Students about to attend college in the state of Iowa might first want to consider scholarships to help them pay their way through costly college expenses.
There are many scholarships set aside for Iowa high-school and college students that go unclaimed every year due to a lack of applicants.
The Iowa College Student Aid Commission lists these as some of the more available scholarships to Iowa college students:
- Iowa Disaster Relief Grant
- All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship
- Governor Terry E. Branstad Iowa State Fair Scholarship
- Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
- Robert D. Blue Scholarship
- Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Scholarship
The Iowa Student Aid Commission can be contacted at 877-272-4456. They also offer opportunities such as Federal Grants, State Grants and Funding for Foster Care Youth.
The State of Iowa Scholarships Program is for students that score high on the ACT test and intend to attend college in the state of Iowa. These scholarships are designed to keep those high-achieving college bound students in the state of Iowa:
- Iowa National Guard Education Assistance Program $1200
- Iowa Teacher Forgivable Loan Program $2686
- Robert C Byrd Honors Scholarship $1500
- State of Iowa Scholarship Program $400
In order to get a complete list of scholarships students might be eligible for, the high school counselor, college advisor, college admissions office or financial aid office should be contacted. In the meantime, here is a list to help get students started on the right track:
• Charles H. McCloy Scholarship
• Charles H. Weller Scholarship
• Charles J. Malecek Pharmacy Scholarship
• Charles Jorgensen Scholarship
• Charles M. & Mary Ann Peters Scholarship
• Charles Schoen Interfaith Scholarship
• Charles W. & Alice P. Davies Scholarship
• Charles W. Shirey Scholarship
• Charles Wert Scholarship
• Charlie J. & Sophia K. Hack Scholarship
• Charlotte & Rudy Junge Scholarship
• Chemistry Alumni Award
• Cheng-Liu Scholarship
• Cheryl Wolf Early Childhood Development Scholarship
• Chester A. Phillips-Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship
• Christian Petersen Memorial Scholarship
• Christina Hixson Opportunity Award
• Christopher Twarok Memorial Forestry Camp Scholarship
• Chuck & Marguerite Tice Sophomore Scholarship in Forestry
• Clair B. Watson Design Scholarship
• Clara Hoyt Scholarship
• Clarence Jack Scholarship
• Class of 1906 Scholarship
• Class of 1907 Scholarship
• Class of 1908 Scholarship
• Class of 1917 Scholarship
• Class of 1939 Scholarship
• Class of 1940 Nursing Scholarship Fund Award
• Class of 1950 Scholarship
• Class of 1953 Veterinary Medicine Scholarship
• Class of 1958 Memorial Scholarship
• Class of 1961-Merrill B. Anderson Scholarship
• Class of 1963 Memorial Scholarship
• Class of 1964 Graduate Student Award
• Classics Department Prize in Greek
• Classics Department Prize in Latin
• Clement L. Mulhair Memorial Scholarship
• Clergy Grants
• Clifford & Jo Leslie Scholarship
• Clifford C. Hach Memorial Scholarship
• Clifford J. Stubbs Scholarship Award
• College of Agriculture Freshman Scholarship
• College of Business Scholarship
• College of Human Sciences Currently Enrolled Undergraduate Student Scholarships
• College of Human Sciences Incoming Freshmen Scholarships
• College of Human Sciences Tranfer Students Scholarships
• College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Excellence Award
• College of Veterinary Medicine Endowment Fund
• College of Veterinary Medicine Endowment Fund Academic Excellence Awards
• College of Veterinary Medicine Endowment Fund Financial Need Award
• All-Iowa Academic Teach Scholarship
• All-Iowa Academic Team Scholarship
• All-USA Academic Award
• All-USA Academic Team Scholarship
• All-USA Academic Team Scholarship
• Alpha Delta Kappa-Sigma Chapter
• Alumni Dairy Food Scholarship
• Alumni Grants
• Alumni Scholarship
• American Agrisurance
• American Association of Critical Care Nurses Educational Advancement Scholarship Program
• American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Award
• American Electroplaters & Surface Finishers Society Scholarship
• American Indian Scholarship
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants-Accountemps Student Scholarship
• American Institute of Architects Professional Degree Scholarship
• American Public Works Association, Lake Branch Scholarship
• American Royal Centennial Scholarship Fund
