Spelman College
Atlanta, GA
University Website: www.spelman.edu/Apply Online: www.spelman.edu/admissions/applying-to-spelman
Spelman College is a four-year liberal arts women's college located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The college is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta. Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman was the fourth historically black female institution of higher education to receive its collegiate charter in 1924. It thus holds the distinction of being one of America's oldest historically black colleges for women.
Spelman is ranked among the nation's top liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Reports. The college is ranked among the top 50 four-year colleges and universities for producing Fulbright Scholars, and was ranked the second largest producer of African-American college graduates who attend medical school. Forbes magazine ranks Spelman among the nation's top ten best women's colleges. Moreover, Spelman has been ranked the #1 regional college in the South by U.S. News and World Report and is ranked among the Best 373 Colleges and Universities in America by the Princeton Review.
The daughters of Bill Cosby, Henry Louis Gates, Gerald Levert, Martin Luther King, Jr., Morgan Freeman and Sidney Poitier attended Spelman. Spelman is also the alma mater of several notable Americans including the CEO of Sam's Club and former Executive Vice President of Walmart, Rosalind Brewer; Pulitzer Prize Winner, Alice Walker; Dean of Harvard College, Evelynn M. Hammonds; and actress, Keshia Knight Pulliam.
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Spelman College College Scholarships
Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation ScholarshipDescendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation |
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award Up to $10,000 |
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DescriptionThe Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate HBCU students. You must be a certified descendant of Jesuit slaveholding within the Catholic Church in the United States to be eligible for this award. Spouses of descendants may also apply. View Scholarship Details |
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Frederick Douglass Bicentennial ScholarshipUNCF, Inc |
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award Up to $10,000 |
deadline August 25, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship is available to full - time rising seniors attending HBCU institutions. You must have a minimum 3.5 GPA to be eligible for this award. View Scholarship Details |
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IES Merit-Based David Porter Diversity ScholarshipInstitute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad) |
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award Up to $5,000 |
deadline Varies |
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DescriptionThe IES Merit-Based David Porter Diversity Scholarship is available to students at institutions that are members or associate members of the IES college consortium. You must be from a student group who have been traditionally under-represented on study abroad programs. This includes but is not limited to, students of color, the LGBT... View Scholarship Details |
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Wm. Wrigley Foundation ScholarshipUNCF, Inc |
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award Up to $5,000 |
deadline September 30, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe Wm. Wrigley Foundation Scholarship is available to students who are attending UNCF member schools. You must have a minimum 2.5 GPA and be majoring in majoring in engineering, business, finance, accounting, chemistry, economics, computer science, or marketing to be eligible for this award. View Scholarship Details |
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Edward M. Nagel Foundation Scholarship - UNCFUNCF, Inc |
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award Up to $5,000 |
deadline October 01, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe Edward M. Nagel Foundation Scholarship is available to entering freshman students who are attending United Negro College Fund member schools. You must be planning to major in business, accounting or economics, be a resident of California, and have graduated in the top 25 percent of your high school class with a minimum 3.0 GPA to be... View Scholarship Details |
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Michael Jackson ScholarshipUNCF, Inc |
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award Up to $4,000 |
deadline September 30, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe Michael Jackson Scholarship is available to students who are attending UNCF member schools. You must be majoring in communication arts or social science to be eligible for this award. View Scholarship Details |
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IES Need-Based Financial Aid ScholarshipInstitute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad) |
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award Up to $2,000 |
deadline Varies |
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DescriptionThe Institute for the International Education of Students (IES) Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarship is available to students at institutions that are members or associate members of the IES college consortium. You must be accepted into an IES study abroad program to be eligible for this award. You also must currently be receiving financial... View Scholarship Details |
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HBCU Tuition and Travel Grant - IESInstitute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad) |
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award $2,000 |
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DescriptionThe HBCU Tuition and Travel Grant is available to students at a historically black college or university that is a member or associate member of the IES consortium. Your school must also transfer at least 75 percent of home school aid to IES. You also must be planning on studying abroad to be eligible for this award. View Scholarship Details |
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HBCU Connect Minority Student ScholarshipHBCU CONNECT, LLC |
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award $1,000 |
deadline September 01, 2025 |
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DescriptionThe HBCU Connect Minority Student Scholarship is available to African-American, Native American and Hispanic students planning to attend or attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities. To be considered for this award, you must submit an essay answering the following prompt: "Why did you choose to attend an HBCU and how will attending... View Scholarship Details |
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Tuition Equalization Grant - Georgia Student Finance CommissionGeorgia Student Finance Commission |
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award $950 |
deadline Varies |
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DescriptionThe Tuition Equalization Grant is open to full - time undergraduate students residing in Georgia. To be considered for this award, you must be enrolled at an eligible private college or university in Georgia or be in your junior or senior year at an eligible four - year public college outside of Georgia (as long as it falls within 50 miles of... View Scholarship Details |
