Saint Joseph College students playing violin

Outside Scholarships

Students are also encouraged to apply for any outside scholarships that are available through different towns, civic organizations, or companies. Students are required to report these scholarships to the Student Financial Services Center. Outside scholarships will first be applied to remaining account balances, second to reduce Perkins, Stafford, PLUS and/or Alternative Loan(s), and lastly to replace Institution and/or State funds.

Free Scholarship Search Guide ebook from Edvisors/the Student Loan Network.  

Scholarship Websites

Please read each website’s privacy and information sharing policy before providing any personal information. This is not an inclusive list, just some suggestions. Please be aware Saint Joseph College has no control over the websites listed and that the sites may change at any time.


Connecticut

$     American Savings Foundation 

$     CT Capitol Scholarship 

$     Hartford Foundation for Public Giving 

$     PFLAG Hartford

$     SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.

$     Mensa Foundation (CT and other regions available)

$     American Association of University Women - CT Shoreline Branch

 

Minority

$     Black Excel 

$     Hispanic College Fund 

$     Hispanic Scholarship Fund 

$     PepsiCo  or (Spanish) 

$     The SallieMae Fund’s Black College Dollars

$     UNCF 

$     Latino College Dollars

$     Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

 

Athletes

$     BigSun Athletic Scholarship 

 

Migrants/Immigrants

$     Western Union Family Scholarship Program

 

Teaching

$     BrainTrack Teaching Scholarships

 

Nursing

$     National Health Service Corps (Scholarships and Loan Repayment Programs)

$     Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association, Inc. 

$     BrainTrack Nursing Scholarships

 

Business

$     BrainTrack Business Scholarships

$     New England Employee Benefits Council (Human Resources/Benefits)

 

Students with Disabilities

$     American Association on Health and Disability

 $    National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut

Stores

$     Big Y 

$     Price Chopper 

$     Talbots 

$     Wal-Mart Foundation

 

Study Abroad

$     Freeman-ASIA 

$     The Gilman International Scholarship Program 

 

Grade Level Specific

High School Seniors

$     MassMutual Scholars 

$     PFLAG National Scholarship Program 

$     Cindy Dimenstein Scholarship for HS seniors personally affected by breast cancer.

$     KFC Colonel's Scholars

$     Sam Walton Community Scholarship

$     Verizon Wireless Black History Month Essay Contest

$     Dunkin Donuts Scholarship (CT)

$     Pfizer Epilepsy Scholarship

 

Undergraduate Students

$     Town and County Club (for women 24 years of age and older) 

$     Pfizer Epilepsy Scholarship

 

Graduate Students

$     Alma Exley Scholarship Program 

$     American Council of Learned Societies (Fellowships & Grants) 

$     AAUW- American Association of University Women (Fellowships & Grants) 

$     Fulbright Scholarship 

$     Hispanic Scholarship Fund 

$     National Science Foundation 

$     Social Science Research Council Fellowship 

$     Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation 

 

Scholarship Search Sites

$     FastWeb

$     Colleges and Careers

$     Sallie Mae Free Scholarship Search

$     Scholarship America 

$     Scholarships.com 

$     The College Board 

$     Student Scholarship Search 

$     Scholarship Points 

$     A to Z Guide to Grants for Women in Higher Education 

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Beware of Scams

  • Beware of companies that promise to save you thousands of dollars in tuition by assisting you with your financial aid forms.
  • You should never have to pay for scholarship information.
  • Also, don't be fooled by a company that asks you for money to "hold" a scholarship.
  • To learn more about protecting yourself from scholarship scams, visit:
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC) $cholarship $cams
  • www.FinAid.org Scholarship Scams 

 

For more information on scholarship opportunities, contact the Student Financial Services Center at 866.442.8752, e-mail financialaid@sjc.edu, or stop by the office on the second floor of Mercy Hall, Room 219.

May 25, 2010