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Scholarships.com is a free scholarship search and college planning platform that matches students with college scholarships and grants. It covers high school students, current college students, graduate students, and adult learners, and it also serves parents, educators, and scholarship providers. The site states its listings are updated daily for the 2026–2027 cycle. If you are looking for one place to search scholarships, browse by category, and get related college-cost tools, this is what the site offers.
What you can do on Scholarships.com
The site is organized around a few core functions, each aimed at a different part of the college funding process:
- Scholarship Search — Get matched to scholarships you qualify for, based on your profile.
- Scholarship Directory — Find scholarships by category rather than by personal match.
- Student Resources — Guidance and tools for the scholarship journey.
- Student Loans — Explore loan options to help pay for college.
- College Search — Find colleges that fit you.
- College Matches — A personalized list of colleges that fit you.
- Calculators — Calculate your cost to attend college.
The same set of tools is presented in parallel for parents, so a parent can run a scholarship search for their child, browse the directory, use the college search and matches, and estimate costs.
Who it is for
| Audience | What the site offers |
|---|---|
| Students | Scholarship search, directory, resources, loan options, college search and matches, cost calculators |
| Parents | The same search, directory, resources, loan, college search, matches, and calculator tools for their child |
| Educators | An educator home page, a free educator account, an educator platform login, and free educator resources |
| Scholarship providers | A way to submit a scholarship, a provider login, and guidelines for submitting a scholarship |
How it works
The site describes its process in two parts: How Scholarships.com Works and How To Win Scholarships. In practice, the workflow is:
- Create a student account (Student Sign Up) or log in (Student Log In).
- Use Scholarship Search to get matched to scholarships you qualify for.
- Use the Scholarship Directory if you prefer to browse by category.
- Apply to the scholarships you match with.
The site also features Real Scholarship Winners and Featured Scholarships, which give you a sense of what actual awards look like before you apply.
What it costs
The site describes its scholarship search as 100% free and its educator account as free. The available page information does not state pricing for any other part of the platform, so treat anything beyond the free search and free educator account as unconfirmed rather than assuming it is free.
What to keep in mind
- The listings are described as updated daily for 2026–2027, so check dates on individual scholarships before relying on them.
- Matching depends on the profile you provide, so an incomplete profile will produce weaker matches.
- The site is a search and discovery tool; the actual application and any award decisions happen with each scholarship provider.