Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program
Wells Fargo is strongly invested in supporting our nation’s veterans, including a commitment to assist them in completing postsecondary education programs to help them return to, and succeed in, a competitive job market.
Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
About the Scholarship
Wells Fargo is strongly invested in supporting our nation’s veterans, including a commitment to assist them in completing postsecondary education programs to help them return to, and succeed in, a competitive job market. The Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program provides scholarships to fill unmet financial need of veterans after military benefits and other grants and scholarships have been packaged by their school. This financial support will allow veterans to focus on completing their education and reduce reliance on student loans.
To apply, you must be an honorably discharged veteran of the United States military (including Reserves and National Guard), or the spouse or widow of a service-disabled veteran, and you must be a high school or GED graduate. The program will award renewable scholarships of up to $5,000 toward full-time undergraduate or graduate (first master’s degree) study. Awards will be determined by financial need and consideration of academic performance, work experience, leadership, community service and challenges to completing a postsecondary program.
Scholarship awards are renewable for up to three additional years or until a bachelor’s/master’s degree is completed, whichever comes first.
Eligibility
Applicants to the Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship Program must:
- Have served in the United States military, this includes the Reserves and National Guard.
- Be honorably-discharged (no longer drilling or serving) veterans who have received a Certificate of Eligibility from the Department of Veterans Affairs or DD214 or another document of service stating “Honorable Discharged” by the program application deadline date. A spouse or widowed person of disabled veterans meeting the above criteria may also apply.
- Be high school or GED graduates, current undergraduate or graduate level one students enrolled in full-time undergraduate (first Associates or Bachelor’s) or graduate (first Master’s degree) study at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school* for the entire upcoming academic year. Doctorate study is not eligible.
*College must not be on warning or probationary status with the federal government, or must not be in litigation with the federal government or a state. - Have completed the FAFSA to ensure full discovery of actual unmet need.
- Use any military education benefits for which they are eligible in the upcoming academic year.
- Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent.
Awards
Recipients are selected on the basis of academic performance, demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities, work experience, and two essays:
- statement of military service, and career and educational goals and objectives
- statement describing any personal and financial challenges that may be barriers to completing postsecondary education
Financial need will be considered.
Scholarship America will select recipients based on the above criteria. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Requirements
As part of your application, you must upload the following document(s):
- A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
- Student name
- School name
- Grades
- Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
- Current college financial aid award letter (preferred) OR FAFSA Submission Summary from most recent FAFSA filed.
- Copy of DD214 (preferred), Certificate of Eligibility from the Department of Veterans Affairs or other document of service. Be sure your DD214 includes the “Special Additional Information” section, Box #24.
- If applicant is the spouse or widow of a disabled veteran, provide VA disability letter and copy of marriage license.
Your application is not considered complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.
