Financial Resources for Business Majors

The business majors of today will become the innovative leaders of tomorrow.

To get there, it takes a solid foundation.

Below, find over 100 resources especially for business majors. This includes scholarships, professional networks, competitions, and more.

Competitions

Competitions can help prepare you for the challenges of real-life business. Find a competition in your area or specific field in the list below.

• Future Founders: U.Pitch is a prestigious national elevator pitch competition where top collegiate founders showcase business ideas to accomplished entrepreneurs and investors.
  
• Corporate Finance Institute: National Investment Banking Competition (NIBC) is open to both undergraduate and graduate students who want to utilize and develop skills in financial modeling and pitching based on a real-world simulation of an investment banking transaction.
  
• Arkansas Capital: Arkansas Governor's Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition is a competition for current full- or part-time, degree-seeking Arkansas college and university students who want to explore a business idea or simply learn more about entrepreneurship.
  
• The Governor's Giant Vision Awards South Dakota: The Governors Giant Vision Student Competition is open to all students of South Dakota colleges, universities, or technical schools.
  
• West Virginia Business Plan Competition: The West Virginia Business Plan Competition affords high school and college students around the state the unique opportunity to make a business idea come to life with the support of state institutions of higher education and seasoned business professionals from around the country.
  
• Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest: Governor's Business Plan Contest encourages entrepreneurs in the startup stage of tech-enabled businesses in Wisconsin.
  
• National Black MBA Association: National Black MBA Association Case Competition provides undergraduates early exposure to MBA-level business case strategy and allows them to be considered for competitive summer internship opportunities.
  
• National Black MBA Association: Scale-Up Pitch Challenge provide startups the unique opportunity to connect with early-stage investors and venture capitalists who are ready to invest.
  
• Reaching Out MBA: ROMBA competitions allow students and alumni to showcase their business acumen and compete for cash awards.
  
• Entrepreneurs' Organization: The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business while attending college or university.

Internships

Taking an internship is a good way to get field-specific experience and set yourself apart when applying for jobs in the future. Start your search with this list of opportunities below.

• Microsoft: Microsoft offer internships in all job families and solution areas, and it's open to current students in Bachelor's, Master's, MBA, PhD programs.
  
• Boeing: Business Intern Program is a 10–12-week program for students to experience in areas like Finance, Supply Chain Management, Business Operations, Facilities & Asset Management, Human Resources, Global Trade Controls, Sales & Marketing and Communications.
  
• Apple: Apple offers internship opportunities for undergraduate or graduate students across all departments (marketing, engineering, business and finance, music & film, legal, communications, economics, etc.).
  
• ViacomCBS: ViacomCBS offers internship opportunities for a creative and curious business intelligence intern with the ability to deliver meaningful insights, strategic perspective, and actionable recommendations surrounding our streaming service, Paramount+.
  
• GEICO: GEICO Business Leadership Interns is an 8–10 week internship during the summer.
  
• Amazon: Amazon provides internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate business students.
  
• Dell: Dell provides wide variety of internship programs where students can work in a global collaborative environment, interact with our top leaders, foster relationships, build professional networks and handle real-world business situations.
  
• L'Oreal: L'Oreal provides internship opportunities for undergraduate students also apprenticeship and management trainee opportunities for graduates.
  
• Target: Target provides several internship opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students.
  
• Abbott: Abbott offers several focus areas of internship for both undergraduate and graduate business students.
  
• AT&T: AT&T provides internships and Development Programs for students so they can help deliver the solutions that customers want.
  
• PayPal: 12-week PayPal Internship Experience provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to work on real, meaningful projects that directly support PayPal's business and customers.
  
• Vanguard: Vanguard provides both undergraduate and MBA summer internships for business students.
  
• Nike: The Nike internship program is a summer program that provides access to leadership and professional growth workshops to gain meaningful career experience.
  
• Puma: PUMA Boston's three-month Summer Internship Program is an opportunity for college students to put knowledge into practice and develop professional skills.
  
• GM Financial: GM Financial Summer Internship is a 10-week, paid Internship Program for students so they can work on major projects and showcase their skills and talents.
  
• Spotify: Spotify provides several internship opportunities for students.
  
• Esri: Esri provides 12-week summer internship to third- and fourth-year students as well as those graduating students.

