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Scholarship America
Scholarship America administers scholarship programs for businesses, foundations and other sponsors. Its public browse page displays award amounts, education levels, institution types, locations and application status. Individual program links provide further information. A visitor can read the browse page without signing in, while particular programs may use separate application systems.
Best for: Students comparing sponsor-administered scholarships who want public summaries of education levels, locations, award amounts and application status before opening individual programs.
Limitation: Deadlines may be out of date because most award pages show closed cycles, and each program sets its own rules.
Largest US nonprofit scholarship administrator by role. Many awards are employer- or region-specific. Confirm each program's own eligibility inside ScholarsApply.
Our rating
3.4out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (3.5 / 5)
- Filters cover state, financial need, STEM and student level.
- A state filter cuts the list to that state's awards.
- Sort by name, amount, deadline or newest.
- Employer and county limits cannot be filtered out.
Scholarship Quality (3.5 / 5)
- Each award page is run by Scholarship America.
- Many award pages show closed cycles without a reopening date.
- Most pages give an amount, rules and how to apply.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- On phones, a pop-up or banner covers much of the screen.
- A search box or filters are available.
- Program pages open straight from the main list.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
Privacy & Marketing (3.0 / 5)
- The policy says Scholarship America does not sell information.
- Pages load Meta, Google Ads, LinkedIn and TikTok tracking tags.
- The policy names no specific advertising or analytics tools.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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.