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Iowa Department of Education - Scholarships & Grants
The Iowa Department of Education administers the state's scholarships and grants. Its Last-Dollar Scholarship page explains who qualifies, how the award fills the gap after other grants, the list of eligible high-demand programs, the yearly FAFSA deadline at the end of June, and the advising steps students must keep up to stay eligible.
Best for: Iowa residents entering a high-demand career program who want the official rules and dates for this tuition award.
Limitation: The page covers one program; other Iowa grants sit on separate pages, and eligible programs can change yearly.
Our rating
3.7out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (3.0 / 5)
- Sections list eligible students, schools and programs.
- Eligible programs are tied to set fields of study.
- An on-page menu jumps to each rule.
Scholarship Quality (4.5 / 5)
- A dated FAFSA deadline covers the current school year.
- A second dates block still lists only older years.
- The state runs the award, and rules, amounts and steps show.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Programs are listed on one page with links onward.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
Privacy & Marketing (4.5 / 5)
- The policy names Google Analytics; no ad trackers were found.
- It says visitor data is not used for marketing.
- No ads or marketing offers on pages.
- No cookie or opt-out controls are offered.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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.