College Scholarship Search - Free Info Worth $8 Billion

By Peterson's Staff updated on Wednesday, March 13, 2013

College is expensive, but you can find ways to make it affordable — it just takes research. There are college scholarships for just about everything you can think of, and at least one of them has your name on it.

For one, you should check out this Peterson's Featured Scholarship: Education Aid's Support a Student Scholarship Program for Single Fathers. Single parents who are enrolled in school or job training programs have many barriers to completing their education, many of which are expenses. This scholarship program was developed to help these parents stay in school by providing the financial support they desperately need to pay for these expenses.

Peterson's can help you find college scholarships other than the featured one to help fund your education, too. When it comes to paying for school, you're not on your own.

Our partner, Cappex.com, is awarding more than $50,000 in scholarships in 2012. Click here to sign up for their awards.

In addition to the scholarships that they award, Cappex also has a scholarship database with more than $1 billion in independent scholarships and another database with more that $11 billion in merit scholarships offered directly from colleges.

The scholarships that Cappex.com lists in their databases come from organizations across the United States; these organizations are large and small, public and private. Examples include:

Intel Science Talent Search
Dr Pepper Million Dollar Tuition Giveaway
Tall Clubs International Student Scholarship (a scholarship for tall people)
C-SPAN's Student Cam Documentary Competition
Siemens Competition Scholarships

Get started on your college scholarship search today!

Cappex.com registration will open in a new window. After you sign up, you'll be taken to the scholarship search.

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