We provide NC State’s most promising students with scholarships and life-changing opportunities.
The cost of college shouldn’t keep the best students from entering the multibillion-dollar textile industry. It’s that firm belief that first drove a group of alumni to establish merit-based scholarships at the Wilson College of Textiles in 1971.
Continued dedication to that ideal has enabled the Wilson College of Textiles to award more than $1.3 million in scholarships to more than 130 scholars in the 2024-2025 academic year. Through the generosity of the North Carolina Textile Foundation, we’re able to offer scholarships and dedicated support to both incoming first-year students and transfer students.
First-year scholarships
We award more than a dozen merit-based and need-based scholarships to our incoming first-year students each year so they can focus more on learning (and exploring) during their time at NC State.
Receiving a Textiles scholarship means more than just financial aid. Students who receive a Centennial Scholarship or Textile Pioneer Scholarship also participate in specialized programming and have access to enrichment grants that they can apply to study abroad and career development opportunities.
They form lifelong friendships with their fellow scholars. And they access a network of alumni scholars pushing the industry forward from Nike, Abercrombie & Fitch, and their own successful startups.
“I always had a passion for NC State, but I didn’t always think that was possible with my background. In a sense, the Textile Pioneer Scholarship is the reason I’m here.”
