Scholarships for Black Women

Women are outnumbering men when it comes to getting their college degrees, and the group of students where this is the most prevalent is African Americans. According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, approximately 67% of African-American bachelor’s degrees are earned by Black women. At the graduate level, Black women earn 70% of master’s degrees obtained by Blacks, and greater than 60% of doctoral degrees earned by Black students.

With Black women continuing to attend college and earn their degrees, it is important to emphasize the funding opportunities available to them. Many organizations that were established for the educational and professional advancement of Black women, Black people, and other underrepresented groups provide scholarships that Black women may apply for. Read on to see if any of these 36 scholarships interest you and are worth applying for.

Note: This is a list to help you get started, and it does not include all scholarships available to Black women.

Scholarships for Black Women in STEM

• American Association of Blacks in Energy Scholarship
• Freemont Foundation Scholarships
• National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
• National Society of Black Engineers

Scholarships for Black Women in Law School

• AAUW Selected Professions Fellowships
• ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund
• Black Women Lawyers - Association of Los Angeles Foundation
• Intellectual Property Law Sidney B. Williams, Jr. Scholar Program
• Pipeline to Practice Foundation Scholarship

Scholarships for Black Women in Nursing

• Black Nurses Rock Scholarship
• Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship
• Mae & Mary Legacy Foundation Scholarship
• M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship
• National Black Nurses Association Scholarships
• SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program

Graduate Scholarships for Black Women

• Albert W. Dent Graduate Student Scholarship
• American Library Association Spectrum Scholarship
• Dissertation Fellowship for Historically Underrepresented Persons in Anthropology
• McNair Scholars Program
• NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Graduate Scholarship

MBA Scholarships for Black Women

• AAUW Selected Professions Fellowships
• Goldman Sachs MBA Fellowship
• The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management
• The National Black MBA Association Scholarship
• Toigo Foundation

Other Scholarships for Black Women

• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Scholarships
• EDSA Diversity Scholarships
• Herbert Lehman Education Fund Scholarship
• International Association of Black Actuaries Scholarship
• The Gates Scholarship
• The Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholarship
• The LAGRANT Foundation Scholarship
• Thurgood Marshall Scholarship
• National Association of Black Journalists Scholarships
• Ron Brown Scholar Program
• United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Scholarships

For more scholarships that Black women may be able to apply for, check out our other scholarship lists.

• Scholarships for Women
• Scholarships for African Americans