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, 2026 with a priority deadline of December 1, 2026 for many new incoming freshmen scholarships and a final deadline of May 1, 2027.

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, 2026 with a final deadline of January 4, 2027.

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
Varies Cooperating Schools Scholarship
Applicant will be selected by hand. Are you eligible to receive public...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Cornell and Diana Runestad Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a member of...
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Craig and Marcy Bicknell Endowed Scholarship
Applicants must be a student attending Wayne State College who is a...
Deadline01/04/2027
$500.00 Criminal Justice Alumni Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a member of...
Deadline01/04/2027
$500.00 CTIS Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Computer...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies CTIS Retired Faculty Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Computer...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Cyrus V. and Francina L. Jones Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
$250.00 Dale L. Riehart Annual Broadcasting Scholarship
Applicant must be a mass communications major. Applicant must be a...
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Dan Barcus Memorial Business Administration Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a full-time student from Iowa, Nebraska, or Kansas...
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Dana J. and Cindy J. Janssen Family Scholarship
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Daniel Ference Scholarship
Applicant must be a Liberal Arts major Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Darold and Maxine Bobier Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must have a GPA of 3.0 or above. Applicant must be a Business...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Darold and Maxine Bobier Math Scholarship in Memory of Jessie Boyce
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Darrel and Phyllis Rahn Endowed Scholarship
Full time WSC Student majoring in Education
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies David & Donna Ewing Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a US Citizen....
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies David and Darlene Janovy Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies David and Freda Wolf Scholarship
Applicant must be a graduate of Pierce High School. Applicant must be a...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies David E. Stevens Memorial English Education Scholarship
Applicant must be an english major Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
$790.00 David Remmen Memorial Graduate Assistant Award
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must currently be a...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Dean A. Metz Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a physics math,...
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Dean Jacobs Endowed Scholarship
Must be a first generation student who has been involved in Service...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Deborah (Jones) and Bruce Lundahl Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be majoring in a Pre-Professional medical field.
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Delta Kappa Gamma Endowed Scholarshiop
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education major
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Delta Sigma Pi - Dr. Ken Halsey Scholarship
Applicant must be a business major. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline01/04/2027
$3,255.00 Delta Sigma Pi - Willard Wollenhaupt Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Business major.
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Dennis and Marcia Hult Elementary Education Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Deadline01/04/2027
$8,850.00 Dennis and Marcia Hult Mathematics Education Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Dick and Becky Keidel Wildcat Annual 2
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Dick and Becky Keidel Wildcat Annual 4 Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Dick and Becky Keidel Wildcat Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
$1,700.00 Dick Manley Journalism Scholarship
Applicant must be a journalism major.
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Don and Carol Bremer Education Endowed Scholarship - Laurel High School
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a graduate of...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Don and Carol Bremer Education Endowed Scholarship-Neligh
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Don and Carol Bremer Family Endowed Education Scholarship
Applicant must be a graduate of Laurel High School. Applicant must be a...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Don and Carol Bremer Renewable Education Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an Education major. Applicant must be an incoming...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Don and Diane Soukup Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Don and Ginger Robson Education Endowed Scholarship
The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: A....
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Don and Jean Means Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must have a 3.0 GPA or...
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Donald and Diane (Massman) Soukup Endowed Scholarship
The Recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: ...
Deadline01/04/2027
$1,000.00 Donald E. and Claudia E. Koeber Endowed Scholarship
The recipient(s) must be a fulltime student attending Wayne State...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Donald H. and Barbara Jo Pedersen Endowed Ag Business Scholarships
Applicants must be a full-time student attending Wayne State College...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Donna Clark Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Social...
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Donna M. (Hillegas) Krause Elementary Education Scholarship
First preference to a graduate from Homer or Winnebago High School who...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Donna Sonner Holmes Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an elementary or secondary education major. Applicant...
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Doris E. Henderson Marcellus Endowed Scholarship
The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and a...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Dorothy Glover McClellan Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a music education major.
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Dorothy Ley Learning Disabilities Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Dr. and Mrs. T.T. Jones / Helen Addy Brown Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
$615.00 Dr. Andria Cooper Criminal Justice Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a WSC student who is a Criminal Justice major and has...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Dr. Archie L. and Margaret P. McPherran Scholarship
Applicant must be from Wayne County NE. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027