Scholarships for Hospitality Majors

A hospitality degree covers a wide range of career choices, including hotel, restaurant and tourism management positions. Job opportunities in the industry are plentiful, and so are scholarships available to to hospitality majors. These scholarships often are awarded by nonprofit foundations and professional groups within the field, such as Tourism Cares. Often, these scholarships require students to have a GPA of at least 3.0 to qualify. And many of them call for students to submit essays and letters of recommendation – in some instances, applicants are asked to outline their career objectives in the field. A number of scholarships for hospitality majors consider financial need, as well. If you're ready to find the right scholarship to help fund your education, take a look at our list below.

Showing 1-20 of 43 scholarships
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  • 10,000
  • 1 Award
  • n/a
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
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  • competition 4.0
  • effort level 1.0
Preissel, Shirley A. & Dobyns, Debbie A. Memorial Wisconsin Dells Educational Foundation
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  • 1,000
  • 1 award
  • March 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Business Administration|Tourism|Restaurant Management|
  • Career: |Hotel (Industry)|Motel Management (Industry)|Food Service (Industry)|
  • Age / Grade Level: |High school senior|
  • competition 4.0
  • effort level 2.0
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  • 2,000
  • 5 awards
  • April 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Travel and Tourism|
  • School (College): |Two-year|Four-year|Accredited College or University|
  • Age / Grade Level: |Graduate Student|College|
  • competition 3.0
  • effort level 5.0
Local Owner Resturant (LORA) Scholarship Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore
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  • 1,000
  • 1 award
  • Mar-1-2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Culinary Arts|
  • School (K-12): Attend a |Public High School|private high school| in |Wicomico, MD|Delmar, DE|
  • School (College): |Accredited College|
  • competition 3.0
  • effort level 5.0
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  • 2,000
  • 1 award
  • April 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +3 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Travel and Tourism|
  • School (K-12): Attend a school in |Dade, FL|
  • Residence: Live in |United States|Canada| as a |Permanent U.S. Resident|
  • competition 3.0
  • effort level 5.0
Clem Judd, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation
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  • 1,000 - 2,500
  • 2 awards
  • Aug-31-2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +2 More
  • Major: Study |Hotel Management|Lodging Management|
  • Residence: Live in |United States|Hawaii|
  • Ethnicity: Be |Hawaiian|
  • competition 3.0
  • effort level 5.0
R.W. Bob Holden Memorial Scholarship Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation
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  • 1,000
  • 3 awards
  • Aug-31-2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +2 More
  • Major: Study |Hotel Management|Lodging Management|
  • Residence: Live in |United States|Hawaii|
  • School (College): |Accredited College|Accredited University|
  • competition 3.0
  • effort level 5.0
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  • 1,000 - 1,500
  • 5 awards
  • Apr-15-2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
  • Major: Study |Dairy Science|Dairy/Agricultural Marketing|Food Product Service|
  • School (College): Attend a |Four-year|
  • Age / Grade Level: |College sophomore|College junior|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 5.0
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  • 500
  • 1 award
  • December 2024
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Culinary Arts|Food Service|Baking and Pastry Arts|
  • Residence: |Legal U.S. Resident|
  • School (College): |Culinary School|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 1.0
key information
  • 2,000
  • 1 award
  • April 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +2 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Travel and Tourism|
  • Residence: |Permanent U.S. Resident|Permanent Canada Resident|
  • School (College): |US Accredited College or University|Four-year|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 5.0
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  • 2,000
  • 1 award
  • Oct-31-2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Business|Franchise Management|
  • School (College): |US Accredited College or University|
  • Citizenship: |U.S. Citizen|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 4.5
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  • 2,000
  • 2 awards
  • April 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +3 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Travel and Tourism|
  • Residence: |Permanent U.S. Resident|
  • School (College): |Four-year|Accredited U.S College or University|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 5.0
key information
  • 2,000
  • 1 award
  • October 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Business|Franchise Management|
  • School (College): |Accredited U.S College or University|
  • Citizenship: |U.S. Citizen|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 4.0
key information
  • 2,000
  • 1 award
  • April 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +2 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Travel and Tourism|
  • Residence: Live in |Ohio|
  • School (College): |Two-year|Four-year|Accredited College or University|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 5.0
key information
  • 5,000
  • 1 award
  • March 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Marketing|Hospitality|Tourism|
  • School (K-12): |Wisconsin Dells High School, Wisconsin Dells, WI|
  • School (College): |University|College|Technical School|
  • competition 2.5
  • effort level 4.5
key information
  • 2,500
  • 1 award
  • March 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +1 More
  • Major: Study |Restaurant Management|Hotel Management|
  • School (College): Attend an |University|College| in |Orange, CA|
  • Citizenship: |U.S. Citizen|
  • competition 2.0
  • effort level 2.0
key information
  • 2,500
  • 1 award
  • April 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +2 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Travel and Tourism|
  • Residence: |Permanent U.S. Resident|Permanent Canada Resident|
  • School (College): |U.S College or University|Canada College or University|
  • competition 2.0
  • effort level 5.0
key information
  • 2,000
  • 1 award
  • April 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +2 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Travel and Tourism|
  • Residence: Live in |Quebec, Canada|
  • School (College): |Four-year|Accredited College or University|
  • competition 2.0
  • effort level 5.0
key information
  • 1,000
  • 2 awards
  • March 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +3 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Tourism|
  • School (K-12): |Traverse City Central High School, Traverse City, MI|Traverse City West Senior High School, Traverse City, MI|
  • Residence: Live in |Michigan|
  • competition 2.0
  • effort level 1.0
key information
  • 2,000
  • 1 award
  • April 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +3 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Travel and Tourism|
  • School (K-12): |NAF Academy of Hospitality & Tourism Network|
  • Residence: |Permanent U.S. Resident|
  • competition 2.0
  • effort level 4.5
key information
  • 2,000
  • 1 award
  • April 2025
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: +2 More
  • Major: Study |Hospitality|Travel and Tourism|
  • Residence: Live in |Southern California|California|
  • School (College): |College or University|
  • competition 2.0
  • effort level 5.0
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