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
$0.00 F.M. Dietrich Annual Scholarship
Applicants must be students attending Wayne State College A. $1,000...
Deadline01/04/2027
$1,000.00 F.M. Dietrich Annual Scholarship - Music
Applicants must be students attending Wayne State College a. $1,000...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Faith Nuernberger Memorial Endowed Scholarship - Education
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Deadline01/04/2027
$3,430.00 Faith Nuernberger Memorial Endowed Scholarship - Music Education
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a music...
Deadline01/04/2027
$1,360.00 Family and Consumer Science Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a sophomore or above. Applicant must be a Family and...
Deadline01/04/2027
$210.00 Family and Consumer Sciences Alumni Scholarship
Applicant must be a family and consumer sciences major. Applicant must...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Family and Consumer Sciences Faculty Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a Family and...
Deadline01/04/2027
$500.00 Faye Bowyer Saxton Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major with an emphasis in Mathematics....
Deadline01/04/2027
$535.00 FBLA-PBL (Phi Beta Lambda) Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies First Nebraska Bank of Wayne/ Wayne Community Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of Wayne...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Francis J and Marilyn J (Allstot) Sudbeck Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an education...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Frank Adams Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be enrolled full...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Frank and Elsie Heine Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Freeman Bernard Decker & Constance Herndon Decker Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Friends of Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a music major.
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Fuelberth Endowed Math and Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a Math/Science major or Music major.
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Gail A. (Grone) Roach Endowed Nursing Scholarship
The Recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: A....
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Gallisath Student Success Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must have a GPA of 3.5...
Deadline01/04/2027
$1,000.00 Garhart Annual Band Scholarship
Non-Music Major participating in band, minimum 2.0 GPA, member of the...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Garwood Scholarship
Applicant must be an undergraduate student. Applicant must be a new...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Gary and Janice Small Endowed Scholarship
The recipient(s) must be a full-time undergraduate student with at least...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Gary Krallman Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a math major Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Gay (Koppelman) Tanner and John Tanner English Teacher Track Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a WSC student who is an English major on a teaching...
Deadline01/04/2027
$1,785.00 Gene & Kathy (Weber) Schwarting Math Education Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Gene and Joan Willmott Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Genevieve and Emil Klabenes Family Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be from Knox Holt, Antelope, or Wheeler County. Applicant...
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 George Burcum and Susan Boust Endowed Scholarship
Applicants must be a student attending Wayne State College and:...
Deadline01/04/2027
$2,925.00 George L. and Deborah C. Shuck Business Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies George Ora and Amy Nora Burcum Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a healthcare...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Gladys and Leo Dalton Education Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline01/04/2027
$2,390.00 Gnuse-Krohn Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Gordon and Carin McGee Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an incoming freshman attending Wayne State College and...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Gordon Shupe Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a health services career. Applicant must be a new...
Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00 Great Dane Annual Scholarship
Thee recipient must be a student attending Wayne State College a. Awards...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Greg Pribil Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a graduate of an O’Neill NE High School. Applicant...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Gulliver Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline01/04/2027
$2,210.00 H.I.G. Endowed Business Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...
Deadline01/04/2027
$525.00 Hanawalt Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be an english major Applicant must be a returning...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Harold & Mae Frey Endowed Scholarship-Emerson-Hubbard
Applicant must be a graduate of Emerson-Hubbard High School. Applicant...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Harold & Mae Frey Endowed Scholarship-Pierce
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of Pierce...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Harold and Beverly Olson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a education and/or counseling major Applicant must be...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Harold and Mae Frey Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be an education...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Harold E. Willey Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Farmer or Rancher dependent
Deadline01/04/2027
$1,500.00 Hass Foundation Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be majoring in...
Deadline01/04/2027
$830.00 Helen Russell Scholarship in Acting
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a theatre...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Henry Ashley Edsall Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline01/04/2027
$715.00 Henry Ley Theatre Scholarship
Applicant must be a theatre or drama major. Applicant must be a new...
Deadline01/04/2027
$2,495.00 Herb and Sherry Mignery Scholarship
Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must have financial...
Deadline01/04/2027
Varies Heritage Homes/Heritage Industries Annual Scholarship
Awarded to full-time undergraduate student who is a full-time employee...
Deadline01/04/2027
$420.00 Hilda (Bradenburg) Jochens Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a student majoring in a program in the Department of...
Deadline01/04/2027