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MoolahSPOT
MoolahSPOT is a scholarship search platform for US students. Use it for quick keyword hunting across scholarships and grants, with state, major, career and background filters. A profile form asks for state, GPA range, major and colleges of interest. Confirm each award at its source.
Best for: US students who want to browse awards by state or major as a second pass and follow links straight to sponsors.
Limitation: Deadlines are shown without years, so deadlines may be out of date and each one needs checking on the sponsor site.
10,000+ scholarships. Fine as a secondary search. Listing size is not quality.
Our rating
3.2out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (3.0 / 5)
- A profile form asks for state, GPA, major and colleges of interest.
- Browse pages group awards by state and by major.
- Listings show eligibility in a consistent format.
Scholarship Quality (2.5 / 5)
- Deadlines show a month and day without a year.
- Each listing links to the sponsor website.
- Listings give eligibility and award amounts.
Ease of Use (4.0 / 5)
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Award pages open straight from the main page.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
- Back returns to the list.
Privacy & Marketing (3.5 / 5)
- Pages load almost no outside tracking tools.
- The policy says data is not sold without consent.
- The profile form asks for birth date and background.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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.