College Grants for Women

Jeanenette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund

• The Jeannette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to women in dire economic need and has helped over 500 women from the United States to attend college since 1978. Students must be women 35 or older, U.S. citizens, enrolled or accepted at an accredited school, and pursuing a degree. Income limits for women with single-member households were $13,578 in 2010, $22,254 for two-member households, $30,542 for three-member, $37,703 for four-member, $44,497 for five-member, and $52,034 for six-member households. The Rankin Foundation considers applicants' goals, plans for reaching their goals, challenges they have faced, and their financial situations as factors in determining scholarship recipients.

  Jeanenette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund
  rankinfoundation.org

American Association of University Women

• The American Association of University Women, which offers generous grants to women pursuing research at the graduate level, also offers scholarships to women at the undergraduate level. However, they also launched a program called the AAUW Branch and State Local Scholarship Clearinghouse Pilot Program. For this program, students apply directly to their state or local branch of the AAUW (branches can be found on the AAUW's website), which will allow women students to submit an application online through a centralized website. Amounts of scholarships vary widely by state and may be as small as several hundred dollars or as large as several thousand dollars. Students should contact the Iowa City branch ([email protected]) of the AAUW for further information.

  American Association of University Women
  aauw.org

Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting

• The Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting provides generous scholarships to women in the field of accounting, to encourage their participation in this often male-dominated field. They offer a number of scholarships, including the Laurels Fund ($1,000 to $5,000), the Women in Transition Scholarship ($16,000 over four years), the Women in Need Scholarship ($2,000), KPMG Scholarships (amount not specified), the Seattle Chapter Scholarship ($2,000), the Michele L. McDonald Scholarship ($1,000), the Rowling, Dold & Associates LLP Scholarship ($1,000), and the Matching Funds Challenge (matching up to $5,000 for contributions to EFWA of $250 or more).

  Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting
  efwa.org