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State of Kansas Scholarships

The State of Kansas offers a variety of state-funded grants and scholarships through the Kansas Board of Regents.  For more information on State of Kansas Student Financial Aid Programs, please contact the Kansas Board of Regents. Eligibility, application deadlines, and processing times vary by program.

Kansas Adult Learner Grant

The Kansas Adult Learner Grant provides assistance for KS resident adult students aged 25 and older who are seeking a bachelor’s degree in specific fields of study.  This is a service scholarship; accepting funds obligates the recipient to live and work in Kansas after graduating from their degree program. 

  • Eligible fields of study include:  
    • Information technology and security; 
    • Health care and nursing; 
    • Science, engineering, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing; 
    • Education, early childhood education and development; 
    • Business, accounting or data analytics; OR 
    • One additional field of study designated by the institution and identified as high demand, high wage, or critical need occupation.
  • Students can enroll in full-time or part-time credit hours (no less than 6 credit hours). The grant can pay toward tuition, required fees, and books. 
  • The grant is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.  
  • Deadline: The application for 2026-2027 is now closed. Check back in Spring 2027 for information and application for 2027-2028.
  • For more information, visit: https://kansasregents.org/students/student_financial_aid/adult-learner-grant

Processing Time:

  • Standard processing: 4 to 6 weeks, with review beginning in August
  • Incomplete applications: May require additional processing time and could result in delays

Kansas Education Opportunity Scholarship

The Kansas Education Opportunity Scholarship is intended to assist first-generation college students and/or dependents of teachers and paraprofessionals in Kansas with their first undergraduate degree. This scholarship is both need-based and merit-based; recipients are selected based on academic proficiency and financial need as determined by federal methodology. Priority in awarding is given to graduating high school seniors entering their first year of college.

Processing Time:

  • Standard processing: 4 to 6 weeks, with review beginning in August
  • Incomplete applications: May require additional processing time and could result in delays

Kansas State Scholarship

The Kansas State Scholarship is designed to assist financially needy students in the top 40-50% of Kansas high school graduates who are designated as state scholars during the senior year of high school.

  • To be eligible to apply for the Kansas State Scholarship, in the senior year of a Kansas high school you would have:
    1. received a certificate stating that you completed the required curriculum AND
    2. received a letter stating that you were designated by the Kansas Board of Regents.

Processing Time:

  • Standard processing: 4 to 6 weeks, with review beginning in August
  • Incomplete applications: May require additional processing time and could result in delays

Kansas Teacher Service Scholarship

The Kansas Teacher Service Scholarship is a merit-based service obligation scholarship program that provides financial assistance to both students pursuing bachelor's degree programs and currently licensed teachers pursuing an endorsement in hard-to-fill disciplines or master's degrees in hard-to-fill disciplines or either group planning to teach in an underserved geographic area. Recipients sign agreements to teach one year for each year of scholarship support in Kansas. Recipients are eligible to receive this scholarship for up to ten semesters, which includes both undergraduate and graduate work.

Processing Time:

  • Standard processing: 4 to 6 weeks, with review beginning in August
  • Incomplete applications: May require additional processing time and could result in delays

Kansas Nursing Service Scholarship

The Kansas Nursing Service Scholarship requires an obligation to practice as an LPN or RN in Kansas and work for a sponsor.  A sponsor means any adult care home, psychiatric hospital, medical care facility, home health agency, local health department or any state agency, which employs LPNs or RNs, licensed by the State of Kansas.  The sponsor will provide partial scholarship funding and provide employment upon licensure of the recipient.  If the sponsor is a mental health center or treatment facility, the sponsor does not share the cost of the scholarship assistance.  The obligation for the scholarship is to work for the sponsor for one year for each year of the scholarship support received.  

Processing Time:

  • Standard processing: 4 to 6 weeks, with review beginning in August
  • Incomplete applications: May require additional processing time and could result in delays

Kansas Military Service Scholarship

The Kansas Military Service Scholarship is available for the payment of tuition and fees at a public Kansas institution for students who are a resident of Kansas and has:

  • served in military service in international waters or on foreign soil in support of military operations for which the person received hostile fire pay for at least 90 days after September 11, 2001, or served less than such 90 days because of injuries during such military service;
  • has received an honorable discharge or under honorable conditions (general) discharge from military service or is still in military service; and
  • has provided copies of military discharge papers (DD-214 form) or active duty orders whichever such paper or order indicate the location of such person’s deployment and indicate the person has served after September 11, 2001, in any military operation for which the person received hostile fire pay.

Because financial need is a priority in awarding this scholarship, students will need to file a FAFSA form. Once your school considers you as a graduate status student, you are not eligible for this scholarship.

Processing and Certification Information: Wichita State University will begin review and certification of Kansas Military Service Scholarships recipients after the 100% tuition refund period each term.  Students must have a completed FAFSA application with all required documentation submitted. Students must be enrolled before scholarship will be certified.  If additional military assistance is applied after certification, the Kanas Military Service Scholarship will be reduced. 

Kansas National Guard Educational Masters for Enhanced Readiness and Global Excellence (EMERGE)

The EMERGE program provides tuition and fees paid up to 15 credit hours; up to a maximum rate not to exceed the maximum rate that would be charged by the state educational institutions for enrollment.  Students have to be pursuing a Master's degree at a Kansas post secondary institution and must be a member of a Kansas Air/Army National Guard unit. A service obligation is required after receiving the assistance.

Processing and Certification Information: Wichita State University will begin review and certification of Kansas National Guard Educational Masters for Enhanced Readiness and Global Excellence recipients after the 100% tuition refund period each term.  Students must have a completed FAFSA application with all required documentation submitted. Students must be enrolled before grant will be certified.  If additional federal tuition assistance is applied after certification, EMERGE funding will be reduced. 

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