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The cost of college tuition has increased consistently over the past decade. In a study from the National Center of Education Statistics, the average cost of tuition from 1997 to 2008 for public institutions increased by 30% and the average cost for private institutions increased by 23%.
The most recent study from 2008 estimated the annual tuition cost for public colleges to be $11,578 and private colleges at $29,915. With the cost of quality education increasing, many students are turning to scholarships to help with tuition cost. A heritage scholarship which is based on a student’s national or cultural background is a popular option to pay for college. Some of the top heritage scholarships include:
1. Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Fund
This scholarship award is approximately $5,000 and is available to students residing in Central Florida who are enrolled part-time or full-time in an undergraduate program.
2. Banatao Family Filipino American Education Fund College Scholarship
Students with at least a 50% Filipino background going into their freshman year in a full-time engineering or biological science program residing in Northern or Southern California qualify for this heritage scholarship worth $5,000.
3. Thurgood Marshall College Fund
This college fund is for students attending historically black colleges which educate students primarily of African-American decent. The average award for this scholarship is $2,200 and the deadline to apply is January 5, 2011.
4. Bertha Anolic Memorial Scholarship
Students of Jewish decent who are in their junior or senior year in undergraduate studies or in graduate school in a Fine Arts program are eligible for this scholarship worth $1,500.
5. Arab American Scholarship Foundation
Arab American students who are graduating high school seniors, undergraduate or graduate students with high academic grades can receive this heritage award worth $1,000.
In addition to these scholarships, you can find many other heritage-based funds on popular scholarship search websites like FastWeb and Upromise.
