Kirkwood uses a scholarship software to connect Kirkwood Eagles to hundreds of internal scholarship opportunities! Best of all, Kirkwood students only need to complete one easy application to be considered.
Apply for 2025-’26 Scholarships
Students can also view external scholarship opportunities from organizations outside of Kirkwood using the ‘External Scholarship Opportunities’ link to the right.
You'll need to complete a Kirkwood application for admission. To be considered for scholarships, you must have a current application on file to attend Kirkwood.
Visit the FAFSA website to complete your application.
You'll want to complete your FAFSA as soon as possible after October 1. To be considered for first-round, need-based scholarships at Kirkwood, it must be received by March 15.
Several scholarships are based on financial need. The scholarship selection committee will take into consideration a student's financial need as documented by the FAFSA.
Any scholarships that are based on financial need will have a listed criterion of: Must demonstrate financial need.
*FAFSA completion is not required to apply for Kirkwood scholarships, but is encouraged.
If you're an international student, check in with the Global Learning office to learn about your scholarship opportunities.
“I really didn’t like the idea of going into debt and owing somebody a huge amount of money to be able to go to college. I just didn’t buy into that as a good idea for my future, so I’m paying for college out of my own pocket. Kirkwood was the only option I looked at that gave me that freedom to explore what I really wanted to do without going into miles of debt.”
Celia Daniels,
North Liberty, Iowa
Kirkwood Foundation
319-398-5442
foundation@kirkwood.edu