Scholarships Available For Hispanic Students

A college or university education is becoming increasingly important - not only in terms of finding a job that pays, but in finding work at all. While tuition might seem prohibitive, students of Latino heritage particularly have a wide variety of resources to help pay for studies toward a college or university degree. Much of this assistance comes in the form of scholarships that don't have to be repaid. Scholarships for Latino students include:

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund partners with large organizations to offer scholarships exclusively for students of Latino heritage. Some of these scholarships are designed for high school seniors, while others are for community college transfer students and students at varied age and education levels. Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average to qualify. Partners include organizations such as Budweiser, Shell, Telemundo, GOYA, Nissan North America, Toyota, Procter & Gamble and MassMutual.

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The Hispanic College Fund offers scholarships for business, health care, hospitality and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors as well as for students of all other majors and those of Puerto Rican descent. Hispanic College Fund scholarships are awarded based on financial need and academic merit, and students are required to have a minimum 3.0 grade point average. These scholarships are offered through partnerships with groups such as the Darden Foundation, Google, Ford Motor Company, the Marriott Scholars Program and CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield. The Hispanic College Fund, as part of a consortium with other groups, also manages National Aeronautics and Space Administration MUST Project scholarships for students planning to study STEM subjects.

The Gates Millennium Scholar Program offers scholarships to Pell grant eligible students with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.3 or a general equivalency diploma. These scholarships are available to Latino students as well as those from African American, American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian Pacific Islander American backgrounds. They're intended for undergraduate students in any discipline and graduate students studying public health, science, math, engineering, computer science, education or library science.

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities manages scholarships of ,000 to ,100. The scholarships are awarded based in part on financial needs, and they're available to students attending its member institutions. In addition to a scholarship awarded by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities in partnership with Walmart, the association manages scholarships offered by Office Depot, Lockheed Martin, NASCAR, Aetna and Deloitte.

The National Council of LaRaza-Best Buy Emerging Latino Leaders Scholarship Program offers ,500 to ,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors of Hispanic descent. The essay-based contest is available to students with a minimum 2.0 grade point average. It's offered by the Best Buy Children's Foundation and the National Council of La Raza, a civil rights and advocacy organization that works to enhance opportunities for Hispanic Americans.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists, through partnerships and contributions to its Rubén Salazar Scholarship Fund, provides tuition assistance to aspiring journalists. The Salazar scholarship is named for a Los Angeles print and broadcast journalist who was killed in a bar by a sheriff's deputy's tear gas projectile after he covered an anti-Vietnam War demonstration. In 2010, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists awarded ,000 in ,000 to ,000 scholarships.

Scholarships Available For Hispanic Students