

NWC Trapper Scholarships for Wyoming students are awarded on four levels, each with specific eligibility requirements. See the grid below for details. Funds are limited and will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until exhausted. APPLY NOW!
| Award Level | Requirements by Diploma Earned | Annual Award Amount | |||
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| Presidential* | 3.5 and up |
575 | 25 | $1,500 | $1,200 |
| Excellence* | 3 – 3.49 |
540 | 21 | $1,200 | $1,000 |
| Achievement* | 2.5 – 2.99 |
500 | 19 | $1,000 | $800 |
| Explorer** | 2.5 | 500 | 19 | $500 | $500 |
The Hathaway scholarship program is a special opportunity for Wyoming high school graduates, GED recipients, and home schooled students. Enter the Hathaway Scholarships section to learn more.
Your Trapper Scholarship is available because of generous private scholarship donors. To learn more about these donors and the scholarships they have donated, please click here.
Jennifer Stauffer
Scholarship Technician
Location: Orendorff Building
Office: ORB104
Phone: 307.754.6040
*open to new high school, GED, and home school students who graduate with their class and enroll full time (12 credit hours) at NWC the fall semester after graduation (international students and athletes not eligible; talk with your recruiter/coach about scholarships available). The scholarship will be awarded a second year to those who meet continuing eligibility requirements.
** open to high school, GED, and home school students who didn’t graduate with their class, and/or who did not enroll at NWC the semester after completing high school, homeschooling or GED, and/or who haven’t attended NWC within the past two years. Students must be enrolled for six credits or more. International students and athletes not eligible; talk with your recruiter/coach about scholarships available. The scholarship will be awarded a second year to those who meet continuing eligibility requirements.
If your financial aid awards for the academic year exceed your Cost of Attendance, NWC scholarship funding will be reduced.
*** Park County Promise honors citizens in Northwest College’s tax district.