Academic Scholarship
Award: -
Selection is based upon academic achievement.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College freshman, College junior, College senior, College sophomore
- All Majors Eligible
Performing Arts Scholarship
Award: -
Applicant must be a talented student participating in Jazz Band and Chamber Choir as well as the area of drama and art.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College senior, College junior, College sophomore, College freshman
- All Majors Eligible
Technical Scholarship
Award: -
Selection is based upon academic achievement in technical and general education courses as well as recommendations from high school teachers and counselors.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- High school senior, College freshman
- All Majors Eligible
Wallace College Singers Scholarship
Award: -
Applicant must be a talented vocalist who is willing to participate in the Wallace College Singers.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College senior, College freshman, College junior, College sophomore
- All Majors Eligible
Presidential Scholarship
Award: $1,380
Applicant must be a high school senior with a minimum 3.25 GPA through the first semester of their senior year.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- High school senior
- All Majors Eligible
Foundation Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Applicant must be a full-time student (12 credit hours), a U.S. citizen, and a Yuma or La Paz County resident. One page essay on "Why you want the scholarship and your future goals" is also required.
- La Paz, Yuma
- College freshman, College senior, College junior, College sophomore
- All Majors Eligible
Backus Honor Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Applicant must be a third-semester student who shows academic progress and effort toward success. Physical Education majors are not eligible to apply.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College sophomore
- All Majors Eligible
Donald Clay Memorial Scholarship
Award: $500
Applicant must have a 3.0 or better GPA majoring in environmental sciences.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College sophomore, College freshman, College senior, College junior
- Environmental Science/Studies, Geology, Oceanography
Dee Jay Carr Memorial Scholarship
Award: $1,200
Applicant must be a full-time student, live within the College district service area, and maintain a 3.0 GPA throughout term of scholarship. Applicant must have submitted and been rejected by Pell Grant.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College junior, College sophomore, College senior, College freshman
- All Majors Eligible
Erick Inman Scholarship
Award: $500
Applicant must be a Yuma-area graduate, full-time student, and maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA. Selection is based upon extracurricular activity involvement, other than sports. Essay is required.
- Yuma
- College senior, College sophomore, College freshman, College junior
- All Majors Eligible
Ernest Lopez, Sr. & Betty Lopez Memorial Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Applicant must be a full-time student with a minimum 3.0 GPA who is actively pursuing a welding degree, and is a graduate from a college-district high school within the previous two years.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College senior, College junior, College sophomore, College freshman
- Welder/Welding Technologist
George H. & Leila M. Payne Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Applicant must have physical disabilities who is taking at least nine credit hours, and has a GPA of 3.0 or better.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College junior, College sophomore, College freshman, College senior
- All Majors Eligible
Sylvia Potts Memorial Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Applicant must be a Native American student in degree/certificate related courses, who lives in either Yuma or La Paz counties, and has a 2.0 or higher GPA.
- La Paz, Yuma
- College freshman, College junior, College senior, College sophomore
- All Majors Eligible
Timothy Shove Memorial Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Applicant must be a first-year freshman.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College freshman
- Radio/Television
Sunblet Communications Scholarship
Award: $500
Applicant must be a full-time student with a 2.5 GPA in performance-based and academic-based majors. Preference given to Broadcasting or related majors. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen and have graduated from a high school in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, or Wyoming.
- Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, California, Nevada
- College freshman, College senior, College junior, College sophomore
- Broadcasting
Dorothy A. Taber Endowment Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Applicant must be a second-year student with a 3.0 GPA or higher, and is a full- or part-time student.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College sophomore
- All Majors Eligible
Tanner Companies Scholarship
Award: $500
Applicant must be a Yuma County high school graduate with a 3.0 ("B") or higher average.
- Yuma
- College freshman, College junior, College sophomore, College senior
- All Majors Eligible
TRIO Scholarship
Award: $500
Applicant must have participated in Educational Talent Search or Upward Bound for a minimum of two years.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College junior, College sophomore, College senior, College freshman
- All Majors Eligible
Pinnacle Healthcare Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Applicant must be a student with a minimum 2.75 GPA and submit an essay on why education is important to their future.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College senior, College junior, College sophomore, College freshman
- All Majors Eligible
Incentive Scholarship
Award: -
Applicant must enroll in a minimum of six credit hours per semester. Preference will first be given to first generation college students or first-time recent high school graduates.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College freshman
- All Majors Eligible
Non-Traditional Student Scholarship
Award: -
Applicant must enroll in a minimum of six credit hours per semester. Preference will be given to re-entry students 23 years of age or older.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College sophomore, College senior, College junior, College freshman
- All Majors Eligible
Honors Scholarship
Award: $1,200
Applicant must enroll in a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester and be a new or returning student who participates in the Honors Program.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College sophomore, College junior, College senior, College freshman
- All Majors Eligible
Activity Scholarship
Award: -
Applicant must be a student who participates in certain activities and is enrolled in a minimum of six credit hours each semester.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College junior, College senior, College freshman, College sophomore
- All Majors Eligible
Performing Arts Scholarship (Signal Peak)
Award: -
Applicant must enroll in a minimum of six credit hours each semester, and be participating in band, drama, or choir at the College.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College junior, College sophomore, College freshman, College senior
- All Majors Eligible
Aida Estellean Wick Scholarship
Award: $300
Applicant must be a Hispanic student wishing to better themselves through a college education.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- No Restrictions
- All Majors Eligible
Alice P. Chancellor Memorial Scholarship
Award: $500
Applicant must be a student who is majoring in nursing and accepted into the Nursing Program. Applicant must also have and maintain a 2.0 or higher GPA and be a Cochise County high school graduate.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College senior, College junior, College sophomore, College freshman
- Nursing
Andrea Cracchiolo Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Applicant must be a student enrolled full-time in a health-related education course, be a high school graduate, and be able to provide references on academic and personal character, along with records demonstrating academic standing. Additionally, the applicant's parents must have resided in the community for at least one year in order to be eligible. Selection will be based upon academic excellence, among a few other factors.
- Cochise
- College junior, College freshman, College sophomore, College senior
- Health and Physical Education, General, Health Teacher Education, Health Occupations Teacher Education (Vocational)
First-Year Nursing Student Scholarship
Award: $700
Applicant must be a first-year nursing major, attending the nursing program as a full-time student. Applicant must have and maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Preference will be given to graduates of Buena High School.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College freshman
- Nursing
Second-Year Nursing Student Scholarship
Award: $700
Applicant must be a second-year nursing student attending the nursing program full-time with a 2.5 or higher GPA. Preference will be given to graduates of Buena High School.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College sophomore
- Nursing
Bruce Winter Memorial Scholarship
Award: $500
Applicant must be majoring in professional pilot technology, be enrolled in the pro-pilot program, have earned a commercial pilot rating from Cochise College and finally, have and maintain a 3.0 or higher GPA. Screening by aviation department chair and two aviation faculty members, as well as by normal Foundation procedures are required.
- No Geographic Restrictions
- College sophomore, College freshman, College senior, College junior
- Pilot Technology
