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Mineral County, Colorado: 6 local scholarships and counting

Mineral County has a short list so far: 6 local scholarships from 2 sponsors. A short local list is still worth a look, because only students from this area can apply. Electric and utility co-ops play a bigger part here than in most places: 5 of the 6. We keep searching and add new local scholarships as we find them, so this number grows.

$19,000
in scholarships written only for students in or from Mineral County. That adds up all 6 scholarships that publish an amount, one winner each. Some give more than one.
2
local sponsors, including 1 electric or utility co-op
Feb
most deadlines in February
17
more state scholarships and grants limited to Colorado students

2 big ones to start with

2 of the 6, picked for size and for a deadline you can plan around. The other 4, with every rule, deadline and what each one asks for, are on your student's board.

San Luis Valley REC James and Thomas Magness ScholarshipDeadline February 1, 2027
$4,000
San Luis Valley REC Michael Rierson ScholarshipDeadline February 1, 2027
$4,000
See the other 4 and which ones your student fits

Who gives in Mineral County

Each sponsor counted once, by kind. A community foundation often runs dozens of separate funds through one application, so it can be one sponsor with many scholarships.

Who gives locallySponsorsScholarships
Electric and utility co-ops15
Memorial funds and other local groups11
All local sponsors26

When the deadlines fall

Most of the posted deadlines fall in February. Counted from the 5 scholarships here with a posted date. Local applications often open only a few weeks before they close, so the time to get ready is the fall before.

How Mineral County compares

That is about twice as many as the typical Colorado county, which has 3, and ranks tied for 16th of Colorado's 64 counties. On top of the local list, Colorado students can look at 17 state scholarships and grants limited to the state but not to one county, and the national ones. Across Colorado we have found 198 local scholarships in 61 counties. See every Colorado county.

Counties next to Mineral County

All 4 counties that border Mineral County have local scholarships in our catalog too. Some sponsors cover several counties, and a student who lives in one county and goes to school in another can sometimes apply on both sides.

Saguache County (7)Rio Grande County (6)Hinsdale County (5)Archuleta County (1)

What a public college in Colorado costs

A public four-year college in Colorado averaged $9,798 in tuition and fees and $14,045 for a dorm and meals in 2022-23, about $23,843 a year before any aid, more than the national public average of $22,389. That is the newest federal figure published for every state, so today's prices run higher. The homepage works out what is left after Colorado's own state aid for your student's grades and scores, college by college.

The other 4 are on the board.

Answer a few questions and see how many of the 12,000+ scholarships we track fit your student, local ones included. Their own board, with every name, rule and deadline, is $149 for the school year.

See which ones your student fits

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Questions families ask

Why only 2 here?

The full list, with each one's rules and deadlines, is the product. We read each one from the sponsor's own page and recheck it on a schedule, and that work is what the $149 board pays for. The 2 above show the list is real; the board shows which of the 6 your student fits.

Does every student in Mineral County fit all 6?

No. Most local scholarships add their own rules on top of where you live: one high school, a GPA floor, a planned major, a parent who is a member or a customer. The board asks about those once and shows the ones your student fits, with what each one still asks you to check.

How current is this?

Counted from our catalog on November 2, 2026. We add new local scholarships every week, so the numbers here usually go up.

Counts, amounts and deadline months come from each sponsor's own published rules and can change without notice. Totals add one winner of each scholarship; sponsors that do not publish an amount are not counted in the dollar total. A deadline month is from the most recent cycle we could find. College prices are estimates to plan with, not a quote. Confirm anything you act on with the sponsor or the college.