The retailer Wal-Mart offers several scholarships, including one in association with the Hispanic Scholarship Fund that is available to undergraduate and graduate Hispanic students. The scholarship amount is $2,500 and students must be of Hispanic descent, a legal U.S. resident, maintain a current grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher, and enrolled in an accredited U.S. school. Graduate students must be studying finance, civil, electrical, environmental or geological engineering, law, marketing or business.
The Ford Motor Company has a charitable foundation that offers graduate students planning to enroll in a Ph.D. or Sc.D degree in a research field at an accredited U.S. school. These scholarships total $20,000 and applicants may not hold a previous doctoral degree. Other Ford Foundation scholarships for graduate students include dissertation fellowships for students writing their Ph.D. dissertations.
The communications company AT&T offers scholarships to minority and women students in post-graduate study of computer and communications fields. Awards include full tuition, an annual stipend, travel expenses and books. Only U.S. citizens may apply.