• AmerUs Group Charitable Foundation Scholarship
• Ames Rotary Scholarships
• Ana Mendieta Memorial Scholarship
• Andrew Mathias Forestry Club Student Involvement Award
• Andrew W. Code Scholarship in Business
• Animal Science Freshman Scholarships
• Ankeny Chapter-Stephen Bufton Memorial Education Fund
• Anna Overland Nursing Scholarship Fund
• Arch Awards
• Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) Scholarships (college)
• Archer Daniels Midland Company Scholarship
• Arens Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship
• Arie & Catherine Breed Scholarship
• Arlene & Harold Estes Agricultural Scholarship
• Army ROTC Nursing Scholarship
• Arn Long Memorial Scholarship
• Arnold E. Bruggeman Scholarship in Forestry
• Arnold Gillette Scholarship
• Arnold Trust Fund Award
• Art & Design Excellence Scholarships
• Art & Design Excellence Scholarships for Minority Students
• Art Scholarship
• Arthur A. Collins Education Fund
• Arthur Anderson Scholarship
• Arthur B. Lederer Memorial Award
• Arthur Collins Scholarship (Rockwell Collins)
• 2 Plus 2 Transfer Scholarship
• 4-H Scholarships
• A.R. Brouwer Scholarship
• A.W. Lee Scholarship
• Abner A. & Olivia C. Hendrickson Memorial Music Scholarship
• ACACIA Leadership Scholarship
• Academic Recognition Award
• Academic Scholarship
• Accenture Scholarship
• Accenture Undergraduate Engineering Scholarship
• Accounting Department Scholarships
• Accounting Freshman Scholarship
• Accounting, Business Administration & Economics Scholarships
• ACE Scholarship
• Achievement Award
• Actuarial Science Scholarship
• Ada Swalwell Scholarship
• ADM Agriculture Scholarship
• Adrian de Boom Scholarship
• Adrian P. Zwemer Family Scholarship
• Advantage Iowa Award
• AEGON Transamerica Endowed Scholarship
• AEGON TransAmerica Foundation Scholarship
• AEGON TransAmerica Foundation Scholarship in Business
• AFA Leaders Conference Scholarship
• AFS Scholarship
• Ag Business Club Scholarships
• Ag Business or Econ Scholarship for Incoming Freshman
• Ag Processing Inc. (AGP) Scholarship
• Agricultural Education & Studies Professional Development Scholarship
• Agricultural Studies Scholarships
• AITM of Iowa John Schreck & Dick Doty Scholarship Awards
• Alan A. Kahler Scholarship
• Albert B. & Anne T. Knapp Scholarship Fund
• Albert Hood Promising Scholar Award
• Albert L. Walker Excellence-in-English Awards
• Albert M. & Mary L. Efner Scholarship
• Albright Scholarship
• Alcoa Engineering Scholarship (a)
• Alcoa Engineering Scholarship (b)
• Alcoa Minority Student Research Assistantships
• Alexander Kern Scholarships
• Alfred H. “Fritz” Munn Memorial Scholarship for Pre-Business Students
• Alfred P. Kehlenbeck Scholarship
• Alice & Eldon Davis Scholarship
• All Iowa Academic Team Award
• Allan H. Hart-IDEXX Scholarship
• Allen C. Peterson Scholarship in Veterinary Medicine
• Allied Insurance-Nationwide Foundation Fund Scholarship
• Allied Insurance-Nationwide Foundation Scholarship
• College of Veterinary Medicine Endowment Fund Service Award
• College of Veterinary Medicine Scholarships Fund Academic Excellence Award
• College of Veterinary Medicine Scholarships Fund Financial Need Award
• Colvin-Cox Scholarship
• Communications Studies Scholarship
• Community Foundation Opportunity Scholarship
• Community Service (ISU) Scholarship
• Community-Junior College Achievement Scholarship
• Community-Junior College Honor Shcolarship
• Computer Science & Math Scholarship
• Computer Science Scholarship Fund
• Conger Reynolds Achievement Award
• Conzemius Scholarship
• Cooperative Studies Scholarships
• Cornell College Art Award
• Cornell College Theatre Award
• Cornerstone Scholarship
• Corrine Bowe Scholarship
• Corwin & Carolyn Bootsma Accounting & Finance Scholarship
• Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
• Cowles Fellowship
• Critical Writing Award
• Cross Family Fund for Excellence in Nursing Scholarship
• CRST International Scholarship in Transportation & Logistics
• Currently Enrolled Students Scholarships
• Curriculum & Instruction Faculty & Staff Scholarship
• Cyndy Rowenhorst Memorial Scholarship
• Czech Heritage Foundation Scholarship Fund
• D. Michael Warren Memorial Student Research in Africa Grant
• Daiichi Fine Chemicals Inc. Scholarship
• Dance Department Scholarship
• Daniel Coe Awards
• Danielson Awards
• Dave & Marilyn Van Engelenhoven Scholarship
• David & Connie Belin Honors Award
• David Collins Memorial Scholarship
