High School Senior
Scholarships
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Mike Rowe Scholarship
Amount: Varies. About: Mike Rowe, who served as an apprentice on the TV series “Dirty Jobs,” created the Work Ethic Scholarship Program to promote skilled labor. Awarded through his mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the scholarships are intended to encourage students to learn a useful skill. In 2022, the foundation awarded a total of $1.5 million in work
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Meg Graham Scholarship
Amount: $10,000. About: Offered by the Junior League of Washington, the Meg Graham Scholarship is annually awarded to graduating seniors living in DC who are passionate about volunteerism. Applicants must be Washington DC residents, attend a DC public, private, parochial, or charter school, plan to enroll at an accredited four-year college or university, meet a
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McDonald’s HACER National Scholarship
Amount: $100,000. About: The McDonald’s HACER National Scholarship awards scholarships to up to 30 outstanding students from across the country. There are three tiers of awards: Tier 1 recipients are awarded up to $100,000; Tier 2 recipients receive $20,000 or $10,000; and Tier 3 recipients receive $5,000. Recipients are selected based on their academic achievement,
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Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
Amount: Up to $40,000 (over 4 years). About: The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation (MCSF) provides need-based scholarships to military children to support them in their pursuit of an associate’s or undergraduate degree or a non-degree career and technical certificate program. To date, MCSF has awarded scholarships worth nearly $185 million in honor of Marines. To
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Marion Huber Learning Through Listening Awards
Amount: $2,000-$6,000. About: Learning Ally, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving literacy, offers scholarships for educators and outstanding students with print and learning disabilities. The Marion Huber Learning Through Listening (LTL) Awards are offered to high school seniors with learning disabilities. All applicants for this award must be Learning Ally members. Applicants must submit a
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Lucinda Beneventi Findley History Scholarship
Amount: $2,000. About: Offered by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), the Lucinda Beneventi Findley History Scholarship is an annual prize awarded to high school seniors who are interested in history. Applicants must be graduating seniors, plan to study history full-time at an accredited U.S. college or university, and have a GPA of at