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Teacher College Scholarships
Depending on where a student wants to teach after graduation and what that student wants to specialize in, the job prospects for education students over the next decade are improving considerably. As of 2004, there were 3.8 million teachers employed in elementary and secondary education. The majority of jobs (approximately 1.5 million) went to elementary school teachers, but secondary educators held 1.1 million of the total teaching jobs.
Students who are pursuing careers in either elementary education or secondary education often have a lot of financial strain after graduation when they begin their student teaching programs. Student teachers can often get funding that will help them to pay for housing and living expenses while they are doing their student teaching.
Student teachers are just one of the many groups of teaching students who qualify for teacher scholarship monies. There are also teaching scholarships available for teaching students who have specific specializations: administration, K-12, physical education, special education, and even master's students can also qualify to get certain teaching scholarships.
There are two types of teacher scholarships: national scholarships and local scholarships. Some colleges and universities also offer special teacher scholarships, so students should also check with their current or prospective college or university to see what types of monies are offered. National teacher scholarships are sometimes more difficult to attain because they have more competition than local and state scholarships; however, the monetary amount of each national scholarship is generally much larger. Some national scholarships are geared toward students who want to teach particular subjects, while other scholarships are available to any student in any teaching specialty.
List of Teacher Scholarships
- AKA Educational Advancement Foundation Merit Scholarship — $1000 awarded each year to 1 undergraduate student majoring in education.
- American Montessori Society Teacher Education Scholarship Fund — Varied amount awarded each year to 5-20 undergraduate students majoring in Education.
- Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation — $250 awarded each year to 2 freshmen students majoring in education.
- Harry A. Applegate Scholarship — Up to $1000 awarded each year to 20-25 undergraduate and graduate students who are members of DECA majoring in Education and other areas.
- Isabel M. Herson Scholarship in Education — $500 to $1000 awarded each year to varied number of undergraduate and graduate students majoring in education.
- NAACP Lillian and Samuel Sutton Education Scholarship — $1000 to $2000 awarded each year to minority undergraduate and graduate students who are members of NAACP and majoring in Education.
- Robert G. Porter Scholars Program - AFT Members — $1000 awarded each year to 4-10 undergraduate or graduate students who are AFT members for 1 year.
- Rudolph Dillman Memorial Scholarship — Up to $2500 awarded each year to 4 undergraduate and graduate students majoring in education of blind persons.
- Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies Undergraduate Scholarships — $1500 to $2000 awarded each year to 15 SAI members who are undergraduate students majoring in education.
- Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund — $4000 awarded each year to minority undergraduate student majoring in education.
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.