There are thousands of scholarships out there. Below you will find many scholarships. My goal is to share all types of scholarships every Saturday.

Don’t wait! Apply for these scholarships today. And, if you missed the last Scholarship Saturday, check it out. There are scholarships there that are still open. You can also find scholarships on my other scholarship lists, such as scholarships with requirements based on your state, major, grade level, ethnicity, or religion. And lastly, check out my list of scholarships with October deadlines.

Only brief information about each scholarship is listed. Therefore, I encourage you to visit the scholarship websites to get more details about eligibility and requirements. 

Here are 28 scholarships for October 17, 2026

National Scholarship for College Students with Disabilities
Sponsor: DisABLEDperson, Inc.
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: October 28, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students with a disability who are enrolled full-time in a two or four-year accredited college or university in the United States and who are U.S. citizens. Applicant must submit an essay on the following prompt: “If you can meet any famous person or celebrity from the disability community, who would you want to meet and why?”

Architecture or Construction Management Scholarship
Sponsor: Archways & Ceilings
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: October 31, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled at an accredited university. Applicant must be studying Architecture or Construction Management.

Beauty Changes Lives Scholarships
Sponsor: Beauty Changes Lives Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: October 31, 2026
Description: Scholarships are open to incoming and current cosmetology students. There are multiple scholarships – see website for details.

Starfish Scholarship
Sponsor: Whetstone Perkins & Fulda
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: October 31, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students and graduate students who are legal residents of the United States. Applicant must submit an essay on what social justice means to them.

AGC Education and Research Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Associated General Contractor (AGC) Education and Research Foundation
Amount: Up to $3,750
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students enrolled in ABET or ACC-accredited construction management or construction related engineering programs.

American Indian Nurse Scholarship Program
Sponsor: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA)
Amount: $1,500.00
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to American Indian college students enrolled in a nursing or health education program.

American Indian Services Scholarship
Sponsor: American Indian Services (AIS)
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Applicant must be one-quarter (1/4) Northern-Native American Indian and enrolled in a university, junior college, or technical school.

API Scholarships
Sponsor: API Study Abroad
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarships are open to API program participants. There are multiple scholarships with specific requirements – see website for details. In addition to general scholarships, there are scholarships specifically open to community college students, military veterans, non-traditional students, students with disabilities, minority students, LGBTQ students, STEM majors, and student athletes. This deadline is for Spring session students.

Beauty School Scholarship
Sponsor: Buy-Rite
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students who have applied to or are enrolled as a full-time beautician, esthetician, or cosmetology student.

Boyk Law Veteran Scholarship
Sponsor: Charles E. Boyk Law Offices, LLC
Amount: $2,000.00
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to U.S. citizens who are currently attending an accredited college or university in the United States who has served in the United State Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Reserves OR is the child or stepchild of someone who has. Applicant must have at least a 3.0 GPA.

Bruce Fishkin Scholarship
Sponsor: Bruce Fishkin Scholarship Fund
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students entering their senior year of high school in the fall of 2026 who are residents or attend high school in one of the following areas: Fairfield, Greens Farms, Redding and Westport, Connecticut and the cities and surrounding suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Champions for Christ Scholarship
Sponsor: Champion for Christ Foundation
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students who have surrendered their lives to full-time Christian service and are preparing for full-time Christian ministry.

Frank J. Vigilante Scholarship
Sponsor: Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students Italian students from the state of Illinois who have financial need and high academic achievement. Applicant must submit an essay on how the scholarship will help them fulfill their personal and professional goals.

Funeral Service Foundation Scholarships
Sponsor: Funeral Service Foundation
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarships are open to funeral service students who are enrolled in an ABFSE-Accredited institution.

ISDA Scholarship
Sponsor: Italian Sons and Daughters of America
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who must be enrolled prior to his or her 16th birthday in any youth category in the ISDA. Applicant must be under 25 years of age.

John Reinert Scholarship
Sponsor: Out to Protect
Amount: Up to $1,000
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in a basic law enforcement training program in the United States who identify as gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, or transgender.

Joseph U. Bottalla Scholarship
Sponsor: Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans
Amount: Up to $1,500
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to Illinois residents who are 50% or more of Italian extraction and have studied Italian language for at least two years or are currently enrolled in an Italian language course in high school or college.

Marketing & Advertising Scholarship
Sponsor: Advertisemint
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors and current college students. Applicant must submit an essay on a given topic related to marketing and advertising.

Nick and Helena Patti Foundation Scholarship
Sponsor: Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans
Amount: Up to $6,500
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to persons of Italian parentage who are residents of Illinois for assistance in music or education for college students who are orphans or who were raised in foster homes. Preference for scholarship awards may be given to students studying music in college beyond the freshman level. However, scholarships can be awarded for other fields of study. Preference for scholarship awards may also be given to those individuals who have been orphaned and wish to pursue their personal and professional goals of attending college.

Parrish Law Firm Academic Scholarship
Sponsor: Parrish Law Firm, PLLC
Amount: $1,000.00
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current enrolled and admitted college students who have at least a 3.0 GPA. Applicant must submit an essay on how they plan to use their college education to help others, innovate, and change the world.

Save the Frogs! Art Contest
Sponsor: Save the Frogs!
Amount: $100.00
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Contest is open to anyone, regardless of age, with a talent for art. Applicant must submit a cool frog piece of art.

SIT Scholarships
Sponsor: SIT Study Abroad
Amount: Up to $5,000
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who are applying to a SIT Study Abroad program for the Spring.

South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship
Sponsor: South Dakota Legislature
Amount: Up to $7,500 over four years
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open residents of South Dakota at the time of high school graduation with at least a 24 on the ACT or 1260 on the SAT and who had a cumulative high school GPA of at least 3.0 prior to graduation. Applicant must attend a university, college, or technical school that provides instruction from a campus located in South Dakota.

Study Abroad Scholarships
Sponsor: IES Abroad
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current college students who will be studying abroad and have financial need.

WBDI College Scholarships
Sponsor: Women Band Directors International
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to current female college students who are preparing to be band directors.

WOCN Foundation Scholarship Program
Sponsor: Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
Amount: Varies
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarships is open to students seeking education in wound, ostomy and continence nursing care.

Women’s Wildlife Management Conservation Scholarship
Sponsor: National Rifle Association (NRA)
Amount: $5,000.00
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Scholarship is open to female undergraduate students (sophomores, juniors and seniors) who are studying in a recognized conservation or environmental-related degree program (i.e. habitat restoration, wildlife biology, conservation).

Young Writers Awards
Sponsor: Bennington College
Amount: Up to $500
Closing Date: Novemnber 1, 2026
Description: Students in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades can enter in one of the following categories: poetry (a group of three poems), a short story, or a personal or academic nonfiction essay. All entries must be original work and sponsored by a high school teacher.