Scholarships for Transfer College Students

HSF/Nissan Community College Transfer Scholarship

• The Hispanic Scholarship Fund and Nissan collaborate to offer scholarships to students transferring from community college into a four-year college or university. Students must be of Hispanic heritage and either live in or be transferring to a college in one of 10 cities including New York City, Denver, Chicago, Nashville and Los Angeles. The fund requires that students earn at least a 3.0 grade point average and be permanent legal residents or a citizens of the United States. The award gives out $2,500 to each student. Students must be pursuing a degree in business administration, engineering, public relations or marketing.

  Hispanic Scholarship Fund
  HSF/Nissan Community College Transfer Scholarship
  55 Second St., Ste. 1500
  San Francisco, CA 94105
  877-473-4636
  hsf.net

Hites Transfer Scholarship

• The Hites Transfer Scholarship requires students be members of the honors society Phi Theta Kappa. Students must also have excellent academic records and must enroll in a four-year college or university. The awards provide $7,500 to only five students each year. Although students may be transferring, they must have earned at least 50 credit hours prior to applying for the award. Students must have at least a 3.5 grade point average and a transcript free of incomplete classes. Scholarships are not awarded to students with suspensions or other disciplinary black marks on their school records.

  Phi Theta Kappa
  Hites Transfer Scholarship
  1625 Eastover Dr.
  Jackson, MS 39211
  601-984-3504
  ptk.org

Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship

• As many as 50 transfer students each year receive the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. The amount of each award varies depending on the financial needs and the final cost of tuition; however, the foundation awards up to $30,000 each year per student. This award is spread out over the final two years of the student's undergraduate studies. In lieu of a direct application process, students must be nominated by a foundation representative at the two-year community college or school. Only two students per college may be nominated each year.

  Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
  Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
  44325 Woodridge Pkwy.
  Lansdowne, VA 20176
  800-498-6478
  jkcf.org