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New York College Scholarships
When people think of New York, they picture a busy city with millions of well-off professionals. They don't often picture the rural northern area of the state, where students are often in need of additional funding to attend college. New York Scholarships are governed by the New York Higher Education Services Corporation and doled out based on a number of criteria, including need and merit, so that students may find their college degree to be more affordable.
Aid for Part-Time Studies is an excellent, newly introduced program that allows non-traditional and part-time students a flexible program. Students with child dependents may earn up to $50,000 a year and still qualify for as much as $2000 per academic year in financial assistance. New York State Scholarships for Academic Excellence place value on talented students, who maintain a high GPA and class rank while completing a state approved “regents exam” with a high score. Students may receive up to $1500 towards tuition at in state colleges and universities.
The New York Lottery Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship is funded, as the name would suggest, through the state lottery program. These New York scholarships are merit based and focus on community involvement. Each year, one student from a state public high school will receive $100 per academic year toward tuition at a state college or university.
To assist those who lost parents or guardians or had them wounded or disabled in the 9/11 attacks, the New York State World Trade Center Memorial Scholarship is set up to offer as much as the entire cost of tuition at a public institution in the state of New York. The New York State Memorial Scholarships offer similar terms for dependents of public safety personnel who have been injured, disabled, or killed in the line of duty.
List of New York Scholarships
- Albert E. Wischmeyer Memorial Scholarship Award — $1900 awarded each year to two undergraduate students attending a New York college.
- Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Scholarships — $200 to $4500 awarded each year to 600-900 undergraduate students who are residents of western New York.
- New York Excellence Scholarship — Up to $5000 awarded each year to freshman undergraduates attending a New York college.
- Regents Professional Opportunity Scholarships — $1000 to $5000 awarded each year to 220 undergraduate students attending a New York college.
- Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship-New York — $1500 awarded each year to 400 undergraduate students who are New York residents.
- Scholarship for Academic Excellence — $500 to $1500 awarded each year to 8000 undergraduate students attending a New York college.
- World Trade Center Memorial Scholarship — Varied amount awarded each year to one undergraduate student attending New York college and dependent of WTC victim.
Paying for school is not easy, but we are here to help. OEDb's student finance section will help you find the money you need to pay your tuition and other college expenses. We cover scholarships, college grants, and student loans. Scholarships and grants are both forms of "free money", meaning they don't need to be paid back. Scholarships are typically awarded by businesses or individuals, with the money being earmarked specifically for tuition. They can be awarded based on a student's location or by religious affiliation, such as Catholicism or Islam. Grants are typically awarded by governments or non-profit organizations and the money often can be applied to several different expenses a student may incur, not solely tuition. They can be awarded based on location or ethnicity, for instance African American or Hispanic. Loans are not considered "free money", because unlike scholarships and grants, they do need to be paid back after graduation. Common federal loans include Perkins and Stafford. Loans are also available by location.