Category: College Scholarships
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College Scholarships for Widows & Widowers
A few folks have asked me about scholarships for widows and widowers going back to college, so I’ve created this list of 92 scholarships for widowed spouses. I’ll continue to add scholarships as I come across new ones. Check out the list and contact me if you know of any scholarships that should be added…
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More College Scholarships for Students Who Have Lost a Parent, Updated for 2026-2027
For those of you with a student either applying to college or already in college, I’ve just added 19 scholarships to the list of college scholarships for students with a deceased parent for the 2026-2027 academic year. I also added a new category of scholarships for students who lost a parent to cancer. The list…
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College Scholarships for Students Who Have Lost a Parent, Updated for 2026-2027
For those of you with a student either applying to college or already in college, I’ve updated the list of college scholarships for students with a deceased parent for the 2026-2027 academic year. I added 12 scholarships and removed ones that are no longer funded, so the list now totals 160 scholarships, separated into these…
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More College Scholarships for Students Who Have Lost a Parent, Updated for 2025-2026
For widowed parents with a student either applying to college or already in college, I’ve just added 70 scholarships to the list of college scholarships for students with a deceased parent. Most of them are limited to residents of specific states, and many are specific to the deceased being in the military or a first…
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Five Tips for Widowed Parents to Reduce College Costs
If you’ve read my blog post on how to get more college financial aid and are looking for more ideas on how to reduce the cost of college, check out these strategies for your kid: To learn more about college financial aid, read my previous blog posts: Disclaimer: I am not an expert in college…
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Ten Tips for Widowed Parents to Get More College Financial Aid
If you read my blog post on the basics of college financial aid, you learned that there are three types of financial aid: need-based aid, merit-based aid and private aid/scholarships. And then you may have learned from my blog post on the FAFSA that your Student Aid Index is calculated based on your and your…
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What Widowed Parents Need to Know about College Financial Aid: The FAFSA & CSS Profile
As I mentioned in my blog post on the basics of financial aid, I’ve been researching college costs and financial aid in case there’s something I can do now that will help get more aid when my daughter applies to college in four years. I recently read the 2024 edition of Paying for College, 2026:…
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College Scholarships for Students Who Have Lost a Parent, Updated for 2025-2026
For those of you with a student either applying to college or already in college, I’ve updated the list of college scholarships for students with a deceased parent for the 2025-2026 academic year. I’ve added 20 scholarships, so the list now totals 86 scholarships, separated into these categories. Many of the scholarships will not accept…
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What Widowed Parents Need to Know About College Financial Aid: The Basics
My friends with older kids are deep in the trenches of figuring out how to pay for college and fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the form used by colleges to determine how much need-based financial aid you’re eligible to receive. Although my daughter is just in eighth grade, I’ve been…
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Even More College Scholarships for Students Who Have Lost a Parent
In the past few days, I’ve added more than 20 scholarships to the list of college scholarships for students with a deceased parent and organized them into these categories to make the lists easier to browse: There are still quite a few with upcoming application deadlines. I’ve tagged the newly added scholarships with so you…