All Opportunities

Welcome to the Wayne State College Scholarship Opportunities Homepage. Below you will find a listing of scholarships available to Wayne State students with brief information about the scholarship qualifications. Many of these scholarship opportunities will not require additional information, as you will automatically qualify based on your application information.

Instructions for Incoming Freshmen: please log in with your WSC user name and password to complete this supplemental scholarship application to be considered for additional opportunities beyond your admission-based scholarship. Please note, the WSC incoming freshmen scholarship application opens August 1, 2025 with a priority deadline of December 1, 2025 for many new incoming freshmen scholarships and a final deadline of May 1, 2026.

Instructions for Returning WSC/Incoming Transfer Students: please log in with your WSC username and password to complete the WSC returning/incoming transfer student scholarship application which opens October 1, 2025 with a final deadline of February 1, 2026.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
Full tuition, renewable for four years.	Rural Law Opportunities Program (RLOP) The Rural Law Opportunities Program (RLOP) is a dynamic partnership...	Deadline11/14/2025
Varies	Art & Design Scholarships - Incoming Freshmen Eligible applicants must be new first-time freshmen majoring in Studio...	Deadline12/01/2025
Full housing costs for one year, renewable for a second year.	Leadership Award For students who are very active in high school leadership and plan to...	Deadline12/01/2025
Full tuition, full housing costs, and $500 stipend, renewable for four years.	Neihardt Scholars Program Wayne State’s most premiere and selective scholarship program, this...	Deadline12/01/2025
Full tuition, renewable for four years.	NSCS Board of Trustees' Scholarship Awarded on the basis of academic achievement, eligible students must be...	Deadline12/01/2025
Full tuition and half housing costs, renewable for four years.	Presidential Scholarship Awarded on the basis of academic achievement, eligible students must...	Deadline12/01/2025
Full tuition, renewable for length of your program at WSC.	Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) The Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) is a dynamic partnership...	Deadline12/01/2025
Varies	Alexis Ann Rohrberg Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a biology major Applicant must be a returning student.	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Anneliese Helga Cawthon Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a graduate...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	April Wylie Riesberg Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a sophomore...	Deadline02/01/2026
$0.00	Art & Design Scholarships - Current Students Students must be a current full-time student majoring in Studio Art, Art...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Arthur and Edith Cook Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Aventure Staffing Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a Junior or Senior. Applicant must be a business or...	Deadline02/01/2026
$1,260.00	Baier Business Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a WSC student who has achieved Junior or Senior...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Bill and Betty Reeg Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Bill and Valerie Koeber Endowed Music Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline02/01/2026
$750.00	Bob and Debbie Ensz Marching Band Endowed Scholarship Applicant must have completed their Junior year. has participated in the...	Deadline02/01/2026
$505.00	Bob Keating Memorial Business Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a business major Applicant must be a sophomore junior,...	Deadline02/01/2026
$2,335.00	Bob Reeg Memorial Endowed Scholarship First preference to a sophomore or above who plays the clarinet for WSC....	Deadline02/01/2026
$1,000.00	Business Faculty Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Business major.	Deadline02/01/2026
$590.00	Carrigg Family Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an Electronic Media or Journalism major. Applicant...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	CFO Systems Annual Accounting Scholarship Applicant must be a Business Administration Accounting Major. Applicant...	Deadline02/01/2026
$1,000.00	CFO Systems Endowed Accounting Scholarship Applicant must be a student majoring in Business Administration –...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Charles and Dr. Sharon Sass Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a history political science, or geography major...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Chi Omega Sorority Alumni Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a WSC freshman...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Clara Ann Tennis Special Education Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Special...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Claybaugh Family Wayne Community Endowed Scholarship Returning Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a sophomore....	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Cornell and Diana Runestad Music Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a member of...	Deadline02/01/2026
$0.00	Craig and Marcy Bicknell Endowed Scholarship Applicants must be a student attending Wayne State College who is a...	Deadline02/01/2026
$500.00	Criminal Justice Alumni Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a member of...	Deadline02/01/2026
$500.00	CTIS Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Computer...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	CTIS Retired Faculty Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Computer...	Deadline02/01/2026
$500.00	Dale L. Riehart Annual Broadcasting Scholarship Applicant must be a mass communications major. Applicant must be a...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	David & Donna Ewing Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a US Citizen....	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	David and Darlene Janovy Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education...	Deadline02/01/2026
$745.00	David Remmen Memorial Graduate Assistant Award Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must currently be a...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Delta Kappa Gamma Endowed Scholarshiop Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education major	Deadline02/01/2026
$3,045.00	Delta Sigma Pi - Willard Wollenhaupt Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Business major.	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Dennis and Marcia Hult Elementary Education Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Deadline02/01/2026
$8,225.00	Dennis and Marcia Hult Mathematics Education Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Deadline02/01/2026
$0.00	Don and Ginger Robson Education Endowed Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: A....	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Donna Clark Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Social...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Dorothy Ley Learning Disabilities Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Dr. Clifford V. and Melba C. Wait Endowed Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline02/01/2026
$2,350.00	Dr. Dennis Thavenet Endowed Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College who...	Deadline02/01/2026
$940.00	Dr. Don Cattle Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an industrial...	Deadline02/01/2026
$480.00	Dr. Gwen Jensen Memorial Scholarship Awarded to a WSC student majoring in Communication Studies/Theatre Arts...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Dr. H. Nicholas and Joyce J. (Pilger) Windeshausen Endowed Osmond II Community Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Deadline02/01/2026
Varies	Dr. H. Nicholas and Joyce J. (Pilger) Windeshausen Endowed Plainview II Community Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Deadline02/01/2026
$1,345.00	Dr. J.S. Johar Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline02/01/2026

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