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 Donald H. and Barbara Jo Pedersen Endowed Ag Business Scholarships
Applicants must be a full-time student attending Wayne State College...
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Donna M. (Hillegas) Krause Elementary Education Scholarship
First preference to a graduate from Homer or Winnebago High School who...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Donna Sonner Holmes Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an elementary or secondary education major. Applicant...
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Doris E. Henderson Marcellus Endowed Scholarship
The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and a...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. and Mrs. T.T. Jones / Helen Addy Brown Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. Archie L. and Margaret P. McPherran Scholarship
Applicant must be from Wayne County NE. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. Frank Prather Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a math major Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. H. Nicholas and Joyce J. (Pilger) Windeshausen Osmond Community Scholarship 1
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of Osmond...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. H. Nicholas and Joyce J. (Pilger) Windeshausen Plainview Community Scholarship 1
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of...
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Dr. Hilbert Johs Annual Math Education Scholarship
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Dr. Howard and Carole Schmidt Endowed Scholarship
The recipients(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: ...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. James Budde and Family Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a first generation...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. Kenneth and Caroline McDonald Eng Agricultural Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be majoring in an...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. Myrle and K. Leone Hemenway Education Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. Ned J. Pickett and Dr. Carol Wiltse-Potts Medical Scholarship
Applicant must be a pre-professional program. Applicant must be a new...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. Paul D. and Marcia J. Swanson Dental Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a pre-dental major. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline05/01/2026
$790.00 Dr. Richard and Marilyn Collings Endowed Honors Scholarship
Applicant will be selected by hand. Applicant must be enrolled full time.
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Dr. Russell Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Must be an undergraduate student attending Wayne State College and: A....
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. Walter and Phebe Benthack Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be from Wayne County NE. Applicant must be a new...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Dr. William E. Slaymaker Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a modern language literature, or philosophy major....
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies E.J. Huntemer Scholarship
Applicant must be an industrial technology major. Applicant must be a...
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 EBS Annual Scholarship
Applicant must be an eligible student who is an Education & Behaviorial...
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Ed and Aleta (Faudel) Hill Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a student who is an Education major.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Education Matters Scholarship
All students who have demonstrated academic success, have made a...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Edythe Wrigley Dale Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Eleanor Fuhrman Endowed Education Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Eleanore Benthack Ingram Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a pre-medicine major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Elizabeth (Haskell) Paul Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to an applicant that is majoring in Ag and has a GPA of 2.5 or...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Ensz Family Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an incoming freshman who graduated from Wayne HS and...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Evelyn Thomsen McClain Community Scholarship
Applicant must be from Osmond NE or Plainview, NE. Applicant must be a...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies First Nebraska Bank of Wayne/ Wayne Community Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of Wayne...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Francis J and Marilyn J (Allstot) Sudbeck Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an education...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Frank Adams Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be enrolled full...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Frank and Elsie Heine Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Fuelberth Endowed Math and Music Scholarship
Applicant must be a Math/Science major or Music major.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Garwood Scholarship
Applicant must be an undergraduate student. Applicant must be a new...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Gary Krallman Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a math major Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
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...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Genevieve and Emil Klabenes Family Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be from Knox Holt, Antelope, or Wheeler County. Applicant...
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 George Burcum and Susan Boust Endowed Scholarship
Applicants must be a student attending Wayne State College and:...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies George Ora and Amy Nora Burcum Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a healthcare...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Gladys and Leo Dalton Education Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman....
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Gordon and Carin McGee Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be an incoming freshman attending Wayne State College and...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Gordon Shupe Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a health services career. Applicant must be a new...
Deadline05/01/2026
$0.00 Great Dane Annual Scholarship
Thee recipient must be a student attending Wayne State College a. Awards...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Greg Pribil Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be a graduate of an O’Neill NE High School. Applicant...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Gulliver Memorial Scholarship
Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Harold & Mae Frey Endowed Scholarship-Emerson-Hubbard
Applicant must be a graduate of Emerson-Hubbard High School. Applicant...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Harold & Mae Frey Endowed Scholarship-Pierce
Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of Pierce...
Deadline05/01/2026
Varies Harold and Beverly Olson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Applicant must be a education and/or counseling major Applicant must be...
Deadline05/01/2026