Our search is not limited to the brightest or busiest students. We look for those who are willing to out-hustle everyone else and are committed to shaping their future.
Funding
The scholarship covers college tuition, room and board, books, supplies, and other costs.
Development
Personal and professional development summits, Rudd advisers, and trainings.
Networking
Networking opportunities, strategic LinkedIn coaching, and best practice training.
Community
Scholar-to-scholar mentoring and other support resources.
WHAT MAKES A RUDD SCHOLAR?
Driven to succeed.
Our committee selects students not based on what they lack, but what they possess in terms of hard work, grit, determination, and character.
That is why we aren’t looking for the brightest or busiest. We are searching for students who persevere. The ones who, though they get knocked down, get right back up. Those who will strive harder than everyone else and continue to meet their challenges head on. Potential scholars possess traits like fortitude, tenacity, ambition, and resolve. We find the ones who possess those traits in spades.
FROM OUR SCHOLARS
The experiences that Rudd has opened up for me throughout my college years have made an immense impact on my life… to do things that I never would’ve been able to before.”
-Trey Young, Rudd Scholar, Class of 2021
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
#RuddProud
We’re proud of our Rudd Scholars’ reputation in our state and beyond.
100
4-year graduation rate
for retained students.
94
Retention rate
for students who are awarded Rudd scholarships, more than most other need-based scholarship.
1in5
Graduate in less
than 4 years.
7in10
First-generation
college students.
96
Secured positions
that are either full-time or are pursuing an advanced degree.
64of105
Kansas counties represented.
