Christian scholarships, believe it or not, are one of the most popular types of scholarships out there right now. Obviously, it is extremely exciting to get accepted into college but that feeling of excitement can turn into a feeling of stress once you see how much it is that you or your family will have to pay in order to afford college. Luckily, since you came to this page, we assume you are a practicing christian. If that is the case then we are here to tell you that you are in luck. Now, we do have some important things do discuss before we start listing christian scholarships off.
For the purposes of this site we are going to categorize these scholarships into two different groups. The first group will be scholarships for students who want to study theology, come from a missionary background or go into the seminary. The second group are christian students who are attending a public or private school. As you can probably imagine, there are a lot of different scholarships that both these types of students can apply for. Probably the more common scholarships are those for students who want go to a christian university. However, that is not to say that scholarships for Christians attending a regular college are impossible to find they are just harder.
Exploring Christian School Scholarships
The following are a list of christian school scholarships. Or, more commonly, scholarships for students trying to get into christian school.
- Colorado Christian University- Scholarships for undergraduate students are awarded based on merit. You will notice that there are a number of requirements to obtain the scholarship. However, there are A LOT of scholarships to choose from as well so it increases your chances of winning.
- Partners Advancing The Kingdom- Again, this is another program from Colorado Christian University designed to form partnerships with popular christian organizations so they can provide money for students who want to pursue their education at CCU.
Public Christian Scholarships
If you are a christian that is planning on attending a public college such as the University of Texas then this is the section for you to look at. Ideally, you want to take a look at a scholarship search engine like one of the ones below.
- FastWeb- One of the top authorities on finding scholarships. You can perform a search for christian scholarships on their database and get a lot of scholarship ideas.
- Scholarship Search Engine Article- This article compares the top 5 scholarship search engines. It is probably one of the best articles we have stumbled across.