Business Networks

Joining a business network at your school or in your area comes with lots of perks. Connect with other business majors and expand your horizons with the networks in this list.

• American Marketing Association: American Marketing Association are dedicated professionals who work, teach and study in the field and have a passion for advancing marketing industry.
  
• Beta Gamma Sigma: Beta Gamma Sigma is the international business honor society for AACSB-accredited schools.
  
• Delta Sigma Pi: Delta Sigma Pi prepares business students for successful professional careers, but also instills values of service and principled leadership that characterize Deltasigs in all phases of life.
  
• Phi Chi Theta: Phi Chi Theta is a National Co-Educational Professional Fraternity in Business and Economics.
  
• Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. : Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. (FBLA-PBL) is the largest career student business organization in the world.
  
• ALPFA: ALPFA welcomes all students and professionals who have a passion for giving back.
  
• Entrepreneurs' Organization: EO help entrepreneurs achieve their full potential through the power of life-enhancing connections, shared experiences and collaborative learning.
  
• DECA: DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
  
• Prospanica: Prospanica provides scholarships for Hispanic/Latino students who enroll in a postgraduate (Master's or PhD) or undergraduate program in an accredited university business school.
  
• Business Professionals of America: Business Professionals of America is the nation's leading CTSO (Career Technical Student Organization) providing students and members with invaluable skill development and the opportunity to make personal connections.
  
• Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization: Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization a not-for-profit charitable corporation that supports more than 16,500 emerging collegiate entrepreneurs annually.
  
• Alpha Kappa Psi: Alpha Kappa Psi is a Professional Co-ed Business Fraternity with the purpose of developing its members into principled business leaders.
  
• Pi Sigma Epsilon: Pi Sigma Epsilon National Educational Foundation was created to allow individuals and organizations the opportunity to support the fostering of sales and marketing education and encourage high scholastic achievement in those fields.
  
• Association of MBAs: AMBA are committed to raising the profile and quality standards of business education internationally, for the benefit of Business Schools, MBA students and graduates and alumni, employers, communities and society.
  
• Gamma Iota Sigma: GIS leads the sustainable growth and diversification of the insurance industry's student talent pipeline across all functional areas.

Scholarships

As you approach college (or graduate school), be sure to seek out scholarships and financial awards to lighten the financial load. Below, find scholarships organized by discipline, applicant group, and region.

• John Galt Solutions: John Galt Solutions will award a $10,000 scholarship twice a year to individuals seeking undergraduate education in business forecasting or supply chain management.
  
• Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals: AICP Scholarship Program awards scholarships annually to undergraduate and graduate students who majoring in Insurance, Actuarial Science, Economics, Finance, Management, Mathematics, Risk Management, Statistics, or a Business-related field.
  
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners: The Ritchie-Jennings Memorial scholarship award scholarships for students who major or minor in accounting, business administration, finance or criminal justice and demonstrate a desire to pursue a career in fraud examination or similar anti-fraud profession.
  
• Scarlett Family Foundation: Scarlett Family Foundation provides scholarships for graduating high school senior, an individual who obtained a GED, or a college freshmen, sophomore, or junior who pursue a Business or STEM degree at a 4-year, non-profit college or university.
  
• Institute of Management Accountants, Inc.: CMA Scholarship is awarded for high-achieving students (undergrad through Ph.D.) in management accounting.
  
• Rentdeals.com: The Dreamer Scholarship is a $1000 award available to college students currently enrolled in a regionally accredited post-secondary institution who are majoring in either a Business or Science discipline.
  
• Daughter of the American Revolution: The Mary Elizabeth Lockwood Beneventi MBA Scholarship is a one-time preferred amount $2,000 scholarship for a student attending graduate school full time in an accredited college or university and majoring in business administration.
  
• Marketing EDGE: Marketing EDGE Scholarship is awarded for undergraduate students who demonstrate an interest in marketing (classes, internships, extracurricular activities).
  
• SHRM: SHRM provides scholarships for graduate students who study HR-related (e.g. business, psychology, HR, org development, etc.).
  
• SILA Foundation: SILA Foundation provides scholarships to students focused on careers in the insurance and securities industry for use at any accredited post-secondary college or university within the continental United States.
  
