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Architecture Scholarships for College
Architecture scholarships are a wonderful way to help fund college and avoid as much student debt as possible.
Are you or your students looking for architecture scholarships?
Here is a list of awards to go through. Make sure the SMART applying strategies are used for every scholarship application and save this link, as I add new architecture scholarships as I find them.
What does it mean to apply SMART? This is what I teach in my How to Win College Scholarships ebooks for scholarship-searching parents and their students.
“Monica Matthews has helped a lot of people with her SMART process. How my son applies for scholarships really does matter. There are so many that apply for scholarships that have really amazing stats. Students have to find a way in their essays to make their story resonate with the judges, so they stand out. I work with my kids. It’s a team effort. I find the scholarships and get them organized. I look over their essays and make suggestions, etc. I definitely recommend getting organized…My advice is to apply SMART.“ – Teri, Scholarship Help and College Talk for Parents Facebook group member
Click on the name of each scholarship to be taken to the sponsor’s website. If you or your student does not yet qualify to apply, save the link. Use the Scholarship Toolkit Organizer to keep track of the awards and all of the important details.
If a deadline has passed, save the link and keep checking back for when the new applications open.
Architecture Scholarships
Award Amount: $2500
Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, 17 years of age or older who are enrolled in a design or architecture program at an accredited college or university (Women in Architecture, Sustainable Design, Residential Design and Construction Management) or a vocational program relevant to the residential construction industry (Skilled Trades Residential Construction).
Award Amount: (2) $2500 or (1) $5000
Open to college juniors, seniors, or graduate students with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Students must be pursuing an architectural degree. (architect, landscape, or architectural engineering). The scholarship opens in the late spring each year.
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Award Amount: (3) $10,000
Open to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) students enrolled in an accredited architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering undergraduate program in the United States. Applicants need to be enrolled in a four- or five-year undergraduate program and can be enrolled in any year of their undergraduate program.
The PAVE Global Student Aid Program
Award Amount: $1000
Open to full-time, college-level design and architecture students.
HOT TIP: Architecture scholarships may also be found on college websites and within individual architecture programs.
Architects Foundation (AF) Scholarships
Award Amounts: up to $20,000
The Architects Foundation offers several scholarship opportunities with different eligibility requirements for high school and undergraduate students.
Richard L. Brooks Memorial Scholarship
Award Amount: (2) $2500
Open to full- or part-time undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in an accredited college or university in North America studying architecture, civil engineering, structural engineering, construction management, material science, or a related field. (High school students are not eligible.)
Jim Boyce Memorial Scholarship
Award Amount: Varies (Determined by donors for the current year)
Open to High School Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors! APPLY NOW HERE
Students who wish to apply must be currently pursuing a degree in architecture, landscape architecture, civil engineering, construction management, interior design, or other degree programs closely related to accessibility/universal design at an accredited United States institution of higher learning. Students must have a 2.5 or higher GPA and demonstrate a strong interest in accessibility in both design portfolio and future career interests.
Do you have any architecture scholarships to add to this list?
If so, please email me at info@how2winscholarships.com. – Monica Matthews
Award Amount: $1500
Students must be legal residents of the United States and be enrolled in an accredited high school, college, or university within the U.S. High school students must be entering or finishing their senior year in order to be eligible. College students must be enrolled at an accredited school for at least one full calendar year to be eligible. Eligible majors include business, interior design, and architecture.
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Award Amount: $10,000 and a paid internship
Open to students enrolled in an accredited architecture (NAAB), interior design (CIDA), urban planning and design (PAB), or landscape architecture (LAAB) program in the United States who will begin their final year in an accredited program in the fall of 2025. Valid graduation dates from your current program can include both winter (December) of 2025 or spring (April / May) of 2026.
Award Amount: (6) $2500
Open to college students who are studying construction management, construction engineering, real estate, engineering, architecture, interior design, accounting, information technology, human resources, marketing, or law.
Landscape Architecture Foundation Scholarships
Award Amount: Varies
Open to undergraduate or graduate students enrolled at colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Winners are chosen through a competitive process by leading academics and practitioners in landscape architecture.
Award Amount: Up to (5) $5000
Open to high school seniors, or graduates, or current postsecondary undergraduate or graduate students pursuing a degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, or a similar field.
Go HERE for another wonderful resource that lists architecture scholarships for students.
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Monica Matthews is the author of How to Win College Scholarships. She helped her own son win over $100,000 in college scholarships and now shares her expertise with other parents and their students. She truly has “been there, done that” in regard to helping parents and students navigate the scholarship process.
Her method of helping students in finding college scholarships, writing unique and compelling scholarship essays, creating amazing scholarship application packets, and more have taught desperate parents to help their own students win thousands of scholarship dollars. She teaches them how to apply S.M.A.R.T. with outstanding results.
Monica’s scholarship tips have been featured on many prominent websites, and she has been dubbed the “Go-To” expert on college scholarships.
