
COLLEGE-GRANTED SCHOLARSHIPS
We are currently in the process of confirming our offers for the Class of 2026 offers so visit this page often for added scholarship opportunities!
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Please do not contact a college regarding a scholarship until you are ready to apply to the school in your senior year. If you have questions about a scholarship before then, please contact the Distinguished Young Women National Office.
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NOTE: There are also scholarships available to participants in specific local or state programs. This list does not contain any of these scholarships available only for specific states or local areas, so be sure to ask your program if they offer any other college-granted scholarships.
ALBION COLLEGE
ALBION, MI
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Four year, renewable $1,000 scholarship to: Any Distinguished Young Women participant
*To qualify, students may apply for admission by December 1st of their senior year of high school.
Contact: Corey Grazul, Director for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, at cgrazul@albion.edu or 517-629-0321
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
TEMPE, AZ
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Four year, renewable Provost scholarship of $8,000 to: Any academically eligible Arizona Resident state participant
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Four year, renewable Provost scholarship of $14,500 to: Any academically eligible other (Non-Resident state participant)
*Students must qualify for Freshman Admission and meet academic eligibility requirements for the Resident and Non-Resident Provost Scholarship at Arizona State University. Scholarship is renewable provided the student maintains academic requirements including 3.0 GPA and 30 completed credits annually. Eligibility requires full time attendance.
Contact: Olivia Diaz, Director, Financial Aid and Scholarship Services, at Olivia.Diaz@asu.edu or (480) 965-1123
CARROLL COLLEGE
HELENA, MT
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Four-year, renewable scholarship of $26,000, with annual renewal contingent on maintaining a 2.0 or higher college GPA to: National Scholastic Winner
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Four-year, renewable scholarship of $24,000 with annual renewal contingent on maintaining a 2.0 or higher college GPA to: Any State Scholastic Winner
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Four-year, renewable scholarship of $22,000 with annual renewal contingent on maintaining a 2.0 or higher college GPA to: Any Local Scholastic Winner
*Scholarship is not stackable.
Contact: Janet Riis, Director of Financial Aid, at 406-447-5423
CARTHAGE COLLEGE
KENOSHA, WI
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Four-year, renewable scholarship of $1,000 to: Any Distinguished Young Women Participant
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​All applicants are also eligible for merit scholarships that range up to $20,000 per year.
*Must apply for admission by December 1st of their senior year. Applicants are also eligible for an application fee waiver and should use the code: DISTINGUISHED
Contact: Ashley Hanson, Vice President for Enrollment, at 262-551-5759 or ashley@carthage.edu
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
ORANGE, CA
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Four-year renewable Presidential Scholarship ($40,000 annually/$160,000 total award) to: Any State Winner and any Overall Scholastics Winner at the state level
*Student must apply and qualify for First Year Admission. Scholarship is renewable provided student maintains full- time attendance and established GPA requirements.
*Scholarship is not stackable.
Contact: Jim Whitaker, Associate Vice President of Enrollment, at whitaker@chapman.edu
HUNTINGDON COLLEGE
MONTGOMERY, AL
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Four-year, renewable full-tuition scholarship to: Any State Winner (limited to 5 awards per class)
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Four-year, renewable $21,000 tuition scholarship with participation in the Presidential Scholars Program to: Any Distinguished Young Woman Participant with a minimum 3.0 GPA and 23 ACT or 3.5 GPA with no test scores
*Scholarship is not stackable.
