Do you have an engineering 'geek' in your household? (Read my article, Teaching Geeks) Need to find a conservative Christian Engineering College for them? I can give you a jumping off place if you aren't sure where to start!
How can you find a good Christian engineering college that is also a conservative Christian university? Christian parent's want Christians their kids to have opportunities to celebrate their faith find opportunities to be active in on-campus ministry groups.
My family liked include Seattle Pacific University (Free Methodist) in Washington, and George Fox University (Quaker) in Oregon. We loved the atmosphere of both schools! I also recommend LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas.
Cedarville University in Ohio
Grove City in Pennsylvania
Calvin College in Michigan
Seattle Pacific University in Washington
George Fox University in Oregon
LeTourneau University in Texas
Messiah College in Pennsylvania
Geneva in Pennsylvania
Olivet Nazarene in Illinois
Andrews University in Michigan (7th Day Adventist)
My friend explained, "Of this list my first recommendation would be Cedarville, based on its engineering programs quality and its theological stance. Next would be Grove City. After that, based in the same criteria, would be Calvin. Messiah has grown to be liberal. I think Geneva is fairly good along these lines but I don’t know about the quality of the engineering programs. Same for Olivet."
You can also find a list of schools that give scholarships to homeschoolers here, but you may have to weed through the list in order to see if they are Christian engineering colleges.
The most important thing is to make sure your school, and the engineering major at the school, are ABET accredited. Many engineering companies will not hire an applicant with a degree that is not ABET accredited. It's a VERY big deal.
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Bob Jones University has an ABET-accredited engineering program, is conservative, and is home-school friendly. I think they belong on this list.
Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas has an ABET accredited program as well. Here is the website: https://www.harding.edu/academics/colleges-departments/sciences/engineering-physics
My daughter is currently attending Geneva College. Although it is not her major, they have an excellent ABET-accredited engineering program. Geneva also offers scholarships to homeschoolers. Each of my daughters who attended there was awarded an academic scholarship. A lot of homeschoolers attend Geneva.
I mentioned Bryan College earlier so I wanted to add an update. Dr. Lyle Smith is now the Dean of the Vogel Engineering School at Bryan College in TN. The following engineering options can be tailored to the students' degree or interests: Bioengineering, Business Management, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computing, Environmental, and Mechanical Engineering.
Thank you so much for letting us know! That is great information that I'm sure many will find helpful.
~ Anita, Assistant to The HomeScholar
I can vouch for LeTourneau. My sister attended and graduated from there. She loved the school and the atmosphere.
I also agree that John Brown should be added to the list, I am sending 2 homeschooler graduates there this coming fall.
That's wonderful! Thank you for the recommendation.
~ Anita, Assistant to The HomeScholar
Another conservative Christian school to consider for engineering is Liberty University (LU) in Lynchburg, VA. They have 5 engineering programs: Civil; Computer; Electrical; Industrial & Systems; and Mechanical. With over 500 engineering students within 15,000 residential students and roughly 100,000 online students, LU has a lot to offer.
That's good info, John!
Thank you!
Robin
Assistant to The HomeScholar
I attended LeTourneau and I highly recommend it for engineering academics and faithfulness to God and His word. They are very intentional about melding faith and work. When I was there, most classes began with a short devotion.
Pensacola Christian College is a great college to also add to this list. My husband, brother in law, and many friends earned degrees in engineering at PCC and have gone on to earn Mater's degrees and have very successful careers in the field. Pensacola is ABET accredited. The cost can not be beat and neither can the white Florida beaches.
I wholeheartedly recommend adding Dordt College to your list. They are a conservative Christian school in Western Iowa and have been ABET certified for 30 years. My son is currently a junior there double majoring in Chemistry and Engineering Science and minoring in theater. He is considering going on to get a masters degree in nano-medicine. Here is a link to their engineering page: https://www.dordt.edu/.../engineering/department-profile
Also check out John Brown University. Our engineering program (https://www.jbu.edu/majors/engineering/) is top notch, ABET accredited and has some of the most caring faculty I've ever met. JBU has been around for 100 years and our mission is still the same - a Christ-centered education. I know I'm biased because I work there, but myself, my husband, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law graduated and now two of my kids attend. We have an engineering summer academy (https://www.jbu.edu/academic-partnerships/summer-academy/engineering/) which is a great way to not only see if engineering is the right fit, but to also get a taste of JBU.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Terra Haute, IN. Not Christian but several professors are. More conservative than most. Top undergraduate engineering school. Spendy though.
Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA is currently expanding their school of engineering. I have 2 Liberty grads though in other courses of study. Engineering is really going to ramp up at Liberty as they will be breaking ground this fall on a new facility for their engineering program. They are already ABET accredited but the new building will be open in fall 2021.
Please add John Brown University, http://www.jbu.edu, to your list. JBU provides a wonderful Christ-centered education and has ABET accredited engineering programs.
Walla Walla University (WWU) also has a great engineering program. We are a sister Seventh-day Adventist School to Andrew's University on the list above. WWU is a small, Christian school in SE Washington.
Thanks so much Pat! I appreciate your suggestion.
Blessings,
Lee
After homeschooling my 9, I am now the Homeschool Specialist at Bryan College and we just added Mechanical and Civil Engineering. We would love to be added to your list. The head of our Engineering School is Dr. Thomas Marshall who has an engineering degree, a seminary degree, played banjo in a blue grass band, has a black belt and is a homeschool dad! He has a vision for missional engineering. https://www.bryan.edu/academics/undergraduate/majors/engineering/
I have a kid who graduated from George Fox in 2016 (not in Engineering). There is no way he would classify the Bible teaching there as "conservative." Loosely Evangelical-ish would be more accurate.