fastweb via your personal referral link during the Promotion Period, you and your referral will be entered as a pair into the current drawing.
Award Amount: $2,500
Award Details: Participate in the #ScholarshipNow challenge for a chance to win $2,500! To participate, download the Goodwall app and simply share a video telling us how winning this scholarship would help you achieve your educational goals on the hashtag #ScholarshipNow.
Award Amount: $25,000 Award Details: The Emmy Noether Award is available to female high school seniors who reside or attend school in Louisiana or Mississippi. You must plan to pursue a research-based graduate degree and career in a STEM field and have a minimum ACT score of 28 to be eligible for this award.
Award Amount: $1,500 Award Details: The Tzu Chi USA Scholars Program is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible for this award. To be considered, you must submit a two-page essay about Tzu Chi based on information you've gathered from websites, publications, news articles, etc. Please explain what you've learned about Tzu Chi that inspires you and why.
Award Amount: $8,000 Award Details: The Project Yellow Light Video Contest Scholarship is available to high school juniors, seniors, and full-time undergraduate students. To be considered, you must create a 10 or 25-second video that discourages distracted driving, specifically texting while driving.
Award Amount: $1,000 Award Details: The Vegan Teens Are The Future Scholarship is available to high school juniors, seniors, and current undergraduate students who plan to pursue studies that will enable them in a life committed to part-time or full-time, passive or active, vegan activism. You must have been a vegan for at least one year to qualify for this award. You must also submit a 400- to 600-word essay on the following topic: "Please describe why you decided to become a vegan and why veganism is important to you. What are your dreams and plans to use your education or experiences to grow the vegan movement in the future?"
Award Amount: $5,000 Award Details: The Hatfield Foundation Scholarship is available to high school seniors who will be first-generation college students. You must have participated in a college readiness program, have a minimum 2.5 GPA, and demonstrate financial need to qualify for this award.
Award Amount: Varies Award Details:The SKECHERS Foundation Scholarship is available to high school seniors. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for this award. Only the first 300 applications will be accepted.
Award Amount: $1,000 Award Details: The RealtyHop Scholarship is available to high school seniors and current undergraduate students. To be considered, you must submit a 500-word essay on the following topic: "Imagine yourself 10 years in the future after having graduated college and living the life of your dreams: find a listing on RealtyHop you picture yourself living in and write what your favorite room or feature is on the listing and why it is important to your future life."
Award Amount: $2,000 - $8,000 Award Details: The Think for Yourself Scholarship is available to high school seniors. To be considered, you must submit a 600- to 800-word essay on a topic related to the importance of independence, curiosity, and open-mindedness in everyday life. Only the first 5,000 submissions will be accepted.
Award Amount: $2,500
Award Details: The Rover College Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors and current college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. To be considered, you must submit a 400- to 500-word essay on the following topic: "How did growing up with a pet in your life (could be a friend's or family member's) impact the person you are today?"
Award Amount: $250 - $10,000 Award Details: The #ScienceSaves High School Video Scholarship is available to high school seniors. To be considered, you must create a 20- to 30-second video answering one of the following questions: "What has science done for me?" or "What has science done for somebody I know?" You must add #sciencesaves to your video to qualify for this award.Steps for Change Scholarship
Deadline: 5/16/25
Courageous Persuaders Video Contest
Deadline: 3/24/25Award Amount: Varies Award Details: The Courageous Persuaders Video Contest is open to high school students. To be considered, you must create a 30-second television commercial targeted at middle school students to warn them about the dangers of drinking and driving or distracted driving. You may enter as an individual or as a team.
Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders Scholarship
Deadline: 3/31/25Award Amount: $10,000 Award Details:The Carl N. and Margaret Karcher Founders Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors. You must be 26 years of age or younger and reside in one of the 16 states where Carl's Jr. operates to be eligible for this award.
Districts Make the Difference Student Video Contest
Deadline: 3/31/25Award Amount: $500 - $2,000 Award Details:The Districts Make the Difference Student Video Contest is open to high school students. To enter, you must create 60 - second video that highlights the ways that special districts "Make the Difference" in local communities across the U.S.