Contact: Stephanie Hicks, Vice President for Admissions, at 334-833-4571 or stephanie.hicks@hawks.huntingdon.edu
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Four-year, renewable academic merit scholarship worth $26,000-$40,000 per year (based on application)to: Any Participant
​​Additional recognition for student applicants who demonstrate commitment to leadership, service, and their community include:
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Additional four-year renewable $2,500 award to: Distinguished Young Woman of America
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Additional four-year renewable $1,000 award to: Any State Winner
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Additional four-year renewable $500 award to: All Participants
Contact: Reginald Onyido, Senior Associate Dean of Admission, at onyidor@juniata.edu or 814-641-3432
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
GEORGETOWN, TX
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Four-year, renewable $7,500 scholarship with maintenance of a cumulative 2.0 GPA to: Any State Winner
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Four-year, renewable $2,500 scholarship with maintenance of a cumulative 2.0 GPA to: Any State Program participant or Local Winner
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Four-year, renewable $5,000 scholarship with maintenance of a cumulative 2.0 GPA to: All Texas participants
*All applicants for admission to Southwestern will be considered for our general merit scholarships at the time of admission review. The Distinguished Young Women scholarships are stackable with one’s general scholarship award.
Contact: Christine D. Bowman, Assistant Vice President of Admissions, at 800-252-3166 or bowmanc@southwestern.edu
SPRING HILL COLLEGE
MOBILE, AL
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Four-year, renewable full tuition scholarship to: Distinguished Young Woman of America
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Four-year, renewable full tuition scholarship, limited to one award per class, to: Any State Winner with a minimum 30 ACT and 3.7 HS GPA
*Scholarship is not stackable.
Contact: Rebecca Robinson, Director of Financial Aid, at rrobinson@shc.edu or 251-380-4074
TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY
SEGUIN, TX
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Four year, renewable $2,000 scholarship to: Any State Winner
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Four year, renewable $1,500 scholarship to: Any State First Runner-Up
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Four year, renewable $1,000 scholarship to: Any State Second Runner-Up
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Four year, renewable $2,000 scholarship to: Any Texas Local Winner
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Four year, renewable $1,500 scholarship to: Any Texas Local First Runner-Up
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Four year, renewable $1,000 scholarship to: Any Texas Local Second Runner-Up
*Students must be admitted as regular degree-seeking students. The scholarship is not applicable to summer sessions.
Contact: Erica Miller, Director of Financial Aid, at emiller@tlu.edu or (830) 372-8077
TROY UNIVERSITY
TROY, AL
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$10,000 Chancellor’s Scholarship and $1,250 Study Abroad Scholarship to: Any State Winner
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$3,500 DYW Scholarship and $1,250 Study Abroad Scholarship to: any Alabama local program winner with 3.0 GPA & 23 ACT
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Four-year, renewable Trojan Opportunity Expanded Scholarship valued at the out-of-state portion of tuition costs with maintenance of 2.7 GPA to: Any State Winner with 3.0 GPA and 20 ACT
Contact: Gus McKenzie, Senior Director of Enrollment Services, at jmckenzie@troy.edu
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
TUSCALOOSA, AL
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Four-year award for the value of a Presidential scholarship, $5,000 freshman year housing scholarship and $5,000 study abroad stipend to: Distinguished Young Woman of America
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Four-year award for the value of a Presidential scholarship to: Any State Winner
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Four-year award for the value of a Presidential scholarship plus a $5,000 freshman year housing scholarship to: Distinguished Young Woman of Alabama, Alabama’s Overall Scholastics Winner
*If student receives a merit-based automatic offer that is less than a Presidential, this designation will bump them to the Presidential. A student cannot receive both a merit-based award and program-based tuition award. Should student already be receiving a Presidential Scholarship, they will receive a $2,300/year supplementa scholarship, and a one-time $3,000 study abroad stipend. If National Representative has already received Presidential Scholarship, will only receive the housing scholarship and study abroad stipend.
