Our scholarships are awarded based on merit or financial need to help you BE EDUCATED to succeed in the world.
NSC Scholarships are generously provided by the Nevada State College Foundation. The application for 2018-2019 will be available until April 15, 2018 at this link. More information on NSC Foundation scholarships can be found at NSC Foundation Scholarships.
To BE ELIGIBLE, you must apply for admission to Nevada State College by January 15, 2018, and send your final seventh semester transcripts to the Office of Admissions & Recruitment by February 1, 2018. Scholarships will be awarded based on your unweighted GPA from transcripts received by February 1, 2018. Black & Gold level awards are based on available funding and are not guaranteed.
At the time of admission, new students who have met the scholarship deadline will be evaluated for eligibility to be named as a Scorpion Academic Scholarship recipient. Eligible students must graduate from high school with a minimum 3.25 unweighted GPA, or from a community college within the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) with a 3.25 GPA and an AA, AS, AB, or AAS in Nursing. Students must enroll as a full-time (12 or more financial aid-eligible credits†), degree-seeking student at Nevada State College the semester immediately following graduation. Freshman recipients may qualify to receive an award during the first eight fall or spring semesters of their enrollment, and transfer students during the first four. Students will be placed in one of three award levels based on their entering GPA as shown below.
Students must be enrolled full-time (12 or more financial aid-eligible credits) at Nevada State College to receive the award during a semester**. Students placed on Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) suspension are ineligible to receive an award until they regain good SAP standing. Nevada State College will confirm enrollment after the end of each semester's add/drop period, and reverse any disbursements for which a student is no longer eligible based on decreased enrollment. In the event recipients do not meet the enrollment requirement for any award in a semester, they may regain eligibility in the next fall or spring semester, until the award expires.
† In order to qualify for any financial aid funding, including grants, scholarships or loans, a course must fulfill an unmet requirement for a student's degree or certificate program at NSC.
* Award levels may be met with a combination of scholarships and grants.
** Students in their final semester of enrollment who are not required to attend full-time to satisfy graduation requirements may have their award prorated according to their enrollment level. 75 percent for ¾ time, 50 percent for ½ time and 25 percent for less-than-half-time. Students should contact the financial aid office after applying for graduation.
The Nevada State College Foundation funds a number of scholarship programs for students. Applications are reviewed by NSC committees which include faculty from across campus. Award amounts are determined by the Foundation based on donor agreements. Please keep in mind that Board of Regents' policies require scholarship recipients to have at least a 2.75 GPA.
The 2019-2020 NSC Foundation Scholarship Application will open on December 15 , 2018
Guaranteed scholarship deadline: January 15, 2018
Nevada State College will award a one-time $1,000 scholarship to new freshman students in their first semester of enrollment who served as an officer in their high school student government, applied by the priority deadline with a 2.75 unweighted cumulative high school GPA and who enroll as a full-time (12 or more financial aid-eligible credits†), degree-seeking student. Students should notify Nevada State College of their eligibility at the time of application to the college.
The Mentoring to Accelerate Retention and Change Outcomes in Science (MARCOS) Scholarship is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Up to $5,550 of financial support is provided to incoming freshman Biology majors, with increased stipends up to $7,500 for the senior year. To be eligible, students must be an incoming freshman at Nevada State College for fall 2018 or 2019, be financial aid eligible, and keep a 3.0 GPA as a Biology major. Students must apply by July 15th prior to their freshman year. Learn more: MARCOS Flyer_2018 and 2019
This scholarship is available to new and continuing students. Nevada State College will provide a match of up to $500 per semester total to students who receive scholarships from an outside agency (excludes any scholarships awarded by Nevada State College, NSHE or the State of Nevada).
The match will be automatically applied during the semester to degree-seeking students with a minimum 2.75 cumulative NSC GPA who are making Satisfactory Academic Progress and are enrolled full-time (12 or more financial aid-eligible credits†).
Eligible Millennium Scholars must be enrolled full-time (12 or more financial aid-eligible credits) to receive the $60 per credit award and may be funded for up to 15 credits per semester. (Remedial courses are not eligible for funding, but will count toward the full-time enrollment requirement.) For information on the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship, please visit the Office of the State Treasurer at http://www.nevadatreasurer.gov/GGMS/GGMS_Home/.
† In order to qualify for any financial aid funding, including grants, scholarships or loans, a course must fulfill an unmet requirement for a student's degree or certificate program at Nevada State College.
Nevada State College is a proud partner of TheDream.US, a national scholarship fund for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary Protective Status eligible DREAMers.
The scholarship is open to:
Find out if you qualify by visiting: http://www.thedream.us/scholarships/national-scholarship/
For more information, contact:
Amey Evaluna, Program Manager
Office of Community Engagement & Diversity Initiatives
Amey.Evaluna@nsc.edu; 702.992.2366
