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You’re lucky if you’ve known what you’ve wanted to be since you started high school. Maybe even before. A writer, an artist, an engineer, a teacher, a musician, a nurse, or a lawyer. What makes you lucky is that by knowing what you want to major in enables you to apply for many scholarships. Many universities, colleges, and organizations award scholarships to students pursuing a specific major. Extra money, that is, to ease the financial burden of college. If you know your field of study, you can use that information to search for a major-specific scholarship on Unigo. By searching the scholarship directory, you can find tons of scholarships related to your field of study. And even if you’re still undecided on what major you want to study, a peek at the scholarship opportunities may give you the direction you’re looking for. Check it out!

Major-specific Scholarships 2025 List

Carl Greenberg Memorial Scholarship

This award is avaiable for U.S. students from Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties in California. Applicants must have completed at least one full year of academic study and must be majoring in investigative or political journalism.
Award Amount

Total:  $12,000

Awards:  3

Deadline

Deadline:  June 15

Bill Farr Memorial Scholarship

This award is avaiable for current high school seniors and undergraduate students from Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties in California. Applicants must plan to pursue a career in journalism.
Award Amount

Total:  $6,750

Awards:  3

Deadline

Deadline:  June 15

Annual Sphinx Competition

This competition is open to African-American and Hispanic students who play violin, viola, cello or double bass. Applicants must be 26 years of age or younger at the time of the competition.
Award Amount

Total:  $97,998

Awards:  6

Deadline

Deadline:  October 15

Alice Newell Joslyn Medical Fund

This award is for Hispanic students from San Diego County, California who are majoring in a health-related or medical field.
Award Amount

Total:  $6,250

Awards:  5

Deadline

Deadline:  March 30

Art and Carl Haas Scholarship

This scholarship is available to U.S. and international undergraduate and graduate students who are residents of Michigan or attending a school in Michigan. Students must have a demonstrated or expressed interest in the plastics industry and be majoring in or taking courses that are beneficial to a career in the plastics/polymer industry.
Award Amount

Total:  $6,000

Awards:  2

Deadline

Deadline:  April 01

Detroit Section/Norm Kakarala Scholarship

This scholarship is available for U.S. and international undergraduate students who have demonstrated or expressed an interest in the plastics industry. Students must be majoring or taking courses in an area that would be beneficial to a career in the plastics industry.
Award Amount

Total:  $3,000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  April 01

NCA Creative Event Scholarship

This scholarship competition is open to U.S. high school seniors and currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students who present a costume design of any genre. Students must have a grade point average of 2.75 or higher.
Award Amount

Total:  $3,000

Awards:  3

Deadline

Deadline:  April 01

Acacio “Roger” Rodrigues Memorial Scholarship

This award is available for current high school seniors in Dutchess, Putnam or Westchester County, New York or Fairfield County, Connecticut. Applicants must be planning to enroll in an accredited undergraduate or vocational program in construction and other specializations within the building industry.
Award Amount

Total:  $16,000

Awards:  2

Deadline

Deadline:  April 01

Bret Allen Frattellone Scholarship

This award is available for a graduating senior from Lakeland High School who plans to major in communications at any accredited college or university in the United States.
Award Amount

Total:  $1,000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  April 01

Mary Lewis Wyche Fellowship

Residents of North Carolina who have been admitted to a program in North Carolina offering a master’s degree or doctoral degree in nursing education, practice, or administration are eligible for this award. Applicants must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Award Amount

Total:  $25,000

Awards:  5

Deadline

Deadline:  May 31