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
- 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
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