Scholarship is not stackable
Contact: Simone Willis, Director of Undergraduate Scholarships, at Simone.willis@ua.edu
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM, AL
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One-year, stackable scholarship of $1,000 to: Any state winner
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One-year, stackable scholarship of $750 to: Any Alabama local winner, Up to 2 participants who are nominated by the Distinguished Young Women of Jefferson County (AL) Program
*To be considered for these awards, you must be admitted to UAB for the fall semester immediately following your high school graduation. You must also submit the scholarship application in BSMART, UAB’s Blazer Scholarship Management and Resource Tool, at uab.edu/bsmart, and complete four additional questions for the Distinguished Young Women Scholarship. One of these additional questions requires you to upload written verification of your participation/selection from Distinguished Young Women. The deadline for completing the scholarship application is April 1 of your senior year in high school. Please contact scholarships@uab.edu for more information and visit uab.edu/scholarships to learn about other opportunities.
Contact: UAB Office of Undergraduate Scholarships at 205-934-8134 or scholarships@uab.edu
UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE
MOBILE, AL
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Four-year, renewable full tuition and fees scholarship with maintenance of a 3.0 GPA to: Distinguished Young Woman of America
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Four-year, renewable half tuition with maintenance of a 3.0 GPA. To qualify, you just have a minimum 27 ACT and 3.0 high school GPA and must be: Any Distinguished Young Women participant
*The priority deadline for application submission is May 1st. A student cannot receive both a merit-based award and DYW program-based tuition award. To be considered for these awards, you must enroll full time to the University for the fall semester immediately following your high school graduation and be a residential student. Full tuition applies to fall and spring semester for block tuition only and fess are limited to $500 per semester.
Contact: Charity Wittner, Vice President for Enrollment Services, at cwittner@umobile.edu
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
MOBILE, AL
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Four-year, renewable full tuition and fees plus on-campus housing scholarship, with maintenance of a 3.0 GPA to: Distinguished Young Woman of America, Distinguished Young Woman of Alabama, National Overall Scholastics Winner, and any State winner with 30 ACT or 1360 SAT and 3.0 GPA
*Additionally, all admitted participants are automatically reviewed for Freshman Admission Awards.
*Scholarship is not stackable.
Contact: Brennen Mallet, Director for Enrollment Services, 251.460.6494
UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA
LIVINGSTON, AL
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$2,500 four-year renewable Trustee Leadership Scholarship (with maintenance of a 3.0 GPA) to: Any local or state participant (with 19 ACT and/or 2.5 high school GPA)
*Trustee Academic Scholarships at UWA start at a 21 composite ACT and/or 3.0 HS GPA and can be partially stacked with the Leadership Award for DYW participation.
Contact: Libba Baker, Director of Recruitment, at 205-652-3578.
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
PULLMAN, WA
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Four-year, full tuition scholarship at the Pullman campus, with annual renewal contingent on maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress and full-time status, to: Distinguished Young Woman of America
*Scholarship is not stackable.
Contact: Tara Sandoval, Assistant Director for Scholarship Administration, at tara.williams@wsu.edu
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
SALEM, OR
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Four-year, renewable Merit Admissions scholarships valued between $26,000 and $34,000, based on a holistic assessment of student's application and academic documents to: Distinguished Young Woman of America
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Additional four-year, renewable $2,500 DYW scholarship to: Any Distinguished Young Woman participant
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Additional four-year, renewable $2,500 Good Neighbor Grant to: Any Distinguished Young Woman of California or Washington participant
Contact: Cady Campbell, Associate Director of Admission for the College of Arts & Sciences, at cmcampbell@willamette.edu
WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY
WORCESTER, MA
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Four-year, renewable scholarship at the rate of full in-state tuition and fees with a 3.75 recalculated, cumulative high school GPA, to: Distinguished Young Woman of America, any state winner, any state program Scholastic Category Award recipient
*Scholarship is not stackable.
Contact: Ryan Forsythe, Vice President of Enrollment Management, at rforsythe@worcester.edu
YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA
YORK, PA
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$10,000 per year, four-year renewable scholarship with maintenance of a 3.0 GPA and full-time status to: Any state winner, Any Pennsylvania local winner
*Scholarship is not stackable.
Contact: Brian Hazlett, Vice President for Enrollment Management, at bhazlett@ycp.edu