Comparison Grantham University



Comparison Grantham University

Grantham University is a for-profit university based in Kansas City, Missouri, that offers degree programs by distance education. It was founded in 1951. The university is organized into 14 undergraduate and 10 graduate programs by three different schools. The undergraduate student body comes from all over the 50 U.S. states and 106 countries, including military and Department of Defense personnel from any military installation. In 2006, Grantham University ranked 13th out of 27 U.S. distance education programs by eLearning World University Rankings. In its 2008 edition, KMI Media Group/Military Advanced Education ranked 10th the university's undergraduate program among the top 20 military-friendly national universities... In 2009, the KMI Media Group Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities ranked the university among the top 20 military-friendly national universities again for a third year in a row.

Grantham University started as Grantham Radio License School, a private school founded in 1951, in Los Angeles, CA. Its founder Mr. Donald Grantham was an engineer who offered F.C.C. License certification courses to World War II veterans. In 1961, the university received formal recognition by the Department of Education.

Through-out the 60s and 70s, additional campuses were opened in Washington, DC; Seattle, Washington; Kansas City, Missouri; and Hollywood, Florida. In 1961, Grantham School of Electronics (GSE) became accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council. In 1968, the GSE was renamed to Grantham College of Engineering (GCE). A second Los Angeles campus was erected in 1974. In 1990, GCE received its license to operate by the Louisiana Board of Regents. In 1993, GCE relocated to the State of Louisiana in Slidell.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit Grantham University's main campus in Slidell, Louisiana, destroying approximately eighty percent of their facilities. Days later, over 140 employees had the University up and running again in temporary offices in Kansas City, Missouri. Many of them drove all night to make the 900 miles (1,400 km) journey to Kansas City.

After Hurricane Katrina, Grantham continued to serve its more than 8,000 students, without interruption -- as described in the Harvard International Review. The University decided to relocate to Kansas City permanently, and secured a certificate to operate from the Missouri Department of Higher Education.

June 2006, Grantham University signed articulation agreements with Bellevue University of Bellevue, Nebraska and Central Wyoming College of Riverton, Wyoming.

September 2006, the University enrolled its oldest student, 83 year old Mr. John "Jack" Childs. He had already earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at MIT in 1944.

Grantham University in January 2007 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) to accept educational credit earned through successful completion of DAU courses and programs as transfer or elective credit at Grantham University. November 2007, the University participates in numerous programs such as GoArmyEd, Marine Corps Academic Explorer, and The Air University Associate to Baccalaureate Cooperative (CCAF); has been recognized as a provisional school in the Navy College Distance Learning Program; and is a member of the National Association of Institutes for Military Education ...