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	Regina Roth Scholarship - College Center Applicant must be enrolled full time in WSC classes at College Center....	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Regina Roth Scholarship - WSC Campus	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Richard "Dick" Poehling Community Scholarship Applicant must be from Valley NE or Neligh, NE. Applicant must be a new...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Richard and Bonnie Lund Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an education...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Riedmann Family Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be from Omaha NE. Applicant must require financial need.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Riessen-Reed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate Osmond...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Robert and Charlotte Schmidt Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a full-time student attending WSC.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Robert and Josiane Reinhardt Journalism Endowed Scholarship Student must be majoring in Journalism. Applicant must be a new freshmen.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Robert and Ruth Harm Olsen Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an english major Applicant must be a new freshman.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Robert B. Ensz Wayne State College Endowed Scholarship Awarded to an incoming freshman who has graduated from Beatrice High...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Robert Jordan Scholarship Applicant must be a business major. Applicant must be from Wayne County...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Robert L. and Elayne M. Jacobson Endowed Scholarship - Education Recipient must be a full-time WSC student meeting these criteria:...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Robert L. and Elayne M. Jacobson Endowed Scholarship - Natural Science Recipient must be a full-time WSC student meeting these criteria:...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Robert M. and Helen A. Lehr Pre-Nursing Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a freshman State of residence Major	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Roberta "Mom" Welte Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must have lived in...	Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00	Rod and Loreta Tompkins Annual Scholarship One applicant must be a member of the Women’s Rugby Club. Second...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Rod Jorgensen Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of Wayne...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Rod Varilek Scholarship Award alternates between a biology major (2019-2020) and a business...	Deadline01/04/2027
$500.00	Rodney D. Smith Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a WSC student who has achieved sophomore or above...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Roland and Beverly Eickhoff Annual Scholarship Awarded to a WSC student majoring in one of the following programs: ...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Rollie W. Ley Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Deadline01/04/2027
$1,003.00	Romcyn Atelier Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a visual arts...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Ron and Kathy Fink Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be an education major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Ron Holt Civic Engagement Award Applicant must be a graduating high school senior. Applicant will be...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Ronald G. Carlson Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be from Sioux City Iowa or South Sioux City, Nebraska....	Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00	Root-Engelen Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a full time student at Wayne State College with a...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Rosalyn Cotton Annual Scholarship Applicant must be a student attending Wayne State College majoring in...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Rose and Nola Peterson Family Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman. Applicant must be a graduate of...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Ross P. James and Helen M. Hensel James Scholarship - Education Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Deadline01/04/2027
$795.00	Ross P. James and Helen M. Hensel James Scholarship - Health Science Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Deadline01/04/2027
$3,100.00	Roy D. and Gerrie A. Christensen Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be a junior or...	Deadline01/04/2027
$1,020.00	RSM & Mike Beacom Accounting & Business Consulting Scholarship Applicant must be a student that has completed at least one year of...	Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00	Ruby Nelson & the Fredrickson Sisters Endowed Scholarship The recipient(S) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: ...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Ruby V. Pedersen ""Excellence in English"" Scholarship Applicant must be a humanities major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Rudolph D. Swartz Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a Nebraska native. Applicant must be an education...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Rundquist Family Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	S. Edwin Jones-Kay Corporation Scholarship - Humanities Applicant must be a humanities major. Applicant must be a new freshman.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	S. Edwin Jones-Kay Corporation Scholarship - Business Applicant must be a business major. Applicant must be an undergraduate...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	S.K deFreese Campus Ministry Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a new freshman.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Sandra L. Metz Memorial Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a new freshman....	Deadline01/04/2027
$0.00	Sandy Brown Environmental Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a full-time who (1) attends Wayne State...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Sayre Andersen - Gilbert Vaughan Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be an english major...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Schieffer Family Scholarship Awarded to a full time student with a 3.0 or above GPA.	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Science, Math & Technology Endowed Scholarship in Honor of the Stammer Family Applicant must be enrolled full time. Applicant must be a Physical...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Senor O.F. Sletwold Spanish Teacher Study Abroad Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a returning student. Applicant must be enrolled full...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Shannon Briese Endowed Scholarship Awarded to a graduate of River Valley High Schools or with a...	Deadline01/04/2027
$1,000.00	Sharon Toelle Carlson Endowed Scholarship The recipient(s) must be a student attending Wayne State College and: a....	Deadline01/04/2027
$1,095.00	SHC Annual Scholarship Applicant must be an eligible student who is a Science, Health, &...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Shirley Sage Sawatzke Elementary Education Memorial Endowed Scholarship Applicant must be a WSC student from Nebraska who is an Elementary...	Deadline01/04/2027
Varies	Special Band Day Scholarship Applicant must participate in Band Day.	Deadline01/04/2027

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