Winter 2025 Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes
Deadline: 3/31/25Award Amount: $1,000 Award Details: The Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes is open to registered Fastweb members who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia and who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. You must log into your Fastweb account to obtain your personal referral link. For each person who registers for Fastweb via your personal referral link during the Promotion Period, you and your referral will be entered as a pair into the current drawing.
Goodwall #ScholarshipNow Challenge
Deadline: 3/31/25Award Amount: $2,500
Award Details: Participate in the #ScholarshipNow challenge for a chance to win $2,500! To participate, download the Goodwall app and simply share a video telling us how winning this scholarship would help you achieve your educational goals on the hashtag #ScholarshipNow.
Emmy Noether Award
Deadline: 3/31/25Award Amount: $25,000 Award Details: The Emmy Noether Award is available to female high school seniors who reside or attend school in Louisiana or Mississippi. You must plan to pursue a research-based graduate degree and career in a STEM field and have a minimum ACT score of 28 to be eligible for this award.
Tzu Chi USA Scholars Program
Deadline: 3/31/25Award Amount: $1,500 Award Details: The Tzu Chi USA Scholars Program is available to graduating high school seniors. You must have a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible for this award. To be considered, you must submit a two-page essay about Tzu Chi based on information you've gathered from websites, publications, news articles, etc. Please explain what you've learned about Tzu Chi that inspires you and why.
Project Yellow Light Video Contest Scholarship
Deadline: 4/1/25Award Amount: $8,000 Award Details: The Project Yellow Light Video Contest Scholarship is available to high school juniors, seniors, and full-time undergraduate students. To be considered, you must create a 10 or 25-second video that discourages distracted driving, specifically texting while driving.
Vegan Teens Are the Future Scholarship
Deadline: 4/9/25Award Amount: $1,000 Award Details: The Vegan Teens Are The Future Scholarship is available to high school juniors, seniors, and current undergraduate students who plan to pursue studies that will enable them in a life committed to part-time or full-time, passive or active, vegan activism. You must have been a vegan for at least one year to qualify for this award. You must also submit a 400- to 600-word essay on the following topic: "Please describe why you decided to become a vegan and why veganism is important to you. What are your dreams and plans to use your education or experiences to grow the vegan movement in the future?"
Hatfield Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: 4/15/25Award Amount: $5,000 Award Details: The Hatfield Foundation Scholarship is available to high school seniors who will be first-generation college students. You must have participated in a college readiness program, have a minimum 2.5 GPA, and demonstrate financial need to qualify for this award.
SKECHERS Academic Excellence Scholarship
Deadline: 4/18/25Award Amount: Varies Award Details:The SKECHERS Foundation Scholarship is available to high school seniors. You must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for this award. Only the first 300 applications will be accepted.
RealtyHop Scholarship
Deadline: 4/30/25Award Amount: $1,000 Award Details: The RealtyHop Scholarship is available to high school seniors and current undergraduate students. To be considered, you must submit a 500-word essay on the following topic: "Imagine yourself 10 years in the future after having graduated college and living the life of your dreams: find a listing on RealtyHop you picture yourself living in and write what your favorite room or feature is on the listing and why it is important to your future life."
Think for Yourself Scholarship
Deadline: 4/30/25Award Amount: $2,000 - $8,000 Award Details: The Think for Yourself Scholarship is available to high school seniors. To be considered, you must submit a 600- to 800-word essay on a topic related to the importance of independence, curiosity, and open-mindedness in everyday life. Only the first 5,000 submissions will be accepted.
Rover College Scholarship
Deadline: 5/1/25Award Amount: $2,500
Award Details: The Rover College Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors and current college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. To be considered, you must submit a 400- to 500-word essay on the following topic: "How did growing up with a pet in your life (could be a friend's or family member's) impact the person you are today?"
#ScienceSaves High School Video Scholarship
Deadline: 5/5/25Award Amount: $250 - $10,000 Award Details: The #ScienceSaves High School Video Scholarship is available to high school seniors. To be considered, you must create a 20- to 30-second video answering one of the following questions: "What has science done for me?" or "What has science done for somebody I know?" You must add #sciencesaves to your video to qualify for this award.
