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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Religious Affiliation Catholic (Benedictine)
Location Saint Leo, FL
Population 400,000
Website http://www.saintleo.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 60 (5% 🥵)
Sunshine Hours 2,872 (82%)
Days Without Precipitation 249 (57%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,064
Men / Women 42% / 58%
From State 64%
From Region 1%
Athletes 11.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 25%
Hispanic 18%
Black 15%
International 6%
Asian 1%
Mixed 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 42.9% 42.9% 2012 Men: 47.6% 47.6% 2013 Men: 41.1% 41.1% 2014 Men: 43.2% 43.2% 2015 Men: 39.6% 39.6% 2016 Men: 37.9% 37.9% 2017 Men: 39.7% 39.7% 2018 Men: 41.7% 41.7% 2019 Men: 37.6% 37.6% 2020 Men: 37.6% 37.6% 2021 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2022 Men: 38.5% 38.5% 2023 Men: 41.6% 41.6% 2024 Men: 43.5% 43.5%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2014 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2017 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2016 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2017 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2019 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2020 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2022 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2023 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2011 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2012 Black: 9.2% 9.2% 2013 Black: 9.6% 9.6% 2014 Black: 8.0% 8.0% 2015 Black: 9.7% 9.7% 2016 Black: 10.4% 10.4% 2017 Black: 12.1% 12.1% 2018 Black: 13.6% 13.6% 2019 Black: 13.2% 13.2% 2020 Black: 15.8% 15.8% 2021 Black: 14.2% 14.2% 2022 Black: 16.3% 16.3% 2023 Black: 15.6% 15.6% 2024 Black: 13.9% 13.9% 2011 Hispanic: 12.8% 12.8% 2012 Hispanic: 9.9% 9.9% 2013 Hispanic: 13.8% 13.8% 2014 Hispanic: 12.8% 12.8% 2015 Hispanic: 12.6% 12.6% 2016 Hispanic: 15.2% 15.2% 2017 Hispanic: 14.5% 14.5% 2018 Hispanic: 16.9% 16.9% 2019 Hispanic: 24.5% 24.5% 2020 Hispanic: 19.4% 19.4% 2021 Hispanic: 21.6% 21.6% 2022 Hispanic: 17.5% 17.5% 2023 Hispanic: 26.6% 26.6% 2024 Hispanic: 22.7% 22.7% 2011 White: 60.6% 60.6% 2012 White: 65.0% 65.0% 2013 White: 60.5% 60.5% 2014 White: 64.3% 64.3% 2015 White: 61.5% 61.5% 2016 White: 56.1% 56.1% 2017 White: 50.7% 50.7% 2018 White: 47.2% 47.2% 2019 White: 43.9% 43.9% 2020 White: 46.4% 46.4% 2021 White: 44.3% 44.3% 2022 White: 41.6% 41.6% 2023 White: 37.0% 37.0% 2024 White: 39.3% 39.3% 2011 International: 9.6% 9.6% 2012 International: 8.5% 8.5% 2013 International: 10.1% 10.1% 2014 International: 6.8% 6.8% 2015 International: 4.9% 4.9% 2016 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2017 International: 7.2% 7.2% 2018 International: 12.8% 12.8% 2019 International: 5.6% 5.6% 2020 International: 7.5% 7.5% 2021 International: 9.2% 9.2% 2022 International: 13.7% 13.7% 2023 International: 8.4% 8.4% 2024 International: 10.7% 10.7%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2023 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2025 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Black: 31.2% 31.2% 2021 Black: 26.4% 26.4% 2022 Black: 24.2% 24.2% 2023 Black: 18.2% 18.2% 2024 Black: 14.5% 14.5% 2025 Black: 15.2% 15.2% 2020 Hispanic: 14.9% 14.9% 2021 Hispanic: 16.5% 16.5% 2022 Hispanic: 17.7% 17.7% 2023 Hispanic: 18.3% 18.3% 2024 Hispanic: 17.3% 17.3% 2025 Hispanic: 17.7% 17.7% 2020 White: 30.1% 30.1% 2021 White: 31.2% 31.2% 2022 White: 30.2% 30.2% 2023 White: 31.2% 31.2% 2024 White: 25.2% 25.2% 2025 White: 25.0% 25.0% 2020 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2021 International: 4.2% 4.2% 2022 International: 4.7% 4.7% 2023 International: 7.2% 7.2% 2024 International: 5.0% 5.0% 2025 International: 6.3% 6.3%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Saint Leo University 1,203 38% / 62% 6% $52,817 46 90%
Computer Science 30 — 67% / 33% 0% $74,733 84 90%
