Scholarships

WSU provides more than $90 million in financial aid and scholarships each year.
Scholarships may be awarded based on academic achievement, financial need, leadership or other criteria.

Beginning October 1, students will be able to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This will allow you to know much earlier your financial aid award for the next school year. Also, students selected for verification wil have an easier time verifying income because you can use tax information that was submitted from the prior year. Students can accelerate the application process by using the Data Retrieval Tool. This tool retrieves tax information for the IRS database and reduces the amount of verification required. The benefits for applying early and using the Data Retieval Tool are: a) finding out earlier what aid is available; b) ensuring that the aid will be received before the semester begins; c) helping qualify for other need-based WSU scholarships; d) being in the best position to receive more need-based institutional grant funds. Visit the WSU Financial Aid & Scholarships page for further information and for all necessary guidelines, etc.

We often have confusion as to the difference between a full time program and full time credits. If your scholarship or financial aid requires you to be full time, that is full time credit load. Full time credit load is identified as follows:

• Full time = 12 credits
• 3/4 time = 9 credits
• 1/2 time = 6 credits

To obtain full Pell Grants you must be enrolled full time credit load, not be in a full time program. Pell Grants are adjusted each semester based on the amount of credits you are taking if not enrolled full time (see above).

Nursing is a full time program not a full time credit load. 

All students accepted into the nursing program are eligible for Annie Taylor Dee SON Scholarships. The Annie Taylor Dee SON has numerous scholarships available and our generous donors outline the award criteria for scholarships. The majority of our scholarships require students to be at least 1/2 time. Whether you are eligible for financial aid or not, you must complete the mandatory applications. Failure to complete all the required steps on the WSU Scholarship page will render you ineligible for any and all scholarships. Below are some of the mandatory applications that must be completed for eligibility and the links are found on the WSU Financial Aid and Scholarship page. 

• You must complete FAFSA
• You must complete WSU Specialized Scholarship Application 
• You must have a WSU GPA for any Nursing Scholarships

The Annie Taylor Dee School of Nursing is appreciative of the generous community support in the form of scholarships for our students.

For more information, contact Tiffany Bennett

Private Donor Scholarship Opportunities. At times, we receive other private scholarship opportunities. The private donors of these scholarships require their own specific criteria so read carefully and make sure you complete all pertinent information. As we receive these scholarships, they will be added to the student bulletin board and the link will become active. Make sure you have followed the WSU financial aid and scholarship requirements noted above.

• Sigma Theta Tau 2023 Scholarship Opportunities – Three scholarships are available. Application deadline: April 21, 2023. Please contact Jamie Wankier with questions.
• FA Davis Nursing Scholarships - Three scholarships in the amount of $1,000. Application Deadline: July 29, 2022.
• Utah Nurses Foundation Nursing Student "Grant In-Aid Scholarship." Scholarship Eligibility and Online Application found at: https://una.nursingnetwork.com/page/82001-grant-in-aid-scholarship. Applications due June 1 and October 1. 
• Nursing scholarships. Find more information at https://bold.org/scholarships/blog/nursing-scholarships/
• African-American Entrepreneurs Grants. Available to African-American students in undergraduate or graduate programs. More information is available at one of the links below:
  • https://bold.org/scholarships/african-american-entrepreneurs-grant-male-award/
  • https://bold.org/scholarships/african-american-entrepreneurs-grant-female-award/
• Chairish Design Your Future Scholarship ($2,500). To apply applicants must meet the minimum eligibility requirements and complete the application for scholarship. Deadlines are January 1 and June 30. Please view the link for the application. 
• Department of Workforce Services Training Services Program. Please see flyer for further information.
• Utah Nurses Foundation "Grant In-Aid Scholarship" $1,000 scholarship will be awarded twice a year. Deadline for application is June 1st and October 1st. Please see flyer for further information.
• Additional resource information for your college education.
• Additional resource: Guide to Reduce Student Loan Debt