How do I find scholarships for my second degree?

I went back to school to study Journalism after earring a Business degree 8 years ago I am in my third semester at a local college but I want to transfer to a top school for Journalism and Communications to expand my career options and connections to work in the industry. I am thinking of Syracuse or UMD or Mizzou all are out of state for me I keep being told I am ineligible for Grants such as TEACH because I already posses a degree (My first degree I had a low GPA and my parents paid for it so I have no loans) by current degree I pay out of pocked at a very low rate so I don’t receive financial aid for it Now I need to go back to school full time to fully achieve my goals and make connections. However scholarships are so specific and the search is even mitigated as the. requirement is “must not already have a bachelors” while others are for women, people of certain backgrounds, veterans etc…is there a way to find scholarships that don’t have a certain criteria in terms of race or gender? I do show I’m in need with a ljust below 35K a year job but how can I finance my degree so that I don’t have to take the maximum amount of loans? How can I lower my costs?

This will be very hard to find. The very vast majority of scholarships and even need based aid are not for folks pursuing second bachelors degrees. At all.

@kelsmom do you know if any aid for folks pursuing a second bachelors?

No, unfortunately it’s not very easy to find scholarships for a second degree. It’s worth spending some time searching online and in your community, but it will definitely be more difficult to find scholarships for this purpose. I usually point people to this website to search for scholarships: Scholarship Finder | CareerOneStop.

Why don’t you get a masters instead of another BA/BS? The schools may then have some money, or you might get a TA job (and sometimes instate tuition). It is very easy to qualify for instate tuition in Missouri.

You can take out loans for a second BA/BS degree

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You can take out private loans for a second bachelors but not federally funded ones. So you might actually need a qualified cosigner.

If you got a masters, you would be eligible to take out Grad Plus loans in your name as a student.

You can take out federal loans for a second bachelors degree … but only up to the annual max for year in school & the aggregate limits for undergrads (dependent or independent, based on individual circumstances).