• Phi Chi Theta: Phi Chi Theta provides scholarships for its member who exemplify scholastic achievement, leadership and commitment to the ideals of Phi Chi Theta - characteristics of a business leader.
  
• International Association of Exhibitions and Events: Each year, Helen Brett Scholarships are awarded to individuals who are exploring the study of exhibition management with the end goal of advancing their careers in this field.
  
• Spencer Education: Spencer awards scholarships to full-time undergraduate students who majoring/minoring in Risk Management/Insurance or a related field of study (e.g., actuarial science, business, finance, information technology).
  
• TELACU: The David C. Lizárraga Fellowship is awarded to graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in Business and Engineering.
  
• Mid-Atlantic Security Traders Association: The Mid-Atlantic STA Foundation awards annual scholarship to students of business, finance, and economics.
  
• LAGRANT Foundation: LAGRANT Foundation (TLF) scholarship is awarded to underrepresented undegraduate students who major in a field of study that has an emphasis on advertising, marketing or public relations.
  
• AfterCollege: AfterCollege Business Student Scholarship is awarded to students working toward a degree (AA,AS, BA,BS, MS, PhD) in a field of business.
  
• Cargill Global Scholars: The Cargill Global Scholars Program is a distinctive, two-year leadership development program that provides financial support, in addition to leadership development training and one-on-one mentoring.
  
• Dairy Management Inc.: Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), annually awards scholarships to eligible undergraduate students (sophomore through senior) enrolled in college/university programs (majoring communications/public relations, journalism, marketing, business, economics, nutrition, food science, and Ag education).
  
• Washington Media Scholars Foundation: Successful Media Fellows Scholarship is an essay based scholarships for students whose academic interests are at the intersection of advertising and public policy including Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Business, Political Science, Strategic Media and other majors.
  
• Party Headphones: Party Headphones Business-Forward Student Scholarship is awarded to students who can demonstrate an interest in one or more of the following industries: business development, digital marketing, consumer product design, sound engineering, entertainment technology, and marketing or automation.
  
• Premier Roofing Company: Premier Roofing Company offers scholarships to college students interested in sales.
  
• Project Management Institute Educational Foundation: Robert J. Yourzak Scholarship Fund is an academic scholarship valued at up to US$2,000 and is open to all students pursuing graduate or undergraduate degrees in Project Management or related fields of study from accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities anywhere in the world.
  
• Titan SEO Group: Titan SEO Group provides scholarship of $1000 every semester to eligible marketing students who are currently registered at an officially accredited University or College.
  
• MaxHome Now: MaxHome Scholarship Program is an annual essay based scholarships for undergraduate students in business, business management, advertising, marketing, or related fields.
  
• Nomad Capitalist: Nomad Capitalist provides scholarships for business students attending undergraduate or graduate school in the United States within the next twelve months.
  
• Triadex Services: The Triadex Services Scholarship Program is an achievement-based scholarship awarded to graduating high school seniors and/or current college students each year.
  
• Franchise Foundation: Doc Cohen Franchising Scholarship is a scholarship for college or university students majoring in business, finance, marketing, food service, hospitality, franchising, or entrepreneurship.
  
• Franchise Foundation: Stewart and Jane Bainum Fund is an annual competitive one-time award for students who study business, hospitality, or franchise management.
  
• Franchise Foundation: Fred DeLuca Scholarship will provide financial assistance to students with studies in business/entrepreneurship or franchise management.
  
• ApproveMe.com: ApproveMe is offering a one-time award scholarship for students pursuing higher education in the United States.
  
• Fisher Investments: Fisher Investments "Invest in Your Future" College Scholarship Program will award $5,000 to one college student who is demonstrating financial literacy skills and a commitment to achieving their financial goal.
  
• Big Blanket: Big Blanket Dream Big Scholarship offers two exceptional undergraduate or graduate business students per year.

Scholarships by Group or Region

• Microsoft: The BAM Scholarship is for Black students who pursue a bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, computer information systems, or select business programs (such as finance, business administration, or marketing).
  
• League of United Latin American Citizens: The GE/LNESC Scholarship Program awards $5,000 scholarships to qualified minority students who are enrolled as business or engineering majors.
  
