- Chapman–1400 scholarships available
- Pepperdine–300 scholarships
- University of Pacific–350 scholarships
- U. of Redlands–UNLIMITED scholarships; 10 full tuition
- USC–450 scholarships
- Westmont, Santa Barbara–650 scholarships
- Whittier–Varies
- CSU Fresno–900 scholarships
- CSU Northridge–575 scholarships
- San Jose State–450 scholarships
- Sonoma State–500 scholarships
Top Western Colleges for Merit Scholarships
- U. of Colorado, Boulder–625 scholarships available
- Gonzaga University–UNLIMITED scholarships
- U. of Puget Sound–350 scholarships
- Whitworth, Spokane–UNLIMITED scholarships
- U. of Washington, Seattle–250 scholarships
- Baylor University, Texas–UNLIMITED scholarships
- Trinity University, San Antonio–350 scholarships
- U. of Portland–UNLIMITED scholarships
- Linfield, McMinnville, Oregon–Varies
- Willamette U, Salem, Oregon–Varies
- U. of Idaho, Moscow–5000 Academic
- Boise State–974 scholarships
- Chaminade U, Honolulu–UNLIMITED scholarships
Excellent schools that are popular, such as Claremont (30 merit), Harvey Mudd (10), Pitzer (40) offer very few and they are extremely competitive.
Popular good schools, such as Occidental offer some (100 for Oxy).
Catholic Colleges–Loyola Marymount (few) , Santa Clara U (some) , USF (some) etc. offer some to few. ‘Some’ means–25 or so in total.
Barbara Austin, PhD has spent 30 years sitting across the table from anxious families who did everything right and still felt lost. As founder of College Quest, LLC in the San Francisco Bay Area, she has guided thousands of students into Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley and more. She is the author of the Great Strategies College Guides series.
