Top minority scholarships

AIANTA is proud to offer the Tourism & Hospitality Scholarship, which provides American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students with financial assistance towards a degree or certificate in hospitality, tourism, recreation, culinary arts or related fields. Applicants must be a high school senior or a student accepted into an accredited higher education institution at the time of application. A minimum GPA of 2.5 is recommended, although all current or future undergraduate and gradua...

The Advertising Research Foundation Workforce Initiative for Diversity and Excellence Scholarship prepares bright college students to be the most well-prepared and sought-after intern and entry-level job candidates available to our industry. This scholarship is open to full-time junior students with 60 or more earned credits. Exceptions are made for outstanding undergraduates who meet other criteria. This award is open to all majors. Applicants must be interested in the fields of advertising, marketing, media, media research, market research, insights, and/or data analytics. Students must be from an underrepresented background including low-income families, minorities, from a poor, low-mobility urban, suburban, or rural area, first-generation to attend college, qualify for financial aid through programs like Pell Grants, and recent transfer to a 4-year institution from a community college. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Caliph & Arlette Mathis Scholarship for Global Security Studies has been created to support two deserving, traditionally underrepresented students who have demonstrated academic ability pursuing security management studies. Applicants must complete at least 1 semester at an accredited college or university. Preference is given to traditionally underrepresented students with demonstrated academic promise. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The AECOM FLY Scholarship covers educational, coursework and technology costs with an emphasis on students from racially, ethnically and culturally diverse communities and backgrounds, including females or persons of color pursuing an aviation-related career in architecture, engineering and/or construction disciplines (including Airport Infrastructure Development). Eligible students must also be pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in architecture, construction or engineering. Applicants must participate in Community Activities and Extracurricular Activities. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Airport Minority Advisory Council for more information.

The J.A. Watts, Inc. Diversity in Aviation Scholarship is for students of color pursuing a construction career in the aviation industry. Eligible students must also be pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in architecture, construction/construction management, engineering, or aviation. Applicants must participate in Community Activities and Extracurricular Activities. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Airport Minority Advisory Council for more information.

The Judge Sidney M. Aronovitz Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to Miami-Dade County minority students planning to continue their education through the university level and pursue a career related to the legal field or social-justice issues. In order to qualify, applicants must be a minority high school senior graduating in Spring 2025 or a GED student no older than 19 years of age attending a Miami Dade County Public School. Applicants must submit one letter of recommendation. The letter can be from a teacher or faculty member or a community leader, advisor, or mentor. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact The Miami Foundation for more information.

The Azteca Scholarship is not awarded based solely on academic achievement or need but on motivation and involvement in your community. Applicants must be of Chicano, Mexicano, Raza, or Latinx descent. Undocumented students are encouraged to apply. Applicants must also be a resident of the Houston Metropolitan Area. They must be high school seniors accepted into a four year college or university as a first-year full-time student. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The NANBPWC National Scholarship will be awarded to an African American graduating high school senior. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

PlaceWorks has established a scholarship program to assist current undergraduate and graduate students in California who are pursuing a degree in Planning, Urban Design and/or Architecture, Environmental Planning, or Landscape Architecture. Applicants must be a member of one or more historically underrepresented groups, including but not limited to, American Indian or Alaska Native, Arab or Middle Eastern, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, veterans, disabled individuals, or first-generation college students. PlaceWorks employees and their children are not eligible. Awards are not renewable, but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements. One online recommendation form must be submitted on the student's behalf no later than May 1, 2025. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.