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Graduating seniors can win $20,000 through this achievement-based program that looks at leadership, service, and academic record rather than financial need, and it doesn't matter what you plan to major in. The first application skips essays, transcripts, and recommendations entirely; those only come into play for the roughly 1% of applicants who make it to the Semifinalist round.

Outstanding, Pell-eligible minority high school seniors can get this last-dollar scholarship, which covers whatever cost of attendance isn't met by other aid.

This gives $20,000 plus ongoing support to students who've shown real grit overcoming significant obstacles and who have financial need, regardless of major. Right now it's limited to Texas high school seniors going through a Texas partner college-readiness program who plan to enroll at a Texas public university.

QuestBridge matches high-achieving, low-income high school seniors with full four-year scholarships at its partner colleges, covering everything with no loans required.

High-achieving high school seniors with financial need can get up to $55,000 a year plus ongoing advising all the way through college.

High school seniors who've faced and overcome serious adversity and show financial need can win this $25,000 scholarship from the Horatio Alger Association.

Graduating seniors are judged on academics, leadership, and financial need for this one, and it doesn't matter what field you're headed into.

Graduating seniors can win merit-based scholarships judged on academics, work experience, and community involvement.

Based entirely on PSAT/NMSQT scores rather than financial need, this program comes with National Merit Scholar recognition plus a range of corporate- and college-sponsored awards. You only need to write an essay if you move from Semifinalist to Finalist; the initial Commended/Semifinalist recognition is based on PSAT score alone.

African American high school seniors who've shown academic achievement, leadership, and community service can win this $40,000 scholarship, paid out as $10,000 a year for four years.

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund awards money to students of Hispanic heritage working toward a college degree, based on academic performance, financial need, and community involvement.

UNCF runs dozens of separately-run scholarship programs for Black college students, including general need-based awards, STEM Scholars, and corporate-sponsored funds -- you apply once here and get considered for whichever ones you're eligible for, most factoring in financial need.

Women working toward an accredited degree in engineering, engineering technology, or computer science can apply, with awards judged on academic merit.

Point Foundation backs LGBTQ students of merit, whatever they're studying, with mentoring and leadership development alongside the financial support.

Students 18 and under who've completed a genuinely significant piece of work, whether in science, tech, math, literature, music, philosophy, or something else entirely, can earn up to $50,000.

Georgia residents with a strong high school GPA can get merit-based tuition help at a HOPE-eligible Georgia college or university through this program. It works differently from most scholarships here since there's no one-time application: eligibility gets redetermined every term through the FAFSA or GSFAPP, and it pays toward standard undergrad tuition based on enrollment.

This is the step above Georgia's HOPE Scholarship, requiring a higher GPA and covering a larger share of tuition at a Zell Miller-eligible school. Just like HOPE, it's merit-based and redetermined every term through FAFSA or GSFAPP rather than a single competitive application.

DACA, TPS, and undocumented students with financial need can get college scholarships covering tuition and fees at TheDream.US partner colleges.

Anyone ages 18 to 24 can enter this annual scholarship contest, with awards as high as $100,000 regardless of what you want to study.

Minority high school seniors with financial need get a scholarship plus mentoring and leadership development through this Jackie Robinson Foundation program.