The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ scholarship program consists of more than 800 scholarships and more than $14 million awarded in one year. Currently, more than 2,300 students are on Rodeo scholarships, attending more than 80 different Texas colleges and universities. The value of these scholarships is more than $50 million. The Rodeo has presented nearly 20,000 scholarships since the first scholarship was awarded in 1957.