Vocational Student
Scholarships
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Empowering a Better Tomorrow Scholarship
Amount: $5,000. About: Offered by Walmart, the Empowering a Better Tomorrow Scholarship is meant for the formerly incarcerated or those who have recently been convicted and who have completed their sentence. Each year, $5,000 is awarded to 20 students who can exhibit qualities of leadership, commitment to change, and desire to give back to their
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Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway
Amount: $100,000 Tuition Prize (5 total), $20,000 Runners-Up Prize (5 total), $2,500 Consolation Prize (5 total). About: The Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway is an annual video contest that gives students the opportunity to win up to $100,000 in tuition awards, which must be used for postsecondary education expenses at an accredited two- or four-year college,
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Completing the Dream Scholarship Program
Amount: $2,500. About: Launched in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the Sallie Mae Fund’s Completing the Dream Scholarship Program awards a one-time scholarship of up to $2,500 to help diverse students from historically underserved communities complete their post-secondary education. By 2024, the program will award nearly 800 scholarships totaling $1.95 million. Applicants must
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Cobell Scholarship
Amount: Varies. About: Established as the result of the Cobell v. Salazar settlement, the Cobell Scholarship program offers annual, merit-based, and nonrenewable scholarships to students who are enrolled members of a U.S. Federally-recognized Tribe (or can prove ¼ descent from multiple tribes). To qualify, applicants must be enrolled in or plan to enroll in full-time
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BK Scholars Program
Amount: $1,000-$60,000. About: A flagship program of the Burger King Foundation, the BK Scholars Program offers scholarships to high school seniors and Burger King employees and their families in their pursuit of a college or post-secondary vocational/technical school education. The scholarships fall into three categories: the BURGER KING® General High School Senior Track, the BURGER
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Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship
Amount: Up to $800. About: The Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship is meant for credit-bearing programs, as well as non-credit, workforce-training classes in the high-demand areas of healthcare, information technology, and industry. The scholarship is open to anyone who has either graduated from an Arkansas high school, Arkansas home school or GED program, or has a