There is a ton of money out there to help you pay for school. Before starting an application for a scholarship make sure you read all directions. Is it right for you? Ask yourself who, what, where, when, and how? 

• Who? Who is the scholarship for? Do I qualify? Do not waste your time on a scholarships that you only meet part of the eligibility criteria.  Don’t ignore small scholarships they can add up and less people are likely to apply.

• What? What are they asking me to do? Did you answer all the questions and attach all the necessary documents? Did you proofread everything? Stay organized and create a folder for each application.

• When? When is the deadline? Do the earliest scholarships first. Be honest about how much time you have to work on the application. It is better to complete an easy application then have only half of a hard application. Add to Calendar

• Where? Where did I find this scholarship is it real or a scam? Avoid Scholarship Scams. Some signs a scholarship maybe a scam: They ask for an “application fee”, they offer to apply for you with a “service fee,”  the scholarship is first come first serve, or if it involves an unsolicited offer of money, Also, are they asking for too much personal information such as your social security number to apply. Everyone should read this article on avoiding scams.

• How? How do they want me to submit my application? If you are required to mail the application send it in a mailing envelope or box prior to the deadline do not fold. Use a printer cartridge with enough ink to print properly.

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Scholarships Available From Schools

The schools on this list have been compiled based on schools that StART students have shown interest in and/or have applied to in the past.

Schools are listed in alphabetical order and the list was last updated during the summer of 2022.

Scroll down for a list of additional scholarships that are not school based.

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Full List of Colleges/Universities Included

Adelphi University

Albright College

American International College

American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA)

Baldwin Wallace University

Bard College

Barry University

Berklee College of Music

Boston University

Brandeis University

Brown University

California Institute of the Arts

California State University, Los Angeles

Carnegie Mellon University

CCM (University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music)

Clarkson University

Cleveland Institute of Music

Columbia College Chicago

Columbia University

Community College of Philadelphia

Concordia College

Cornell University

Cornish College of the Arts

CUNY Baruch College

CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC)

CUNY Brooklyn College

CUNY College of Staten Island

CUNY The City of New York

CUNY Hunter College

CUNY John Jay College

CUNY LaGuardia Community College

CUNY Lehman College

CUNY Macaulay Honors College

CUNY New York City College of Technology

CUNY Queens College

CUNY Queensborough Community College

Hamilton College 

CUNY York College

DePauw University

Dickinson College

Drew University

Fordham University

Elon University

Emerson College

Florida Southern College

Florida State University

Franklin & Marshall College

Hamilton College

Harvard College

Hofstra University

Howard University

Indiana Wesleyan University

Iona College

Ithaca College

Johns Hopkins University

Lafayette College

Lawrence University

Loyola Marymount University

Manhattanville College

Marymount Manhattan College

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Mercy College

Michigan State University

Middlebury College

Molloy College

Monroe College

Montclair State University

Morehouse College

Nazareth College

New York Film Academy (NYFA)

New York University (NYU)

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

North Carolina A&T State University

Northeastern University

Northwestern University

Norwich University

Oklahoma City University

Pace University

Pennsylvania State University

Pepperdine University

Pratt Institute

Princeton University

Regis College

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

San Diego State University

School of Visual Arts (SVA)

St. Rose College

Siena College

Spelman College

St. Francis College

St. John’s University

Saint Leo University

St. Mary’s College of Maryland

STEM FOR ALL SUNY AND CUNY SCHOOLS

SUNY Albany

SUNY Binghamton

SUNY Buffalo State

SUNY Cortland

SUNY Empire State College

SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)

SUNY Fredonia

SUNY Geneseo

SUNY Morrisville State College

SUNY New Paltz

SUNY Old Westbury

SUNY Oneonta

SUNY Oswego

SUNY Plattsburgh

SUNY Purchase

SUNY Rockland Community College

SUNY Stony Brook

SUNY The College at Brockport

SUNY University at Buffalo

Smith College

Stanford University

Swarthmore College

Syracuse University

Temple University

The American Academy of Dramatic Arts

The Juilliard School

The Los Angeles Film School

The New School

Towson University

Trinity College

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Irvine

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

University of California – Riverside

University of California – San Diego (UCSD)

University of California – Santa Barbara (UCSB)

University of Central Florida

The University of Chicago

University of Connecticut

University of Florida

University of Maine

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

The University of Memphis

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

University of New Hampshire

University of North Florida

University of Notre Dame

University of Oxford

University of Pennsylvania

University of South Carolina

University of South Florida

USC (University of Southern California)

University of Tampa 

University of the Arts

University of Vermont

University of Virginia (UVA)

Villa Maria College 

Wagner College

Webster University

Wesleyan University

Wheaton College

Yale University

Yeshiva University

Additional Scholarships To Check Out

Harry Truman Scholarship for students currently in college

The Excelsior Scholarship for SUNY Schools

Questbridge Scholarship

Posse

The Gates Scholarship

Horatio Alger National Scholarship

Hagan Scholarship

The Greenhouse Scholars Program

Davis-Putter Scholarship

Dell Scholars

JuJu Foundation Scholarship

The National Merit Scholarship

Scholarships for Black Students

 TLF Undergraduate Scholarship

NANBPWC Scholarship

CBC Spouses Performing Arts Scholarship

Brown Girls Do® College Scholarship

Ron Brown Scholarship

Jackie Robinson Scholarship

Scholarships for Latina/o Students

McDonald’s HACER National Scholarship

Jackie Robinson Scholarship

Univision NATAS Scholarship

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

NBC Universal League of United Latin American Citizens

El Cafe Del Futuro Scholarship

Prospanica Foundation Scholarship