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
Varies Robert L. and Elayne M. Jacobson Endowed Scholarship - Natural Science
Recipient must be a full-time WSC student meeting these criteria:...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Robert M. and Helen A. Lehr Pre-Nursing Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a freshman State of residence Major
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Rod and Loreta Tompkins Annual Scholarship
One applicant must be a member of the Women’s Rugby Club. Second...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Rod Jorgensen Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of Wayne...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Rod Varilek Scholarship
Award alternates between a biology major (2019-2020) and a business...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Rollie W. Ley Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Ron and Kathy Fink Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Ron Holt Civic Engagement Award
Applicant must be a graduating high school senior. Applicant will be...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Ronald G. Carlson Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be from Sioux City Iowa or South Sioux City, Nebraska....
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Root-Engelen Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a full time student at Wayne State College with a...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Rose and Nola Peterson Family Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Ruby V. Pedersen ""Excellence in English"" Scholarship
Applicant must be a humanities major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Rudolph D. Swartz Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a Nebraska native. Applicant must be an education...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies S. Edwin Jones-Kay Corporation Scholarship - Humanities
Applicant must be a humanities major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies S. Edwin Jones-Kay Corporation Scholarship - Business
Applicant must be a business major. Applicant must be an undergraduate...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies S.K deFreese Campus Ministry Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Sandra L. Metz Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Sandy Brown Environmental Scholarship
The recipient(s) must be a full-time who (1) attends Wayne State...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Sayre Andersen - Gilbert Vaughan Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an english major...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Schieffer Family Scholarship
Awarded to a full time student with a 3.0 or above GPA.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Science, Math & Technology Endowed Scholarship in Honor of the Stammer Family
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a Physical...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Shannon Briese Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to a graduate of River Valley High Schools or with a...
Deadline05/01/2026
$1,000.00 Sharon Toelle Carlson Endowed Scholarship
The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: a....
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Shirley Sage Sawatzke Elementary Education Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a WSC student from Nebraska who is an Elementary...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Special Housing Award - 2 Year
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Special Housing Award - 4 Year
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Special Housing Scholarship - 2 Year
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Special Housing Scholarship - 4 Year
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Stanley and Mildred Griffith Fields Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a Nebraska or Iowan native. Applicant must be a new...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies State Nebraska Bank & Trust Scholarship
Applicant must be a business major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Steve Srb Education Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Steven and Marysz Rames Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Stolle Family Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a full time student attending Wayne State College.
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Students Assisting Students Endowed Scholarship
The Applicants must be a student attending Wayne State College and have...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Susan and George Menking Endowed Psychology Scholarship
Applicant must be a Psychology major. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Sweeney Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an elementary education majors. Applicant must be...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Tau Kappa Epsilon Scholarship Fund - Norman Brown Memorial Award
Applicant will be selected by hand.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Tau Kappa Epsilon Scholarship Fund - Paul V. Campbell Award
Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must have a 3.0 GPA or...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies The Beacom and Demke Family Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies The Wildcat's Pen: Essay Prize for Language and Literature
Applicant must be in Language and Literature. Applicant must be a...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Theodore and Mary Dohrman Scholarship
Applicant is new freshmen. Applicant must have a 25 or higher ACT.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Ursula Wriedt Klatt Endowed Scholarship Awarded in Honor of the four Wriedt Children: Frances, Inez, Ursula, and Cecil
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Victor P. and Amy L. Morey Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Waldo H. and Anita Johnson Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a WSC student who is an Elementary or Secondary...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Walter and Lucille Peterson Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an elementary education major. Applicant must be a new...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Walter G. Ingram Scholarship
Applicant must be a science major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Warren A. Cook Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a first...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Wayne Rotary Club Annual Scholarship
Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must be a graduate of...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Wayne Rotary Club Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a full-time enrolled incoming freshman that has...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Webber Memorial Mathematics Scholarship
Applicant must be a mathematics and mathematics majors. Applicant must...
Deadline05/01/2026