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 February 1, 2027.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
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...	Deadline12/01/2026
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...	Deadline12/01/2026
Full tuition, renewable for four years.	NSCS Board of Trustees' Scholarship Awarded on the basis of academic achievement, eligible students must be...	Deadline12/01/2026
Full tuition and half housing costs, renewable for four years.	Presidential Scholarship Awarded on the basis of academic achievement, eligible students must...	Deadline12/01/2026
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...	Deadline12/01/2026
$650.00	AHU Achievement Scholarship Incoming Freshmen in AHU Majors	Deadline05/01/2027
Varies	Alice Korth and Gale Bathke Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be from Bloomfield Pierce or Wayne. Applicant must be an...	Deadline05/01/2027
Minimum award of $5,000 towards tuition freshmen year, $6,000 towards tuition sophomore year, $7,000 towards tuition junior year, and $5,000 towards tuition and up to $10,000 in housing costs in select partner communities.	Career Scholars Cooperative Education Program The Career Scholars Cooperative Education Program is an accelerated...	Deadline05/01/2027
$2,000, renewable for 4 years	Dean's Commitment Admissions-based scholarship awarded to select incoming freshmen...	Deadline05/01/2027
$4,000, renewable for 4 years	Dean's Excellence Admissions-based scholarship awarded to select incoming freshmen...	Deadline05/01/2027
$2,000.00	International Student Award Incoming Freshmen International	Deadline05/01/2027
Varies	Marlyn and Patricia Washburn Endowed Scholarship - Math Must be a full time student attending Wayne State College and a major in...	Deadline05/01/2027
$4,000, renewable for 4 years	President's Commitment Admissions-based scholarship awarded to select incoming freshmen...	Deadline05/01/2027
$5,000, renewable for 4 years	President's Excellence Admissions-based scholarship awarded to select incoming freshmen...	Deadline05/01/2027
Varies	The Wildcat's Pen: Essay Prize for Language and Literature Applicant must be in Language and Literature. Applicant must be a...	Deadline05/01/2027
$1,000, renewable for 4 years	Wildcat Commitment Admissions-based scholarship awarded to select incoming freshmen...	Deadline05/01/2027
$1,000, renewable for 2 years.	Wildcat Promise Admissions-based scholarship awarded to select incoming freshmen...	Deadline05/01/2027
Varies	Art & Design Scholarships - Incoming Freshmen Eligible applicants must be new first-time freshmen majoring in Studio...
Varies	Music Scholarships Applicant must be a first time student. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Full tuition, renewable for four years.	Rural Law Opportunities Program (RLOP) The Rural Law Opportunities Program (RLOP) is a dynamic partnership...
Varies	Carl and Hilda Urwiler Memorial Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a graduate of Laurel-Concord High School. Applicant...	Ended
Varies	Carl and Norma Linster Memorial Scholarship Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must be a computer...	Ended
Varies	General Endowed Scholarships Applicant will be selected by hand.	Ended
Varies	Golden Apple Award Applicant will be selected by hand.	Ended
Varies	Haven Fund Applicant will be selected by hand.	Ended
$0.00	NSCS Governor's Opportunity Award Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of a...	Ended
Varies	Robert L. and Elayne M. Jacobson Endowed Scholarship - Education Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be an elementary...	Ended
Varies	Robert L. and Elayne M. Jacobson Endowed Scholarship - Natural Science Applicant must be a Natural Science major. Applicant must be a new...	Ended
Varies	Builders of the Future Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a WSC student majoring in Industrial Technology...	Ended
Varies	Grace Frink & Willa Hahlbeck Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a full-time WSC student majoring in Elementary...	Ended
Varies	The McGee Health Science Scholarship Applicant must be a WSC student majoring in Pre-Professional/Medicine	Ended
$0.00	AHU Annual Scholarship Applicant must be an eligible student who is an Arts & Humanities major,...	Ended
Varies	Albert G. Carlson Memorial Music Scholarship Applicant must be a music major First preference shall be given to...	Ended
$230.00	Aletha Acers Steele Burgess Poetry Prize Applicant will be selected by hand.	Ended
Varies	Alexis Ann Rohrberg Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a biology major Applicant must be a returning student.	Ended
$585.00	Alice Whitt Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a speech communication major.	Ended
$580.00	Alvin E. and Edna Fauss Osburn Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an art or music major.	Ended
Varies	Anneliese Helga Cawthon Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a graduate...	Ended
Varies	April Wylie Riesberg Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a sophomore...	Ended
Varies	Ardath Conn Scholarship Applicant will be selected by hand.	Ended
Varies	Arnold Emry Commitment to Education Scholarship Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
$0.00	Art & Design Scholarships - Current Students Students must be a current full-time student majoring in Studio Art, Art...	Ended
Varies	Arthur and Edith Cook Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
Varies	Aventure Staffing Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a Junior or Senior. Applicant must be a business or...	Ended
$1,610.00	Baier Business Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a WSC student who has achieved Junior or Senior...	Ended
Varies	Bill and Betty Reeg Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Ended
Varies	Bill and Valerie Koeber Endowed Music Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Ended
$1,255.00	Bob and Debbie Ensz Marching Band Endowed Scholarship Applicant must have completed their Junior year. has participated in the...	Ended
$505.00	Bob Keating Memorial Business Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a business major Applicant must be a sophomore junior,...	Ended
$2,515.00	Bob Reeg Memorial Endowed Scholarship First preference to a sophomore or above who plays the clarinet for WSC....	Ended

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