Salt Lake City

There are many scholarships for Salt Lake City students. If you are searching for scholarships for a particular high school located in Salt Lake City, please select the appropriate school from the list below. The scholarship database contains scholarships for Salt Lake City students in the following categories:

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Sallie Mae "No Essay" Scholarship

Deadline: Nov 30, 2023
$2,000
The $2,000 Sallie Mae Scholarship is only open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and any US Territory age 17 or older at the time of entry, and who meet one (1) of the four (4) following eligibility requirements at the time of entry:A parent who currently has a child enrolled in an accredited...

Be Bold Scholarship

Deadline: Dec 01, 2023
$25,000
The "Be Bold" Scholarship is a no-essay scholarship that will be awarded to the applicant with the boldest profile. It takes less than 2 minutes to apply.To us, boldest does not mean "best", or "most accomplished". Being bold means being:A) EarnestB) DeterminedC) MovingThe scholarship will be awarded to the student whose profile is most bold, according to these characteristics.Furthermore, the...

Big Future Scholarship

Deadline: Nov 30, 2023
$40,000
The Scholarship Program is open to seniors in high school who meet the eligibility requirements. If you are an eligible student, by completing a college planning step using your College Board account, you will automatically earn a chance to win a $500 scholarship and an additional chance to win a $40,000 scholarship.There are no essay, minimum GPA, test score, or...

Niche $50,000 Scholarship

Deadline: Dec 14, 2023
$50,000
Covering the cost of college expenses for four years without writing a single essay? Sounds too good to be true.It isn't with Niche. We are giving one student $50,000 (our biggest scholarship yet) to help pay for tuition, living expenses, books, and other educational expenses.Who Can ApplyAll high school and college students, as well as anyone looking to attend college...

CollegeXpress Scholarship

Deadline: Nov 30, 2023
$10,000
Since 1995, our mission has been to help connect students with the right schools for them. Carnegie Dartlet, the organization that houses CollegeXpress, is an educational publisher and higher education marketing agency. Every year, thousands of students across the United States and around the world discover their colleges using our websites, magazines, and services.  This scholarship has an intake period...

Appily Easy Money Scholarship

Deadline: Nov 30, 2023
$1,000
The Appily scholarship application is fast and easy.Scholarship Eligibility: This scholarship is open to high school sophomores, juniors, and first semester senior students for all majors and schools. We will judge this scholarship based on other criteria such as volunteer work, extracurricular activities, special circumstances, etc.About the sponsors of the scholarship (EAB and Appily):EAB is the market leader in helping colleges...

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The capital city of Utah State, the city of Salt Lake or SLC serves a population of just over 185,000, making it the most heavily populated city in the state. It is part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, population 1,124,197. The larger urban region wherein Salt Lake is located is called the Wasatch Front, that has a population of over 2 million. The Wasatch Front and the city of Reno, in the state of Nevada, are the two largest urban areas in the Great Basin.

Brigham Young, Mormon leader together with his followers established the village in 1847. The Mormon settlers changed a dry valley with irrigation and cultivation. Until the year 1868 the city of Salt Lake was named "Great Salt Lake City" after Great Salt Lake nearby. Salt Lake City is home to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) world headquarters. Mormons comprise around 50% of the population of Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City was known as the Crossroads of the West. The economy was boosted by immigration of LDS Church members from abroad, mining booms and a railroad boom. In the year 1913, Salt Lake became the intersecting point of the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway and the transcontinental railroad. Now, the I-15 and I-80, two main cross-country freeways, intersect within the city.

Salt Lake City is popular for its skiing facilities. The city of Salt Lake played host to the 2002 Winter Olympics. The outdoor recreation tourist business is vital to the economy of the city of Salt Lake. Tourists seeking outdoor adventure come to visit the Wasatch Mountains nearby.

Salt Lake City has a bustling and thriving arts and culture sector. Salt Lake City likewise has a lot of museums, including: The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, The Children's Museum of Utah, The Clark Planetarium, The Red Butte Garden and Arboretum and The Utah Museum of Natural History.

A large number of the local residents are employed by either the federal, state, and local. The other key city industries include business and professional services, trade, transportation and utilities. Industrial banking is a key economic sector. Most of the country's industrial banks are headquartered in the Salt Lake City region. In addition, Salt Lake City has many call centers, convention centers and regional distribution centers.

The University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare are major employers in Salt Lake City. Other major businesses headquartered in the city include Sinclair Oil Corporation, Alpha Graphics, Smith's Food and Drug and Zions Bancorporation.