Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)

Tuition costs 37,700 USD per year.

Milligan University's Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering program integrates sound engineering theory and application with a liberal arts foundation and a Christian worldview. Students engage in hands-on learning, combining theory and practice through a traditional four-year curriculum. The program emphasizes design, preparing students for real-world challenges through a capstone project and offering opportunities for internships and co-ops. Graduates are equipped to serve in industry, community, and public roles, making a positive impact.

Focus areas include energy, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, mechanical design, manufacturing processes, robotics.

The program is a traditional four-year, on-campus curriculum combining theory and practice, enriched by a liberal arts foundation and offering hands-on learning, internships, co-ops, and a capstone design project. Students must meet progression gateways with satisfactory progress in math-science-engineering courses to advance.

Graduates are prepared to begin work in the engineering field or enter graduate studies, serving industry, community, and public roles with technical skills, social responsibility, and a global vision. Industry leaders are noted as being ready to hire Milligan engineering graduates.

The program is designed for students who want to change lives through engineering, exemplifying exceptional study habits, mental preparedness, and dedication to purpose, and who plan to take advanced math and science classes.

Admission to the engineering program is not separate from university admission; students declare their major upon applying. Recommended entry requirements include a 3.5 high school GPA, a composite ACT of 25 (math 25) or SAT equivalent, and specific high school math and physical science credits, though these are recommendations, not strict requirements.

On-campus, full-time, with a typical duration of 4 years, extendable to 5 years for a co-op program. For international students, tuition is above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 70% of applicants.

Milligan University is located in northeastern Tennessee, surrounded by views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and close to opportunities for outdoor recreation. The campus offers a residential college experience within a Christian community, where faith is part of academic study, campus ministries, and relationships among students. The university was named for its founder’s favorite teacher, reflecting the importance placed on faculty in the institution’s identity. Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan has prepared men and women for ministry since 1965.

Academic choice spans more than 100 majors, minors, pre-professional degrees, and concentrations across the arts and humanities, Bible and ministry, business and technology, sciences and allied health, and social sciences and education. Undergraduate students complete a required core curriculum designed to provide a broad foundation for lifelong learning and further study. Graduate studies, professional licensure programs, certificates, and seminary education extend the range of pathways available.

Classes are structured around faculty contact, with a 9:1 student-faculty ratio and no graduate assistants teaching courses. The Office of Student Success provides academic and non-academic support. Milligan’s Christian formation emphasizes thinking and acting from a biblical perspective, experiential learning, and service. International students should expect a close-knit setting: one student from Norway described the transition as challenging but found the community’s hospitality helpful. Financial aid is available to students, and the university promotes affordable education.