Central Scholarship

Amount of Scholarship: up to $10,000

Number of Awards: 250

Available to Class Level: seniors in high school through graduate school

Requirements: If you’re a student from Maryland with a GPA above 2.0 and a family income below $90,000 a year, or $66,000 a year for students pursuing career and technology training, you can apply for Central Scholarship awards. You must be planning to attend an accredited United States college, university, community college or career school in the upcoming academic year. And you must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. If you haven’t been a Maryland resident for at least one year, but you live within 200 miles of Baltimore City, you can still apply. You’ll be eligible for our interest-free loans only. Non-Maryland residents who are bilingual, and are pursuing graduate study in social work or mental health at Maryland schools, are also eligible, but only for the Stulman Endowed Scholarship.

Minimum GPA: 2.0

Renewable: yes

Need-based Scholarship: yes

Applicaiton Online: yes

Application Fees: no

Scholarship History: In 1924, our founders had the innovative idea that charitable funds could be used for the advancement of people with dreams of better lives. Our founders believed that education beyond high school was not a luxury, but a necessary step in creating self-sufficient people and a strong community. That same spirit is alive and well almost 90 years later.