6 Scholarships for Deaf Students (April 2025)

The purpose of the Hearing Loss Association of America Central Oklahoma Chapter Scholarship is to support Oklahoma students with hearing loss. Applicants must be residents of Oklahoma and enrolling in a post-secondary institution. Students must provide official documentation of hearing loss. Applicants must provide transcripts with GPA, a copy of a valid ID, a copy of acceptance letter, a completed application and an essay.

The organization's focus is to concentrate on communicative disorders. Applicants must be entering or continuing as full-time undergraduates in the U.S., show proof that they have a clinically significant (40dB) bilateral hearing loss and have a minimum 3.2 GPA for all high school and college courses.

The purpose of the Blind or Deaf Higher Education Beneficiary Grant is to support blind or deaf undergraduate or graduate Pennsylvania students attending a post-secondary institution. Applicants must be Pennsylvania residents and be enrolled at least half-time in a post-secondary institution maintaining satisfactory academic progress. Students must submit one of the following: a signed letter confirming you have been evaluated and are eligible to receive benefits from the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation or a completed, signed and dated Medical Professional Certification Form from your physician regarding their visual and/or hearing impairment.

The purpose of the Murice C. Talley Memorial Scholarship is to assist students in the Western North Carolina area. Applicants must be graduating seniors of Avery County's Crossnore Academy, Burke County's public high schools and the North Carolina School for the Deaf at Morganton.

The purpose of the H.E.A.R Scholarship is to assist students in the Peoria Public Schools. Applicants must be deaf and hard-of-hearing students, from a nine-county area, wishing to pursue a post-secondary education. Students must have received services from MCA and have a documented hearing impairment.

The purpose of the George H. Nofer Scholarship for Law and Public Policy is to assist graduate students with a moderate to profound hearing loss. Applicants must attend or be accepted to attend full-time an accredited law school or a master's or doctoral program in public policy or public administration and must use spoken language as the primary mode of communication. Students must also have a pre-lingual and bilateral hearing loss. Applications are available online.