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California scholarships

128 scholarships open to students in California, with the amount, the deadline and who can apply for each. State and local awards draw a far smaller applicant pool than national ones, which usually makes them the better use of an afternoon.

Amounts come from the provider. A large figure is sometimes the total a fund awards across all its recipients rather than what one student receives — confirm the individual award with the provider before you apply.

• Presidential Fellowship for Experiential Learning - Graduate/Professional

  University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

  $15,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Town and Gown of USC

  University of Southern California

  up to $15,000·Typically closes around November 30 — confirm with the provider

• Western Regional Undergraduate Out-of-State Tuition Discount

  New Mexico State University-Main Campus

  $14,962·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Cal Grant

  California Student Aid Commission

  $3,042–$5,503·Typically closes around March 2 — confirm with the provider

• Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) Waiver

  Lewis-Clark State College

  $12,230·Typically closes around March 1 — confirm with the provider

• Law Enforcement Personnel Dependents Grant Program (LEPD)

  California Student Aid Commission

  $100–$12,192·Applications accepted throughout the academic year

• Non-Resident Eight Semester Renewable Scholarship (WUE West States)

  Southern Utah University

  $12,000·Typically closes around March 1 — confirm with the provider

• Out-of-State Merit Scholarship

  University of Southern Indiana

  $12,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Cal Grant B & Living Allowance

  $1,648–$11,006·Typically closes around April 2 — confirm with the provider

• Rodney T. Mathews, Jr. Scholarship (Morongo Scholarship)

  Morongo Nation

  $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• The Bright Futures Scholarship

  Silicon Valley Community Foundation

  up to $10,000·September 14, 2026

• Tylenol Future Care Scholarship

  $5,000–$10,000·June 27, 2027

• Lytle Scholarship

  University of California-San Diego

  up to $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Mary S. and Joseph W. Watson Scholarship

  University of California-San Diego

  up to $10,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)

  Utah Tech University

  $9,448·Typically closes around July 15 — confirm with the provider

• Out-Of-State Grant

  University of Southern Indiana

  $9,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• SUNY Cortland Future New Yorker Award

  State University of New York at Cortland

  up to $7,500·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Presidential Fellowship for Experiential Learning

  University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

  $7,200·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) Tuition Discount

  Western Colorado University

  $4,692–$6,692·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Cal Grant A and B Competitive

  $3,042–$6,084·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Cal Grant Access Award for Foster Youth

  State of California

  up to $6,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider

• Andrea Naomi Leiderman Fellowship

  Stanford University

  $5,500·early Spring quarter

• WUE Scholarship

  Utah State University

  $5,500·Typically closes around April 1 — confirm with the provider

• California Chafee Grant

  California Student Aid Commission

  $5,000·Deadline not published — confirm with the provider