Grantham University is a for-profit university based in Kansas City, Missouri, that offers degree programs online via distance education. It was founded in 1951. The university is organized into 16 undergraduate and 11 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 placed the university among 131 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 Donald Grantham was an engineer and WWII veteran who offered F.C.C.