Scholarships

For the 2025-2026 academic year, economics students received a total of $11,000 from department scholarships. We thank our supportive alumni and faculty for recognizing these deserving students’ merit. The department typically offers scholarships for majors and minors once a year. Economics scholarship applications are accepted February through March the year prior to the scholarship award. Each year, scholarship criteria and amounts will be posted on the university’s Beach Scholarship application system. 

Economics scholarship applications for 2026-2027 Department of Economics Scholarship are accepted February through March the year prior to the scholarship award, recipients will be announced in April. Regret notifications will be announced in May.

ScholarshipYear AwardedAward AmountCriteria
Ray & Marge Lancaster Scholarship2025-2026up to $5,000
  • Undergraduate with a Major in Economics
  • Must be enrolled in a minimum 12 units
  • 3.0 Cumulative GPA
  • Require Financial Aid letter demonstrating need or comparable proof of Financial Need.
Powell Endowed Scholarship2025-2026up to $3,000
  • 3.0 GPA Min
  • Economics Major Undergraduate or Graduate continuing student
  • Full time preferred
  • Demonstrated financial need
Gene R. Simonson Scholarship2025-2026up to $3,000
  • 3.0 GPA Min
  • Enrolled in 12 units
  • Economics Major or Minor
  • Undergraduate student; Junior or Senior continuing student
Settlemyer Family Scholarship2025-2026up to $1,000
  • 3.0 GPA Min
  • Enrolled in 9 units
  • Economics Major; Undergraduate Junior or Senior, continuing student
  • Demonstrated financial need
Economics ScholarshipInactive N/A 
  • Economics Major
  • Undergraduate Junior or Senior standing or Graduate student
  • Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
  • Students must be enrolled in at least 12 units for Undergraduate; 6 units for Graduate
Fall 2026 Department Scholarship Recipient

The Department of Economics congratulates the following economics students who earned these distinctions for Fall 2026 semester.

Shelby Bibler - Ray & Marge Lancaster Scholarship; $2,000
Ethen Lundquist - Ray & Marge Lancaster Scholarship; $1,500
Joseph Moore Raygoza - Ray & Marge Lancaster Scholarship; $1,500
Jocelyn Pham - Settlemyer Family Endowed Scholarship; $1,000
Aaliyah Folquet - Gene Simonson Endowed Scholarship; $2,000
Mikaela Henning - Gene Simonson Endowed Scholarship; $1,500
Ryder Mawby - Powell Endowed Scholarship; $1,500
Zoey Burns - Powell Endowed Scholarship; $1,500