Oklahoma City
There are many scholarships for Oklahoma City students. If you are searching for scholarships for a particular
high school located in Oklahoma City, please select the appropriate school from the list below.
The scholarship database contains scholarships for Oklahoma City students in the following categories:
Oklahoma City High School Scholarships
Oklahoma City College Scholarships
Oklahoma City University Scholarships
Scholarships
For School Specific Scholarships, select one of the schools below:
Belle Isle Enterprise School
Brink Junior High School
Central Middle School
Classen Middle School Of Advanced Studies
Cooper Middle School
Crooked Oak Middle School
Douglass Middle School
Emerson Alternative Education (High School)
Emerson Alternative Education (Middle School)
Hoover Middle School
Independence Charter Middle School
Jackson Middle School
John Wesley Charter School
Kipp Enterprise School
Mayfield Middle School
NE Academy Health/Science/Engineering
NE Academy Health/Science/Engineering
Roosevelt Middle School
Taft Middle School
U. S. Grant High School
Webster Middle School
West Junior High School
Oklahoma City is oil rich. As a matter of fact, the city itself is situated in the middle of an oil field. Oil derricks are a common sight. Petroleum, oil and natural gas form the main sector of the economy. Oklahoma City is also one of the leading livestock markets in the world. The Tinker Air Force Base and the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center hire many local residents.
In 1889, Homesteaders started to settle within the area and in just one day, the population grew by over 10,000 people. Oklahoma City was named the state capital during 1910. The population grew quickly once more during the 1920s with the discovery of oil. Oklahoma City became a regional power center of energy exploration and government. The oil business has been the city's main sector up to now. The city of Oklahoma is where the parking meter and the traffic signal were invented.
The economy of Oklahoma City is extremely diversified with much business focused on services, information technology, health services and administration sectors. Two Fortune 500 companies are situated within the city of Oklahoma: Devon Energy Corporation and the Chesapeake Energy Corporation. There are some Fortune 1000 companies here as well. Oklahoma City is home to the corporate restaurants and corporate headquarters of Sonic Drive-In. Devon Energy has plans for a huge skyscraper in the city downtown, likely to open in 2013. Continental Resources plans to base its new head office downtown during 2012.
A lot of Oklahoma's inhabitants are working at federal and state government agencies such as the Tinker Air Force Base, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Central Oklahoma. Major companies comprise AAA, AT&T, Bank of America, American Fidelity, Bank of Oklahoma, The Boeing Company, Braum's, Dell, Farmer's Insurance, The Hertz Corporation, The Hartford, Integris Health Chase, JP Morgan, Mercy Heath System, St. Anthony Health System, Williams-Sonoma, Sprint/Nextel, United Parcel Service and Xerox.