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CollegeData Scholarship Finder
CollegeData Scholarship Finder is a national scholarship catalog on the CollegeData college planning site, owned by First Financial Bank USA. Filters for grades, residency, ethnicity, religion, area of study and school location work without an account, and detail pages link out to the sponsor. Saving awards needs a login. Confirm each award on the sponsor site.
Best for: Students who want a filterable scholarship list without creating an account, and will verify each award with its sponsor.
Limitation: No personalized matching, many fields say None specified, and the bank owner markets its own products on the site.
Data draws from Peterson's inventory. Fine as a secondary tool. Confirm deadlines on original award pages.
Our rating
3.4out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (3.0 / 5)
- Filters cover residency, grades and area of study.
- Keyword search and sorting by name or amount.
- No filter for financial need or high school.
- Many awards show None specified for requirements.
Scholarship Quality (4.0 / 5)
- Listed awards show future deadlines.
- Detail pages link out to the sponsor.
- Amount and eligibility appear on cards.
- Many fields say None specified.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Many links and buttons are small to tap on phones.
- Outside links open in new tabs.
- A search box or filters are available.
- Program pages open straight from the main list.
Privacy & Marketing (3.0 / 5)
- Policy says it will not sell personal data.
- Site markets bank financial products.
- Targeted ads run; Do Not Track ignored.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.