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Cayuga County, New York: 7 local scholarships and counting

Cayuga County has a short list so far: 7 local scholarships from 2 sponsors. A short local list is still worth a look, because only students from this area can apply. 6 of them are tied to a school district, so the high school your student attends matters here. We keep searching and add new local scholarships as we find them, so this number grows.

7
scholarships written only for students in or from Cayuga County. None of their sponsors publish an amount, which is common for small local funds.
2
local sponsors, including 1 community foundation
34th
of New York's 62 counties for local scholarships, tied with others
29
more state scholarships and grants limited to New York students

Who gives in Cayuga 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
Community foundations16
Memorial funds and other local groups11
All local sponsors27

School districts with their own scholarships

5 school districts serving Cayuga County have scholarships only their own students can apply for. The board asks which district your student is in and shows only theirs.

School districtScholarships
Auburn Enlarged City School District3
Union Springs Central School District2
Cato-Meridian Central School District1
Southern Cayuga Central School District1
Weedsport Central School District1

When the deadlines fall

None of these have a posted date yet; many local sponsors publish the next round only a few weeks before it closes. Across the 1,413 local scholarships we track nationwide that do post a date, most fall in February and March. The time to get ready is the fall before.

How Cayuga County compares

That is close to the typical New York county, which has 8, and ranks tied for 34th of New York's 62 counties. On top of the local list, New York students can look at 29 state scholarships and grants limited to the state but not to one county, and the national ones. Across New York we have found 276 local scholarships in 62 counties. See every New York county.

Counties next to Cayuga County

All 7 counties that border Cayuga 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.

Onondaga County (29)Wayne County (12)Seneca County (11)Oswego County (7)Tompkins County (4)Cortland County (3)Jefferson County (3)

What a public college in New York costs

A public four-year college in New York averaged $8,575 in tuition and fees and $16,822 for a dorm and meals in 2022-23, about $25,397 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 New York's own state aid for your student's grades and scores, college by college.

The names are on the board.

Answer a few questions and see how many of the 10,000+ 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 not list the scholarships here?

The names, rules and deadlines are 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. This page shows how much is out there so you can decide whether it is worth a look.

Does every student in Cayuga County fit all 7?

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 October 12, 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.