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CollegeXpress Scholarship Search
CollegeXpress, a college search site, offers a scholarship keyword search and a browse by category such as major, military, religion and sport. Its featured list leads with the site's own monthly sweepstakes and partner drawings and no-essay awards, each with an amount and deadline. Full award details and saving need an account.
Best for: Students who want a keyword search and category browse across a national list of 10,000+ scholarships.
Limitation: The featured list leads with sweepstakes and drawings, and some deadlines are monthly or have no year.
Search works without an account. Treat featured or partner placements carefully. Confirm eligibility on the sponsor page.
Our rating
3.0out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.5 / 5)
- A keyword box searches scholarships.
- A category menu browses by major, sport or religion.
- No combined filters for state or grade.
Scholarship Quality (3.0 / 5)
- Featured awards show amount, deadline and rules.
- Each award names its sponsor.
- Several deadlines are monthly or have no year.
Ease of Use (4.0 / 5)
- Links and buttons are easy to tap on phones.
- Award pages open straight from the main list.
- Outside links open in new tabs.
Privacy & Marketing (3.0 / 5)
- The featured list leads with sweepstakes and drawings.
- Pages load Snapchat, Tapad and Google ad tools.
- Ad trackers load before the cookie banner choice is made.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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.