College & Scholarship Resources
Lots of college and scholarship resources.
Here are just a few:
Career interest quizzes.
Scholarship database.
Find college for specific careers.
**Students already have an account to complete ICAP activities.
Oklahoma's Promise offers qualified Oklahoma students an opportunity to earn a scholarship for college tuition.
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education: okhighered.org
Oklahoma College Assistance Program (OCAP)
Colleges & Universities
Financial Aid
OK Promise
Okcollegestart.org
Tons of resources for FAFSA, tips, tricks, colleges, how to's and more. Click here
Student Worksheets to help when applying to colleges:
Resources for students and parents!!
8th-10th Grade Do You Have A Plan For College?
11th-12th Grade Do You Have A Plan For College?
23-24 Counselors' Resource Book: OK Colleges and Universities
Picking a College Decision Tree
Introducing Resources to help pay for College
Scholarship Essay Tips
Path to Scholarship Success
Scholarship Tracker
Scholarships 101
How to Identify FAKE or REAL Scholarships!!
Please read this article!
Scholarships
Advancing Indigenous People in STEM scholarship
OSAG Scholarship-
PAF Chapter Student Scholarship:
The PAF Chapter Student Scholarship is designed for high school athletes intending to attend a 2-year or 4-year college/university. The 3,000.00 scholarship rewards high school athletes for their non-athletic achievements and assists them in achieving their academic career goals. Students are not required to compete in collegiate athletics to receive this scholarship.
Eligibility
1. Overall High School Grade Point Average of 2.0 or better.
2. Must be a high school senior.
3. Acceptance into a two-year or four-year college or university.
4. Nominated by high school coach.
5. Participated at the varsity level in athletics for at least one year.
6. Has not accepted a total scholarship award or grant (athletic or academic).
7. Is not the son or daughter of current or former NFL Player.
Criteria for Evaluation
1. Career goals.
2. Nomination by coach.
3. Academic achievement.
4. Potential for success.
5. Leadership and character.
6. Indication of how athletic competition has aided in personal growth.
Please, return all applications back to me or our Chapter President, Todd Franz at nflpa29@gmail.com by January 31st, 2025. Feel free to reach out with any questions or clarification needed.
Oklahoma City Community Foundation- This is a database to LOCAL scholarships!!! Definitely create an account and look around!!
NEW 11/11/24: Positive Energy Scholarship: ACT score 25, unweighted GPA 3.25
NEW: 11/8: Oklahoma JCI Senate
These scholarships will be presented in the late spring of 2025. The application should be completed in its entirety and returned postmarked to me on or before January 17, 2025. Each application will be screened based on appearance, neatness, content, scholastic abilities, extracurricular activities, financial need, and correctly following the directions.
The Oklahoma JCI Senate awards two (2) $500 scholarships. Those recipients will then be forwarded to the US JCI Senate for national judging. If our recipients are chosen on the national level they will receive an additional $1,500 scholarship from the US JCI Senate. We are very proud that we have presented over twenty national scholarships to Oklahoma students since 2001. This year in addition to the two college scholarships there will be one vocational scholarship and this winning application will also be submitted to the US JCI Senate for national judging.
Instructions to retrieve scholarship application:
Go to the website https://oklahomajcisenate.org and find the scholarship section.
Print out the documents, instructions and application. The application may also be filled in and printed directly from the electronic form. The current application is the ONLY application which will be accepted for judging.
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NEW: 11/6: Hagan Scholarship
NEW: 11/3: Planning to become a future educator? Apply $5000 scholarship.
NEW: 10/4/24: Oklahoma Hall of Fame Scholarship: $6000 total. $1500 dispersed over 4 years: Deadline: Oct. 18th
NEW: 10/4/24: The Lariat Future Innovators Foundation. STEM Scholarship
Inspire to Teach
Oklahoma Scholarship Competition : LINK
StudentScholarships.org
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OK Future Teachers
https://okhighered.org/otc/inspired-to-teach/
https://okhighered.org/admin-fac/finaidresources/fts/
Oklahoma Opportunities
Dr. Debbie Blanke Scholarship (Oklahoma Women in Higher Education)
Jimmie L. Dean Scholarship Foundation
Oklahoma City Community Foundation
Oklahoma National Guard Tuition Waver Program
Stride Bank Scholarships
Tulsa Association for Women in Communications
Tulsa Community Foundation
WEOKIE Credit Union Scholarship Program
Minority/Native-American/Gender-Based Opportunities
Amelia Earhart Fellowship Program for Women in Aerospace
Association for Women in Communications, Oklahoma City Chapter
African American Scholarships
Bureau of Indian Affairs Education Financial Aid Programs
Chickasaw Nation Higher Education Grants, Scholarships and Incentives
Choctaw Nation Higher Education Program
Development Fund For Black Students In Science And Technology
Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Graduate Scholarship
Gates Millennium Scholars
¡Gradúate! Financial Aid Guide to Success
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Jackie Robinson Foundation
La Unidad Latina Foundation
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Scholarships
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Association of Black Journalists
Ron Brown Scholar Program
United Negro College Fund
Military
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarships
American Legion Scholarships
Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarships
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation (for children of Marines)
Navy/Marines Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarships
Office of Naval Research Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
Oklahoma National Guard Tuition Waver Program
VFW's Sport Clips Help a Hero Scholarship
Disability/Special Needs
The Center for Reintegration
McNair Scholars Program
National Federation of the Blind
College Information
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Local Colleges
Campus E-Clips is an e-publication with links to stories from our state colleges and universities. We hope you enjoy reading about the great things happening on our campuses in this February edition of Campus E-Clips at www.okhighered.org/newsletter.
USAO
https://usao.edu/financial-aid/financial-aid-options/scholarships.html
If a parent is an educator- there is a new scholarship for this college.