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Designers can help make the world a more attractive place. With their eye for beauty, designers can create striking ads, decorate extravagant rooms, and make the simplest things look gorgeous. Studying graphic design in college can help students hone their talent and turn their creativity into a successful career, such as graphic design, interior design, fashion design, product design, and more. If you plan to improve your skills, this list of graphic design scholarships can help alleviate the stress of paying for college. Take our Scholarship Match Quiz and find the perfect scholarship for you.

List of Graphic Design Scholarships

Design Scholarships 2025 List

Bay Area Manufacturers Association (BAMA) High School Senior Scholarship

This scholarship is available for students who are legal residents of Pinellas and Hillsborough County, Florida. Students must have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher and be pursuing a manufacturing and/or technology-based career.
Award Amount

Total:  $3,000

Awards:  3

Deadline

Deadline:  April 12

Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara Art Competition Scholarship

This award is for U.S. students who have attended at least four of the six secondary grade school years at a southern Santa Barbara County school and will be seniors graduating from a southern Santa Barbara County high school . Applicants must plan to major in art or an art-related field and be willing to submit a portfolio of their works.
Award Amount

Total:  $20,800

Awards:  13

Deadline

Deadline:  November 15

Two Ten Footwear Design Scholarship

The Two Ten Foundation Footwear Design Scholarship is available to any student who is studying design with a focus on footwear. Applications will be judged on the quality of the submitted materials and the financial need of the applicant. Applications open Jan. 7 and close April 1. Learn more and apply today!
Award Amount

Total:  $15,000

Awards:  5

Deadline

Deadline:  April 01

BHD Endowed Scholarship Fund for Teachers

This award is available for permanent residents of Maryland with an interest in a teaching career. Candidates must have an undergraduate degree in the liberal arts, sciences or mathematics and be pursuing a master’s degree in education.
Award Amount

Total:  $25,000

Awards:  10

Deadline

Deadline:  April 01

Haymarket Gallery Emerging Artists Scholarship

The Haymarket Emerging Artists Scholarship is available to current graduating seniors or former graduates of a Lincoln/Lancaster County public or private high school, or a current college student residing in Lincoln/Lancaster County, Nebraska.
Award Amount

Total:  $450

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  March 15

James J. Burns and C. A. Haynes Textile Scholarship

This scholarship is open to Rhode Island undergraduate and graduate students who are studying textiles at an accredited institution. Students must demonstrate financial need.
Award Amount

Total:  $2,000

Awards:  2

Deadline

Deadline:  May 03

Senator James M. Jeffords Endowed Scholarship to Honor Marian Hausman Jeffords

This award is available to high school seniors who reside in Rutland County, Vermont, or attend a Rutland County high school. Students must be seeking a degree in the arts, including (but not limited to) music, visual arts, dance, or theater; students must demonstrate academic achievement and financial need.
Award Amount

Total:  $16,000

Awards:  2

Deadline

Deadline:  February 11

Ric Ulrich and Chuck Pischke Scholarship

This award is available for U.S. citizens have been living in Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, or Alaska for at least one year. Applicants must be enrolled or planning to enroll in a postsecondary program studying visual arts and design. Preference is given to self-identified LGBT students, members of LGBT families, and straight allies who have been supportive of the LGBT community.
Award Amount

Total:  $12,000

Awards:  1

Deadline

Deadline:  January 06

TAPPI Coating and Graphic Arts Division Scholarship

This scholarship is available for international and U.S. college juniors, seniors, and graduate students who are enrolled in a program related to the coated paper and paperboard or the graphic arts industries. Students must be student members of TAPPI or a TAPPI student chapter, if available, and have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Award Amount

Total:  $16,000

Awards:  4

Deadline

Deadline:  February 15

Berrien Fragos Thorn Arts Scholarship for Migrant Farmworkers

Students who are 16 years of age or older who are interested in pursuing the development of their talents in an art discipline may apply for this award. Students must have a history of movement to obtain work in agriculture.
Award Amount

Total:  $25,000

Awards:  10

Deadline

Deadline:  November 01