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Benton County, Oregon: 18 local scholarships and counting

We have found 18 scholarships limited to students in Benton County, from 3 local sponsors. Most run through a community foundation, where one application often covers many funds. We keep searching and add new local scholarships as we find them, so this number grows.

18
scholarships written only for students in or from Benton County. None of their sponsors publish an amount, which is common for small local funds.
3
local sponsors, including 1 community foundation and 1 school or district foundation
Feb
most deadlines in February
34
more state scholarships and grants limited to Oregon students

Who gives in Benton 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 foundations116
School district and school foundations11
Memorial funds and other local groups11
All local sponsors318

When the deadlines fall

Most of the posted deadlines fall in February. Counted from the 16 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 Benton County compares

That is about 5 times as many as the typical Oregon county, which has 4, and ranks 4th of Oregon's 36 counties. On top of the local list, Oregon students can look at 34 state scholarships and grants limited to the state but not to one county, and the national ones. Across Oregon we have found 178 local scholarships in 33 counties. See every Oregon county.

Counties next to Benton County

All 4 counties that border Benton 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.

Polk County (19)Lane County (6)Linn County (6)Lincoln County (4)

What a public college in Oregon costs

A public four-year college in Oregon averaged $12,424 in tuition and fees and $14,387 for a dorm and meals in 2022-23, about $26,811 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 Oregon'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 8,000+ 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 Benton County fit all 18?

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 8, 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.