Many education majors strive to become teachers from K-12 levels.
There are a variety of career options for graduate students in education. They may aspire to become a teacher at an early childhood, middle or high school level, an educational counselor, a professor at a college or university, or a school administrator. For these students, there are organizations, educational foundations and individual college scholarship options that they can take advantage of.
AFCEA Educational Foundation Graduate Scholarships
The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Educational Foundation provides a minimum of 35 STEM Teachers Scholarships every year to graduate or undergraduate students pursuing an education degree with the intent on teaching one of the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) at the middle or high school level. Applicants must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 and be U.S citizens. Graduate students specifically must be enrolled in at least a least two (semester-equivalent) courses. Awards are in the amount of $5,000 each.
AFCEA Educational Foundation
4400 Fair Lakes Court
Fairfax, VA 22033
703-631-6149
afcea.org
University of Kentucky Graduate Education Scholarships
The College of Education at the University of Kentucky offers twelve scholarships for its graduate students based on GPA, career goals, participation in specific programs like the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST) program, outstanding academic achievement, degree major or financial need. Applications are available annually starting in December and are offered in equal amounts to cover both spring and fall tution and fees. The average cost for a full time residential graduate student is $4,653 a year.
UK College of Education
166 Taylor Education Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0001
859-257-7971
uky.edu
Applegate/Jackson/Parks Future Teacher Scholarship
The National Institute for Labor Relations Research provides the Applegate/Jackson/Parks Future Teacher Scholarship annually in the amount of $1,000 to graduate or undergraduate students majoring in education who demonstrate an interest in the institute's principles of unionism within a 500 word essay. The essay should discuss voluntary unions and the problems of compulsory unionism in relation to education. Applicants must submit a transcript and show potential for completing college educational requirements and the teaching licensing process.
National Institute for Labor Relations Research
5211 Port Royal Road, Suite 510
Springfield, VA 22151
703-321-9606
nilrr.org
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