College-specific full-tuition scholarships
This list of scholarships is for prestigious scholarship programs at specific schools that are full-tuition and merit-based. Please note that they are extremely competitive, so do not count on these programs as your only source of financial aid - be sure to fill out financial aid applications and apply to many other scholarships.
Private schools
- Carnegie Mellon University - Charpie Scholarship
- Duke University - Robertson Scholars Program. website
- University of Notre Dame - Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program website
- Vanderbilt University - Signature Merit Scholarship Programs website
- Boston College - Presidential Scholars Program website
- Boston University - Scholarships & Merit Awards website
- Johns Hopkins University - Charles R. Westgate Scholarship in Engineering website
- Wake Forest University - Wake Forest Merit-Based Scholarships website
- Rice University - Rice Merit Scholarships website
- Washington University in St. Louis - The school offers a variety of full tuition merit-based scholarship. For a full list, please visit: website
- Swarthmore College - McCabe Scholars - for students from the Delmarva Peninsula and from Southeastern Pennsylvania (Chester, Montgomery, and Delaware counties) website
- University of Chicago University Scholarship - Offers a few full tuition scholarships as well as partial scholarships. website
Public schools
- University of Maryland, College Park - Banneker/Key Scholarships. website
- University of Maryland, College Park - scholarship for full tuition and expenses for the top three overall scorers on the UMD High School Math Competition (open to high school students enrolled in Maryland or D.C.). website
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Robertson Scholars Program. website
- University of Virginia - The Jefferson Scholarship. website
- William & Mary - Murray Scholars website
- University of Southern California - Trustee Scholarship website
- University of California, Los Angeles - Regents Scholarship Program website
For participating schools
- Posse Foundation Scholarship for students living in select cities who show leadership and academic potential and are nominated by their high schools. Participating universities include Boston University, Pepperdine University, Pomona College, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, and many other schools as listed here. website
- 1890 Historically Black Land Grant Universities - USDA/1890 National Scholars Program for entering freshmen to study agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, or other related disciplines at participating institutions. website
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Tom Joyner Foundation Full Ride Scholarship for high school seniors to attend HBCUs. website
