The College of Science and Engineering offers several scholarship opportunities to incoming freshman, transfer, and current students. Many scholarships are offered in addition to financial aid you may receive through Seattle University.
Explore all the exciting and beneficial opportunities below.
“The Bannan Scholars Program provided me with new friends and peers who are passionate about serving their communities and excelling in their discipline.”
The Thomas J. Bannan Scholarship Program for Seattle University College of Science and Engineering students awards scholarships to both current students and new transfer students who have junior or senior standing in the fall of the award year. A Bannan scholarship is a merit award of $6000 per year.
Initial award criteria for the scholarship includes having a junior or senior standing by fall 2019 as a continuing student or new transfer student, as well as a GPA of 3.5 or higher for previous college-level work.
For juniors, this two-year award is subject to academic performance demonstrated by maintaining a GPA of 3.0 and active participation in the Bannan Scholar Enrichment Program. This program includes service, scholarly and social activities, as well as opportunities to compete for one of several Bannan Scholar summer research stipends.
Bannan Application Deadlines for 2019-2020 Scholarships:
* New transfer students transferring to Seattle University in winter quarter 2019 or later.
Total financial aid awards cannot exceed tuition.
This scholarship is open to International, continuing or transfer students. Sullivan Scholars, Naef Scholars, post-baccalaureate, fifth-year and graduate students are not eligible.
Sperry Goodman earned his master's degree in electrical engineering from Seattle University in 1969. Following graduation, Goodman worked for the Boeing Company, where he made significant and groundbreaking contributions in electrical engineering.
The Sperry Goodman Endowed Scholarship was established with a $1,000,000 gift from the estate of Sperry Goodman in 1999. The scholarship is for incoming freshmen majoring in Computer Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Physics, or an Engineering discipline. Preference is given to students with financial need. A Sperry Goodman scholarship is an award of $5,000 per year.
This scholarship is renewable for a second year provided recipients maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA in one of the above majors.
The application deadline is March 11, 2019.
Total financial aid awards cannot exceed tuition.
For more information, please visit our Transfer Scholarships webpage.
For more information, please visit our Freshman Scholarships webpage.
The Washington State Opportunity Scholarship (WSOS) supports low- and middle-income students pursuing eligible high-demand majors in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) or health care and encourages recipients to work in Washington state once they complete their degrees. The amount of funding that selected students will be eligible to receive each year varies based on the number of credits they have completed. Applicant must be a high school senior, college freshman or sophomore at the time of application with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.75 (on a 4.0 scale).
Award recipient must be a Washington state resident and have earned a high school diploma or GED from a Washington state high school or institution by June of the year they apply to college, be pursuing an eligible high-demand major in a STEM field or health care, and be working toward a first bachelor's degree, (i.e. four-year degree) as a full-time college student at an eligible Washington state college or university.
For more information, please visit the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship webpage.
The 2018-2019 WSOS scholarship application process opens January 2, 2019.
The deadline for the scholarship application is February 28, 2019.
Bannan Scholarship
Continuing Students - February 15, 2019
Transfer Students - May 17, 2019
Sperry Goodman Scholarship
March 11, 2019
The Bannan Scholars Program provided me with opportunities to form community with other students as well as engage in service with communities near Seattle University's campus.
Emily Mather, '18 Mechanical Engineering