General Information:
Name of Institution: Grantham
University
Address: 7200 NW 86th
Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64153
Year Founded:
1951
First Accredited: 1961
Accreditation Expires: June 2016
Ownership: Grantham University Inc.,
a Missouri corporation, dba Grantham University, is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Grantham Education Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
President: Joseph McGrath
Accreditation(s) and Agency Contact
Information:
- Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and
Training Council (DETC)
Phone: (202)234-5100; Fax: (202)
332-1386
State Approval and Agency Contact
Information:
Grantham is certified to operate as
an institution of higher learning by the Missouri Department of Higher
Education, the authority by which Grantham confers degrees.
- Missouri Department of Higher Education Phone: (573)
751-2361; Fax: (573) 751-6635
Grantham is also
licensed/registered/approved/certified/authorized as required by state law in
the following states:
- Alabama: Licensed by the State of Alabama Department of
Postsecondary Education and approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher
Education;
- Georgia: Authorized under the State of Georgia
Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Institutions Act of 1990;
- Kansas: Approved by the Kansas Board of Regents;
- Louisiana: Licensed as an institution of higher
education by the State of Louisiana Board of Regents;
- Texas: Authorized to recruit students by the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board;
- Wyoming: Registered as an accredited private
postsecondary education institution by the State of Wyoming Department of
Education.
Participation in Funding Programs:
(GI Bill, DANTES, Title IV, etc.)
- Title IV
- VA Chapters: 1606, 1607, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35
- DANTES
- REAP (Reserve Education Assistance Program)
Mission and Description:
Institution Mission Statement:
Grantham University’s mission is to
provide accessible, affordable, professionally relevant degree programs in a
continuously changing global society.
Areas of Special Focus
Allied Health, Nursing, Business,
Computer Science, Engineering Technology,
Arts & Sciences:
Multidisciplinary Studies, Criminal Justice, General Studies
Description of Institution:
Grantham University is a private,
100% online university, offering 38 associate, bachelor and master’s degree
programs.
Grantham University Student
Demographics
(2011 IPEDS Data – for July 1, 2010
through June 30, 2011)
|
|
% of Men
|
% of Women
|
% of Total
|
|
All Races
|
73.14%
|
26.86%
|
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|
|
Nonresident alien
|
0.04%
|
0.00%
|
0.03%
|
|
Hispanic/Latino
|
8.65%
|
7.44%
|
8.33%
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native
|
0.99%
|
1.10%
|
1.02%
|
|
Asian
|
1.80%
|
1.98%
|
1.85%
|
|
Black or African American
|
21.45%
|
33.62%
|
24.72%
|
|
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander
|
0.28%
|
0.64%
|
0.38%
|
|
White
|
49.98%
|
36.70%
|
46.41%
|
|
Two or more races
|
1.08%
|
1.93%
|
1.31%
|
|
Race and ethnicity unknown
|
15.73%
|
16.58%
|
15.96%
|
Programs/Degrees:
- Business
AA - Business
Administration
AA - Business
Management
BS – Business
Administration
BS – Business
Management
Bachelor of
Business Administration (BBA) – Human Resource Management
BS - Accounting
Master of
Business Administration (MBA)
MBA –
Information Management
MBA – Project
Management
MS – Business
Intelligence
MS – Performance
Improvement
MS – Information
Management Technology
MS - Information
Technology
MS - Information
Management – Project Management
- Engineering and Computer Science (9)
AA - Computer
Science
AS - Electronics
and Computer Engineering Technology
AA -
Engineering Management Technology
BS -
Computer Science
BS - Computer
Engineering Technology
BS - Engineering
Management Technology
BS – Electronics
Engineering Technology
BS - Information
Systems
BS - Information
Systems Security
- Nursing and Allied Health (9)
Allied Health:
Associate of
Applied Science (AAS) - Medical Coding and Billing
Master of
Healthcare Administration (MHA)
BS - Health
Systems Management
MS – Health
Systems Management
Nursing:
RN to BSN Degree
Completion Program
RN to MSN Bridge
Program Option (not a degree program)
MSN - Case
Management
MSN - Nursing
Education
MSN - Nursing
Informatics
MSN - Nursing
Management and Organizational Leadership
- College of Arts and Sciences (6)
AA -
Multidisciplinary Studies
BS –
Multidisciplinary Studies
AA - Criminal
Justice
BA – Criminal
Justice
AA - General
Studies
BA – General
Studies
Average Program Tuition / Cost per
Credit Hour:
Undergraduate
Tuition:
$265.00/semester credit hour
Graduate Tuition:
$325.00/semester credit hour
Success Indicators:
Average Completion /Graduation Rate
for Students (2011): 72% (Source:
2011 DETC Annual Report)
Percentage of students surveyed
(2011) responded that they:
Achieved their learning goals: 95%
Would recommend the institution to a
friend: 95%
Were satisfied with their studies:
96%
(Source: 2011 DETC Annual Report)
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