Business Degree Scholarship and Fellowship Guide

Winning a scholarship towards your business degree may not be as hard as it seems. Finding the right one for you is an entirely different matter. Professional organizations are designed to promote their profession. This entails the development of future professionals, and scholarships are a great way for them to promote that. There are swarms of professional organizations for every discipline imaginable in business, dealing with marketing, advertising, economics, finance, accounting, public relations, and more on a local, regional, national and international basis. In your search, keep in mind that many national groups have local affiliates. Your chances may be better when you start local! You should research whether you need to actually be a member, or student member, of a professional organization to qualify.

If you are serious about pursuing a business degree-oriented scholarship or fellowship, you should investigate as many large corporations and businesses as you can. This information is not always readily available, so you may have to dig. Be sure to specialize in pursuing the big businesses that specialize in your area of interest (for example, you could look into Merrill Lynch for finance scholarship, Wells Fargo for a banking scholarship, etc.).

Here’s a short list of the groups which are known to offer Business degree scholarships and fellowships: