There are many categories of scholarships; many popular and known places offer scholarships for you to get into a certain college you’ve had your eye on. 

Such scholarships given by a popular and well-known business is the cell phone company AT&T. The AT&T Labs Fellowship Program awards scholarships and grants to women and minority post-graduate students. The AT&T Foundation has also announced a new scholarship program to provide scholarships for African-American children or stepchildren of regular full-time employees that work for their company.

There is also a Jackie Robinson Foundation’s Scholarship Program is a program that awards scholarships of up to $7,500 annually to minority high school students. Scholarships are meant for four-year college students who can demonstrate financial need and leadership potential. 

The Bank of America Joe Martin Scholarship program is a competitive scholarship program available for college students; giving contributions to school and community, character, those in need of financial need and who have been employed by Bank of America for at least one year. Dependents of deceased, disabled or retired associates also are eligible. Awards range from $1,000 to $5,000 for each year of full-time enrollment. Scholarship awards are based on academic achievement, leadership potential.

The Ford Motor Company has the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Ford PAS Scholarships that offer three $10,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who have also participated in the PAS program. Best Buy’s @15 Scholarship Program awards $1,500 in scholarship money to 1,000 students living in the United States and Puerto Rico. Students who will be entering college in the fall after graduating from high school will be eligible for this scholarship. In order to obtain this scholarship, students should demonstrate excellent academic achievements, volunteer efforts and work experience.

Best Buy wants to help you to prepare for a brighter future by awarding you money for college tuition. Wal-Mart also gives a significant number of scholarships in each of their communities to graduating high school students. One of the most famous and most used Internet search engines is Google and they offer scholarships that will help women and minorities enter computing and technology fields.

The Tylenol Scholarship program helps students who are pursuing careers in the medical field. Tylenol awards $5,000 and $10,000 scholarships to forty students based on their leadership qualities and academic performance. The Tylenol Scholarship Fund currently awards $250,000 in scholarships each year to students pursuing careers in healthcare. For those who are serious and want to go to college, know that you have many important companies there that would happy to help you and help you realize your dream job. Don’t forget to apply for these scholarships; you won’t regret it.