The United Negro College Fund's Patterson Institute surveyed African American students and parents about preparing for college. The study was funded by the Sallie Mae Fund after studies showed that white Americans are twice as likely as black Americans to earn a college degree by the age of 29.
The survey showed that black Americans have high hopes for college but they don't know enough about how to pay for it. The fund created the African American Initiative, as a way to improve student access to college. One of the ways is to provide a scholarship directory where people can look up information about scholarships. Searching the directory is free. The directory is geared for African American students, it has more than 300 scholarships. You can search by requirements like GPA (grade point average), interests and by application deadline.
There are also many organizations that provide scholarships and/or links to scholarship resources. Some sites to check out are:
- Sallie Mae Scholarship Search
- www.collegefund.org (Native American)
- www.college-scholarships.com
- www.fastaid.com
- www.fastweb.com
- www.finaid.org
- www.gmsp.org (Gates Millennium Scholars)
- www.hsf.net (Hispanic)
- www.uncf.org (African American)
- www.studentaid.ed.gov
- www.scholarships.com
- www.review.com
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