Scholarship Information

COE’s annual scholarships are awarded for one academic year at a time. Students are encouraged to apply each year via the COE Scholarship Application that follows our annual timeline (November 1 – February 15). One application allows students to be considered for any and all scholarships in the college they qualify for.

There are 300+ annual scholarships available to all COE students. These scholarships are limited and highly competitive.

Annual scholarship recipients are selected from the annual scholarship application process. All students are evaluated holistically using a rubric that includes four primary evaluation criteria:

• Financial Need
• Career Readiness
• Academic and/or Other Challenges and Barriers
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Contributions

These categories consist of short essay-style questions included in the scholarship application.

• Amount: Annual scholarships typically range from $1,000 - $2,000
• Who qualifies to apply?
  • Any College of Engineering student

The College of Engineering Dean’s Scholarship is a selective and competitive merit-based $2,000/academic year scholarship offered to both in state and out of state students.

• Renewal criteria can be found in the Dean’s Scholarship Terms & Conditions: https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/sites/engineering.oregonstate.edu/files/2022-11/college_of_engineering_deans_terms_conditions_0.pdf

COE’s Student Success Initiative’s (SSI) Scholarship is a competitive renewable scholarship at $2,000/academic year that is both merit and need-based. 

• Renewal criteria can be found in the SSI Scholarship Terms & Conditions: https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/sites/engineering.oregonstate.edu/files/2022-11/college_of_engineering_ssi_scholarship_terms_conditions_0_0.pdf  

Unveiled in 2020, as a result of the visionary collaboration between the College of Engineering and key partners, the Catalyst Scholar Program exemplifies a profound commitment to student success. The Catalyst Scholar Program is a competitive and highly-selective cohort-style program that provides coordinated academic and social support complemented by invaluable financial assistance.

The CIE Scholarship Program was launched in 2022 by the School of Civil and Construction Engineering (CCE) and esteemed industry leaders and corporate partners. This student success effort is intended to aid students by coupling financial support with peer-to-peer guidance through the college experience.

COE’s completion scholarships are available to students within three terms of degree completion. These awards are highly competitive and funding is limited.

• Amount: Completion Scholarships are typically $500 - $1,000
• Who qualifies to apply?
  • Students must be pursuing a degree in the College of Engineering
  • Students must be in good academic standing
  • Students must be within 3 terms from completing their degree, yet at risk of not completing their degree for financial reasons

COE’s Ecampus undergraduate students can be considered for scholarships each term. All Ecampus undergraduate students are encouraged to apply via ScholarDollars.

• Amount:
  • Ecampus/COE Scholarships are typically $500 - $1,000
• Who qualifies to apply?
  • Students must be pursuing a degree in the College of Engineering
  • Students must be an Ecampus student
  • Students must be in good academic standing

The College of Engineering offers limited financial assistance to our undergraduate students in emergency situations. The college’s available emergency funding is intended to help students during times of crisis where a clear need and/or hardship is impacting their life or academic trajectory. We will not be able to fund all requests, due to limited funding and the number of students requesting emergency financial assistance.

• Amount:
  • COE Emergency Funds are typically $200 - $1,000
  • Awards are contingent on available funding
• Who qualifies to apply?
  • Students must be pursuing a degree in the College of Engineering
  • Students must be in good academic standing
• Additional Information:
  • Emergency needs/costs (may include but is not limited to): 
    • Loss of essential items due to an unexpected event (ex: fire, flood, robbery, etc.)
    • Short term food or transportation related needs caused by unexpected circumstance (ex: loss of job or unexpected car issues)
    • Non-fixed utilities in danger of being disconnected that would affect safety (ex: electricity or water is going to be shut off)
    • Short term expenses related to unexpected life change (ex: job loss or major illness)
    • Emergency childcare for dependents (ex: job loss affects ability to pay for childcare)
    • Other emergency resource-based needs (not tuition) that threaten a student’s ability to complete their degree 
  • Expenses not covered (may include but is not limited to):
    • Tuition, books, or any academic fees or costs
    • Non-essential or regular bills (utilities, phone, etc)
    • Routine medical or transportation costs not following a major unexpected event
    • Legal fees
    • Parking tickets or fines

Additional Resources

OSU ScholarDollars includes an integrated, vetted search engine for over 10,000 scholarships that are sponsored and managed by individuals and organizations that are not affiliated with Oregon State University.

In OSU ScholarDollars, each student in the College of Engineering will see a personalized list of external scholarships for which they appear to meet the basic eligibility criteria, as well as links to websites where they can learn more about each opportunity.

Students are responsible for verifying the validity and accuracy of all information provided before deciding whether to apply for any of the listed scholarship opportunities.

This program provides scholarship packages for up to three years of support for cybersecurity undergraduate and graduate education. In return for their scholarships, recipients must agree to work after graduation for the U.S. government, in a position related to cybersecurity, for a period equal to the length of the scholarship.

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