College-Granted Scholarships
In addition to offering cash scholarships, Distinguished Young Women also works with colleges and universities across the country to provide opportunities for our participants to further their education. Nearly 200 colleges and universities have offered scholarships to contestants. Some scholarships are available to any participant that takes part in a local or state progam.
We are honored that the following educational institutions offer college-funding opportunities for our participants:
**Notice: Most colleges and universities Do Not include the writing portion of the SAT or ACT when calculating eligibility for admittance and/or scholarships. (final test scores will not include writing score)
Albright College
Reading, Pennsylvania
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
$5,000 to Distinguished Young Woman of America
$3,000 to Overall Scholastic Winner
$2,000 to First Runner-up
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
Full tuition for Distinguished Young Woman of America
Full tuition for Distinguished Young Woman of Alabama
$15,000 four year renewable scholarship for Overall Scholastic Winner with 3.5 GPA and 31 ACT/1360 SAT (excluding the writing score)
$15,000 four year renewable scholarship for any Distinguished Young Women state representative with 3.5 GPA and 31 ACT/1360 SAT(excluding the writing score)
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham, Alabama
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
Full tuition to Distinguished Young Woman of America
Full tuition to Overall Scholastics
Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, Kentucky
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
$3,500 per year to any Distinguished Young Women state representative
Cottey College
Nevada, Missouri
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
Distinguished Young Woman of America
Distinguished Young Woman of Missouri
$3000 per year to any Distinguished Young Women state representative
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, Minnesota
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
$1,500 per year to any Distinguished Young Women state representative (based on financial need)
Huntingdon College
Montgomery, Alabama
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
Full tuition to any Distinguished Young Women state representative
$700 per year for any Distinguished Young Women participant
Judson College
Marion, Alabama
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
Up to full-tuition scholarship
Keystone College
La Plume, Pennsylvania
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
$3,000 per year renewable scholarship to Distinguished Young Woman of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia. Additional award to Distinguished Young Woman of Pennsylvania.
McDaniel College
Westminster, Maryland
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
$2,500 per year to any Distinguished Young Women state representative.
Mercy College
New York
1. Four year renewable scholarship for full tuition ($16,000 per year) for:
a) Distinguished Young Woman of America
b) Distinguished Young Woman of New York
2. $6,000 for Distinguished Young Women state representatives
3. $4,000 for program participants with a GPA of 3.2 and up
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, Mississippi
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
$1,000 per year to any Distinguished Young Women state representative.
Salem-Teikyo University
Salem, West Virginia
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
Full for Distinguished Young Woman of America
$5,000 for First Runner Up to Distinguished Young Woman of America
$5,000 for Overall Scholastics Winner
$5,000 for any Distinguished Young Women state representative.
$3,000 for any runner ups to a any Distinguished Young Women state representative
$1,000 for any participant in Distinguished Young Women
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
$5,000 per year for any Distinguished Young Women state representative
Spring Hill College
Mobile, Alabama
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
Full tuition for Distinguished Young Woman of America
Full tuition for Overall Scholastic Winner
Stevenson University
Stevenson, Maryland
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
$2,500 per year for any Distinguished Young Women state representative
Sullivan College
Various Locations in Kentucky
Northfield, Minnesota
Four Year Renewable Scholarships
$10,000 for Distinguished Young Woman of America
$6,000 for First Runner-Up
$5,000 for Second Runner-Up
$4,000 for Third and Fourth Runner-Up
$1,500 for Remaining Ten Finalists
Troy University
Troy, Alabama
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
Full tuition, room & board for any participant with 3.7 GPA and 31 ACT/1380 SAT
Full tuition for any participant with 3.5 GPA and 27 ACT/1220 SAT.
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
Full tuition to Distinguished Young Woman of America
Full tuition to Distinguished Young Woman of Alabama
Full tuition to Overall Scholastics Winner
Full tuition to any Distinguished Young Women state representative with a 3.7 GPA and 30 ACT
University of Mobile
Mobile, Alabama
Four year full tuition scholarships:
Distinguished Young Woman of America
Overall Scholastics Winner
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
Full tuition, fees, room, board, freshman year book and laptop computer for Distinguished Young Woman of America
Full tuition, fees, room, board, year book and laptop computer for Distinguished Young Woman of Alabama
Full tuition, fees, room, board, year book and laptop computer for Scholastics Winner
Full tuition, fees, room, board, year book and laptop computer for any Distinguished Young Women state representative with 3.0 GPA and 30 ACT or 1330 SAT (critical reading + math)
University of West Alabama
Livingston, Alabama
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
$6,000 to any Distinguished Young Women state representative
$2,000 to any runner ups to any Distinguished Young Women state representative
$1,000 to any Distinguished Young Women state finalists
$2,000 to local or state contestant with 3.0 GPA and 25 ACT
$1,000 to local or state contestant with 3.0 GPA and 22 ACT
Stevenson University
Stevenson, Maryland
Four Year Renewable Scholarships:
$2,500 to any Distinguished Young Women state representative
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington
Four Year Full Tuition Scholarships for:
Distinguished Young Woman of America
Overall Scholastic Winner
Please note: scholarships may be contingent upon satisfactory progress at that institution. Any college or university has the right to revoke any scholarship upon unsatisfactory progress.
