Cuesta College offers a variety of scholarships to help pay for the costs of attending college.
Scholarships are awarded to students based on various special qualifications, such as academic achievement, artistic abilities, demonstrated leadership, athletic talents, or to students who are in particular fields of study, members of underrepresented groups, or who demonstrate a financial need.
Scholarships are provided to Cuesta College students by the generosity of foundations, corporations, and individual donors.
You will find useful information 麻豆视频 the Cuesta College Scholarship Application and the Cuesta Promise below. Additionally, you will find links to scholarship databases and information 麻豆视频 outside scholarships. If you’re interested in seeking a private or community-based grants or scholarships, check many sources as often as possible.
A scholarship is free money that can be used to help you pay for school expenses like tuition, books, and housing. That's right, free money that you do not have to pay back.
Students can explore a variety of sources to find outside scholarship opportunities:
- High School Guidance Offices
- Community College Offices
- Banks and other businesses
- Local community groups or clubs
- Educational organizations
- Religious or church groups
- Service Organizations such as Lion’s, Rotary or Kiwanis
- Alumni associations
- College or Major department websites/bulletin boards
- Parent or Guardian employers
- Professional Organizations
In addition to the Cuesta Promise, Cuesta College offers over 700 institutional scholarships through the Cuesta College Foundation. To be considered for any of these scholarships, you must submit a Cuesta College Scholarship Application.
The Cuesta Scholarship Application is open from October 1, 2025 to March 2, 2026 for the 2026 - 2027 award year.
(*Note: Cuesta Scholarship deadline has been extended to follow the Cal Grant Priority Deadline of March 2, 2026).
IMPORTANT: Although completing a FAFSA or CADAA is not required to submit a scholarship application, we HIGHLY encourage you to submit a financial aid application because some scholarships are based on need.
Questions? Contact Financial Aid at (805) 546-3143 or email finaid@cuesta.edu.
To receive tuition assistance for the first two years at Cuesta College, students must complete all the Cuesta Promise steps by the August 2nd deadline and must have graduated within the appropriate time frame. For more details, visit The Cuesta Promise webpage.
Have you been awarded an outside scholarship? Please review the following document for information on how to send the scholarship to Cuesta College:
Outside Scholarship Search Services
Several reputable free scholarship search services are available. You shouldn’t ever pay for scholarship searches. Many of these sites also have valuable information and advice on how to research and apply for scholarships.
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Fastweb Fastweb aggregates awards from both large and small directories. You have to make a profile to search for scholarships, which is similar to other sites. But after the initial sign-up process, you can easily search for scholarships and filter your results based on several data points. Fastweb will also notify you when a new scholarship matching your description is posted and when you have upcoming deadlines. |
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College Board You’re probably familiar with the College Board if you’ve taken the SAT, AP tests or other college entry exams. But the College Board can help you after you’ve been accepted into a school—its scholarship search helps you find awards to help you pay for college. After you create an account, you can filter awards by your interests, field of study, club affiliations or specific situations, like if your parents are divorced. College Board will also automatically match you with eligible scholarships based on the information in your profile. There is also an autofill function, which allows you to reuse information from other scholarship applications, saving you time and helping you apply for more awards. |
| ScholarshipOwl ScholarshipOwl is a popular scholarship website that compiles awards and organizes them by amount, types of requirements, number of winners and length of time until the application is due. ScholarshipOwl will automatically resubmit your application to recurring scholarships that don’t require anything beyond your basic information. This leaves you more time to focus on awards that require essays and recommendation letters. |
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Immigrants Rising Immigrants Rising curates a list of scholarships and fellowships that don’t require proof of U.S. citizenship. The list has general application eligibility requirements, including education level, region/state, and immigration status (e.g. DACA, TPS, in-state tuition eligibility). Only opportunities with due dates within the next 90 days are shown in the list. Please refer to the webpage linked under “Click to Apply” for the comprehensive eligibility and application requirements. |
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Bold.org While many scholarship sites are difficult to navigate, Bold.org has one of the cleanest interfaces. It’s easy to search and find different scholarships you may be eligible for and you can filter by your education level, award category, award amount and deadline. You can even toggle on the “no-essay” button to find scholarships that don’t require a written essay. Bold.org Veterans Scholarships Access scholarships for veterans only. Apply now for grants tailored to help veterans finish school, all hosted and awarded directly by Bold.org. |
| Access Scholarships Access Scholarships is a free online platform designed to help connect students like you with scholarship opportunities that fit your goals and values, with the ultimate goal of providing you with the resources to fund your higher education. |
| Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program Wells Fargo is strongly invested in supporting our nation’s veterans, including a commitment to assist them in completing postsecondary education programs to help them return to, and succeed in, a competitive job market. The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals. |