• David J. Henry All-University Leadership & Academic Excellence Award
• David L. Stuhr Memorial Scholarship
• David L. Williams Scholarship
• David Spang Award
• David W. & Ellen J. Raisbeck Leadership Award
• David W. Koehser Scholarship
• Dean & Adele Bowden Scholarship
• Dean Carlson Honorary Scholarship
• Dean Gerhard Loewenberg Scholarship
• Dean I.A. Merchant Memorial Scholarship
• Dean M. Funke Memorial Scholarship
• Dean’s Fellowship
• Dean’s Scholarships
• Dean’s Theatre Scholarship
• Deborah & John Ganoe Endowed Scholarship in Business
• Deborah Zach Schultz Scholarship
• Debra Clausen Memorial Fellowship
• Deere & Company Scholarship
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Scholarship
• Delta Tau Delta Scholarship
• Dennis & Delores Puffer Food Science & Industry Scholarship Fund
• Dennis Healy Memorial Scholarship
• Dennis L. Crone Scholarships in Animal Science
• Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology Freshman Scholarship
• Department of Food Sciences & Human Nutrition Freshmen Scholarships
• Department of Music Scholarships
• Design Council Scholarships
• Dexter French Scholarship
• Diamond V Mills of The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Scholarships
• Diane Cone Boody Fine Arts Scholarship
• Diane R. McComber Scholarship
• Dick & Donna McKay Scholarship
• Dina Rees Evans Scholarship
• Distinguished Honor Scholarship
• Distinguished Honor Scholarship (freshman)
• Diversity Enrichment Scholarship
• Division of Contnuing Education Scholarships
• Don Brown Union Pacific-Don Brown Scholarship
• Donald & Ethel Hamdorf Scholarship
• Donald & Margaret Graves Scholarship
• Donald Bruce Johnson Fellowship
• Donald Bruce Johnson Scholarship
• Donald Larson Memorial Scholarship
• Donna J. Fuller Endowed Scholarship
• Donna R. Wollenberg Scholarship
• Doris Lister Dull Scholarship
• Dorothy Blackburn Business Scholarship
• Dorothy Guthrie Scholarship
• Dorothy Klindt Memorial Scholarship
• Dorothy Pownall Scholarship
• Dorothy Van Eck Art Scholarship
• Dorothy Wilson Moeller Writing Scholarship
• Dorris M. Tendall Scholarship
• Doug Hannink Christian Business Scholarship
• Douglas A. & Deanna Valley Scholarship in Forestry
• Dr. & Mrs. E.B. Grossmann Scholarship
• Dr. & Mrs. M.E. Ensminger Scholarships
• Dr. & Mrs. R.Q. Thompson Scholarship
• Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Young Scholarship for Accomplishment in Vocal Music
• Dr. & Mrs. William G. Bauman Memorial Scholarship
• Dr. Allison & Dr. Thomas Sullivan Scholarship • Arthur J. & Harriet J. Moss Scholarship
• Arthur M. & Margaret E. Orum Scholarship
• Arthur M. Wisness Music Scholarship
• Arthur Molln Scholarship
• Arthur T. Schramm Memorial Scholarship
• ASOON Scholarship Fund
• ASSISt (Adult Student Scholarships at Iowa State)
• Aubrey Galyon Award
• Austin & Isabell Dowell Scholarship
• Award for Clinical Proficiency in Surgery
• Award of the Auxiliary to the AVMA
• B.P. Bogan Memorial Award
• Bachelor of Applied Studies & Bachelor of Liberal Studies Scholarships
• Balanced Man Scholarship
• Barbara King Landscape Architecture Scholarship for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Barry Bratton Award for Achievement in Design of Instructional Processes
• Bart Nelson Memorial Sheep Scholarship
• Barton Hoxie Robinson Scholarship
• Bayer HealthCare Award in Companion Animal Medicine
• Bayer HealthCare Award in Large Animal Medicine
• BBMB Department Scholarship
• Bea Park Scholarship
• Bell Business-Computer Science Scholarship
• Belle Lowe Scholarship
• Bellin-Pelzer Pocket Pet Scholarship
• Ben M. Cooper Memorial Award
• Benjamin & Patricia Allen Scholarship
• Bernice Black Durand Undergraduate Research Scholarship
• Bernice K. & Raymond D. Watt Scholarship
• Beth Brotherton Blum Memorial Endowed Scholarship
• Beth De Leeuw Education Scholarship
• Betty Baenzinger Memorial Scholarship
• Betty Piercy Award
• Biblical Studies Scholarship
• Bill & John Fenton Scholarships
• Bill D. Lamb Scholarship
• Bill Vosper Award
• Blommers-Hieronymus-Feldt Fellowship
• Blue Water Garden Club Scholarship
• Bob Granzow Memorial Swine Scholarship
• Bogaard Memorial Scholarship in Strings
• Bomgaars Annual Scholarship
• Bowie Physics Fellowship
• Bowman Scholarship
• Boyd Maurice Reformed Church Scholarship
• Brad Kuehl Memorial Scholarship
• Branstad Scholarship
• Brian D. Oetjen, DVM & Kathryn Burds Oetjen, DVM Scholarship
• Brinegar Endowed Scholarship Fund
• Brookville RCA Scholarship