Scholarships
We are very proud and appreciative of the support that the community provides for our agricultural students.
SPRING Scholarship Opportunities
ACRS21 College Scholarship: Due March of each year. Deadline has passed for 2024.
American AgCredit: (For transfer students only) Due April 5, 2024.
Agri-Culture / Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship - Four Scholarships; see web site for eligibility rules
Anthony W. “Tony” LaFetra Scholarship - Irrigation Scholarship. Due March of each year.
CA Grain & Feed Association: (For sophomore students transferrring to a 4-year university only!) Due March of each year. Deadline has passed for 2024.
CA Landscape Contractors Association LEAF Scholarship: Due April 15, 2024.
CA /Seed Association Ginny Patin Memorial Scholarship: Due February 1 of each year. Deadline has passed for 2024.
CA Pest Control Assn (CAPCA) Scholarship: Due May 3, 2024.
CA Women in Agriculture (CWA) Collegiate Scholarship - Stanislaus County: Due March of each year. Deadline has passed for 2024. Must attend Modesto Junior College or CSU-Stanislaus.
CA Women In Agriculture (CWA) Scholarship - Madera/Fresno - Must reside in Madera or Fresno County. Due March of each year. Deadline has passed for 2024.
Career & Technical Scholarships, funded through the Horatio Alger Endowment Fund, awarded to students who have faced and overcome great obstacles in their lives wishing to pursue a career or technical education. Approximately 1,020 scholarships up to $2,500 each. The CTE application will open on March 15, 2024. The first first round of scholarships will be awarded by July. Should spaces remain, the application will remain open until all scholarships are awarded..
California Farm Bureau (Multiple Scholarships under 1 Application): Due early February 1, 2024.
California Wool Growers Association: Due approximately April of 2024.
Dairy Scholarships (Local): Due March 4, 2024.
National Dairy Shrine Scholarship Applications: Open March 1 through April 15, 2024.
Dairy Farmers of America Scholarship: Due January of each year, but check the current internship opportunities, that are available.
Fresno State Jordan College of Agriculture Sciences and Technology: For students transferring to Fresno State, there is over $500,000 given in scholarship awards to agriculture students! Apply ASAP. More information on the linked website page. Due March of each year.
Friends of the CA State Fair Scholarship Program: Due March of each year.
Gilman International Scholarship Program: Due March and October of each year for summer, fall, and full academic year programs. Want to study abroad?? Application at www.gilmanscholarship.org/
Hilmar Cheese Scholarship: Due February 1of each year. Deadline has passed for 2024.
Latina Leadership Network of the California Community Colleges - MJC Chapter: Due February 29, 2024
LDGGA Jim Kissler Memorial Scholarship: Due April 1, 2024.
MANRRS38 Gold Scholarship
Multiple scholarships will be awarded to MANRRS students to support their attendance
to the Annual National Conference and Career Expo in Chicago, Illinois from March
20-24, 2024.
Merced-Mariposa Cattlemen's Association: Due April 1, 2024.
Modesto Garden Club: Due March 20, 2024. For Agronomy, Ag Ed, Floriculture Horticulture, Landscape Design,
Botany, Forestry, Wildlife Science, Plant Pathology, City Planning, Habitat, Forest
Systems Ecology, Environmental Concerns, Land Management, or allied subjects. Email
Judy Spencer at gardenscholarship@gmail.com for more information and application. More information is on their web site: www.modestogardenclub.org
National FFA Scholarships: Due January of each year; open to all former FFA members
NOPHNRSCE & Martha Guerra-Arteaga: Due summer of each year. Check back often for 2024.
Point Community College Scholarship: Community College Scholarship is due February of each year. Deadline has passes for 2024.
San Joaquin Farm Bureau: Fourteen different scholarships, check for eligibility; due March 29, 2024
Stanislaus County John C. De Boer: Due April 17, 2024.
Stanislaus County Farm Bureau: Due April 17, 2024.
Western Region Certified Crop Advisor program (WRCCA) Scholarship: Due May 10, 2024.
Young Farmers Club Scholarship: Due April 5, 2024.
O-G Packing Company's Founders Scholarship: Due March 31, 2024.
MJC General Online Scholarship:
For 2024: Students should apply for HUNDREDS of online MJC scholarships! Online applications are available! Deadline has passed for 2024. More information about the MJC Award Spring Scholarships is available at the MJC Scholarship Page.
Fall Scholarship Opportunities
Good Egg Breakfast Scholarship: Due Fall of each year. Deadline has passed for 2023.
Pacific Egg & Poultry Assn. (PEPA): Due November 14, 2023.
Voss-Berryhill Sophomore: Deadline is October of each year. Deadline has passed for 2023. Must have completed a minimum of 24 units to apply. Award recipients are invited to a Voss-Berryhill Scholarship luncheon in November.
Last Breakfast 2023
April 18, 2023 - Thank you to everyone that attended the MJC Agriculture Last Breakfast and Scholarship Awards Ceremony! Over $85,000 in scholarship monies was announced. More information coming soon!
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2022 MJC Agriculture Last Breakfast & Awards Ceremony:
The annual Last Breakfast and Scholarship Awards Ceremony was Tuesday, April 19, 2022,
at the West Campus ACE Pavilion. Over $90,000 was awarded to both returning and transferring
MJC students. The 2022 awards can be reviewed by clicking on the image below:
Congressman Josh Harder applauds the MJC Agriculture students' successes in a brief video as well.
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