Ridgeview Health Care Scholarship
Each year, Ridgeview offers $2,000 scholarships to area college-bound high school seniors interested in pursuing a career in the health care field. Scholarships are awarded to 15 students with a home address in Ridgeview’s service area*. Additionally, there is one scholarship awarded to a child of a Ridgeview employee, and two scholarships for students with a diverse background.
The application will be available from Jan. 1 to March 15, 2026. Online application closes at 11:45 p.m. on March 15, 2026.
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Scholarship Criteria
Recipients are selected by members of the Scholarship Committee according to the following criteria:
- Pursuing one of the predefined health care career choices (see below)
- Home address in Ridgeview’s service area (see below)
- Have a high school GPA of 2.5 or higher
- Involved with school or community volunteer activities
- Planning on enrolling in a post-secondary school, public or private, in the fall of 2026
Please note that the following students are not eligible for the “child of a Ridgeview employee” scholarship:
- Children of a Ridgeview director-level employee or above
- Children of a Ridgeview-affiliated physician or Advanced Practice Professionals (APP)
Eligible Careers
- Athletic trainer
- Certified registered nurse anesthetist
- Dermatologist
- Dietitian/nutritionist
- EMT
- Health information technician
- Health unit coordinator
- Licensed practical nurse
- Medical assistant
- Medical lab technician
- Medical records technologist
- Medical transcriptionist
- Occupational therapist
- Paramedic
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- Pharmacist
- Pharmacy technician
- Physical therapist
- Physician
- Physician assistant
- Radiological technologist (including CT or MRI technologist, sonographer/ultrasound technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, mammographer)
- Registered nurse
- Respiratory care practitioner
- Social worker
- Speech therapist
- Surgical technician or ultrasound technician
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Ridgeview Service Area
- Arlington
- Belle Plaine
- Carver
- Chanhassen
- Chaska
- Cokato
- Cologne
- Dassel
- Delano
- Deephaven
- Eden Prairie
- Excelsior
- Gaylord
- Glencoe
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- Gibbon
- Green Isle
- Greenwood
- Hamburg
- Henderson
- Howard Lake
- Hutchinson
- Jordan
- Le Center
- Le Sueur
- Lester Prairie
- Long Lake
- Loretto
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- Maple Plain
- Mayer
- Minnetonka
- Montrose
- Mound
- New Auburn
- New Germany
- New Prague
- Norwood
- Plato
- Rockford
- Shorewood
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- Silver Lake
- Spring Park
- St. Bonifacius
- Tonka Bay
- Victoria
- Waconia
- Watertown
- Waverly
- Winsted
- Winthrop
- Young America
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Funding for the Ridgeview Health Care Scholarship Program is generously provided by Ridgeview Foundation’s Friends & Family giving club initiatives and anonymous community donors.
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All interested and eligible students are encouraged to apply, provided they meet the specified criteria.
Applications will be available online between Jan. 1 and March 15, 2026. Online application closes at 11:45 p.m. on March 15, 2026.
Please contact Karen Bonick, Development Officer, at 952-442-6010 or email karen.bonick@ridgeviewmedical.org if you have questions.