• Prospanica: Prospanica provides scholarships for Hispanic/Latino students who enroll in a postgraduate (Master's or PhD) or undergraduate program in an accredited university business school.
  
• California Association of Realtors: California Association of REALTORS Scholarship is awarded to student at a California College or University pursuing a degree for a career in the real estate field.
  
• Asian Pacific Fund: Matt Fong Asian Americans in Public Finance Scholarship is awarded to Asian sophomore, junior or senior at a four-year college or university who pursue accounting, political science, public policy, business administration or related fields at California.
  
• Asian Pacific Fund: Seguritan: Frederick and Demi Seguritan Scholarship is awarded to incoming Asian American freshman who have interest in business and resident of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara or Solano county in California.
  
• Worthy: Worthy Scholarship provides scholarships for women over 30 who pursue degrees in fields like education, healthcare, business, and social work.
  
• California Expo State Fair: Blue Diamond International Scholarship is awarded to California students who have an emphasis and interest in International Agricultural Trade, with a major of agriculture, economics, business, international studies, language studies, etc.
  
• California Expo State Fair: Business or Agricultural Business Scholarship is awarded to California students who pursue Business or Agricultural Business major.
  
• Servco: The Fukunaga Scholarship Foundation's scholarships are awarded to encourage students from Hawaii to work towards a career in Business.
  
• Grand Rapid Community Foundation: NAIFA West Michigan Scholarship is awarded to student who is a resident of Kent or contiguous counties pursuing a full-time undergraduate (third-year or above) or graduate degree as a business/financial major at a Michigan public or private college/university.
  
• Grand Rapid Community Foundation: Peggy (Kommer) Novosad Scholarship Student is awarded to Michigan undergraduate and graduate students who pursue degree in business, law, or education at any accredited university in Michigan.
  
• Grand Rapid Community Foundation: Reach for Your Goal Scholarship is awarded to Kent County high school senior or student who has been accepted into an accredited Michigan trade school, college or university.
  
• Hispanic Heritage: Youth Award is awarded to Latino high school seniors who excel in the classroom and community and for their excellence in various categories including: Business & Finance, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Education, Healthcare & Science, Media & Entertainment, Social Justice and Technology.
  
• Zonta International: Jane M. Klausman (JMK) Women in Business Scholarship program helps women pursue undergraduate and master's degrees in business management.
  
• SIOR Foundation: The Mildred C. (Millie) Hanson, SIOR Memorial Fund grants scholarship to an outstanding junior or senior undergraduate female student enrolled in an accredited real estate, business, or finance program at a college or university in the United States or Canada who intends to pursue a career in commercial real estate.
  
• RDW Group: RDW Minority Scholarship is awarded to RI minority students pursue studies in marketing and communications.
  
• Blue Grass Community Foundation: The Stephen L. Keller Scholarship is annually awarded to outstanding students from Eastern Kentucky who intend to major in a business-related field.
  
• LWCC: Stephen W. Cavanaugh Scholarship Fund is awarded to students studying an insurance-related field as a full-time student at an accredited university, college or community college in Louisiana.
  
• Better Business Bureau: The Students of Integrity Scholarship is an essay scholarship that recognizes high school juniors and seniors from Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Western Wyoming.
  
• American Indian Graduate Center: The Accenture American Indian Scholarship Fund is awarded to American Indian and Alaska Native students pursuing degree in various engineering, computer science, operations management, management, finance, marketing and other business-oriented fields.
  
• Hispanic Federation: Rivera-Alers Scholarship Fund is granted for Latinx students from Bronx who pursue business majors.
  
• Kirtland Foundation: The Kirtland Foundation Scholarship award provides deserving individuals within Lackawanna County who study business, accounting, finance, marketing, human resources, public administration, tax, labor relations, economics, management, and other related majors leading to a career in the business field.
  
• Forte Foundation: Forté Fellowships are prestigious, competitive awards that are recognized women in business.
  
• Reaching Out MBA: The ROMBA LGBT+ Fellowship is a joint effort between prominent business school programs and Reaching Out to develop the out LGBT+ and active ally business leaders of tomorrow.

Bottom Line

Locating financial resources or scholarships can be an arduous task, but don't get discouraged. This list is a good place to start your business career off on the right foot. Best of luck!