Cybersecurity 58 — 74% / 26% 12% $50,637 40 100%
Information Technology 2 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Information Technology 34 — 79% / 21% 26% $69,493 79 100%
Software Engineering 10 — 70% / 30% 20% $69,376 79 —
Web Development — — — — $51,347 42 —
Computational and Applied Mathematics 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Mathematics — — — — $57,817 59 —
Biology 36 — 19% / 81% 19% $62,582 69 94%
Human Biology 13 — 31% / 69% 0% $57,117 58 —
Nursing 12 — 8% / 92% 0% — — —
Accounting 22 — 18% / 82% 23% $60,015 64 92%
Business Administration 185 +4 53% / 47% 6% $59,555 63 90%
Economics — — — — $60,630 65 —
General Business 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Health Administration 26 — 8% / 92% 0% $52,863 46 90%
Hospitality Management 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $60,697 65 88%
Human Resources Management 43 — 19% / 81% 0% $58,851 62 91%
Logistics 39 — 64% / 36% 0% — — —
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods 31 — 48% / 52% 6% — — —
Marketing 41 — 37% / 63% 22% $54,934 52 90%
Quantitative Economics 5 +1 40% / 60% 40% $60,287 65 —
Sports Management 20 — 70% / 30% 20% $50,715 40 94%
Communication 10 — 10% / 90% 0% $48,904 35 —
English 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $39,288 11 94%
History 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $48,572 34 —
Human Services 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $38,472 10 90%
Interdisciplinary Studies 3 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
International Affairs 4 +1 50% / 50% 25% $55,107 53 —
International/Global Studies — +2 — — $56,612 57 —
Liberal Studies 11 — 27% / 73% 9% $53,560 48 94%
Political Science 7 +1 43% / 57% 14% $55,791 55 —
Psychology 203 +4 19% / 81% 4% $40,906 14 84%
Religious Studies 14 +1 57% / 43% 0% $45,717 25 100%
Social Work 21 — 5% / 95% 5% $42,946 18 89%
Sociology 16 +1 19% / 81% 0% $48,571 34 89%
Education 28 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,035 32 —
Elementary Education 60 — 5% / 95% 0% $47,360 30 96%
Middle School Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,360 30 96%
Music 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Theater 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $38,208 10 —
Criminal Justice 110 — 43% / 57% 0% $52,987 47 88%
Criminalistics and Criminal Science 35 — 23% / 77% 0% — — —
Emergency Management 8 — 38% / 62% 0% $58,447 61 87%
Homeland Security 34 — 76% / 24% 0% — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $32,100
ROI Percentile 46th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 59%
4-Year Graduation Rate 38%
6-Year Graduation Rate 45%
Transfer-Out Rate 35%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 45.6% 45.6% 2012 Graduated: 43.5% 43.5% 2013 Graduated: 45.8% 45.8% 2014 Graduated: 44.9% 44.9% 2015 Graduated: 45.5% 45.5% 2016 Graduated: 40.0% 40.0% 2017 Graduated: 48.0% 48.0% 2018 Graduated: 51.4% 51.4% 2019 Graduated: 48.9% 48.9% 2020 Graduated: 50.5% 50.5% 2021 Graduated: 46.2% 46.2% 2022 Graduated: 49.3% 49.3% 2023 Graduated: 48.8% 48.8% 2024 Graduated: 45.0% 45.0%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 41.7% 41.7% 2012 Men: 38.1% 38.1% 2013 Men: 37.7% 37.7% 2014 Men: 43.0% 43.0% 2015 Men: 42.0% 42.0% 2016 Men: 39.7% 39.7% 2017 Men: 47.4% 47.4% 2018 Men: 50.3% 50.3% 2019 Men: 45.9% 45.9% 2020 Men: 49.6% 49.6% 2021 Men: 42.2% 42.2% 2022 Men: 43.5% 43.5% 2023 Men: 49.3% 49.3% 2024 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2011 Women: 49.0% 49.0% 2012 Women: 48.4% 48.4% 2013 Women: 53.6% 53.6% 2014 Women: 46.5% 46.5% 2015 Women: 49.2% 49.2% 2016 Women: 40.3% 40.3% 2017 Women: 48.4% 48.4% 2018 Women: 52.4% 52.4% 2019 Women: 50.9% 50.9% 2020 Women: 51.1% 51.1% 2021 Women: 48.9% 48.9% 2022 Women: 52.9% 52.9% 2023 Women: 48.4% 48.4% 2024 Women: 48.3% 48.3%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 45.9% 45.9% 2012 Black: 34.2% 34.2% 2013 Black: 47.7% 47.7% 2014 Black: 35.0% 35.0% 2015 Black: 36.2% 36.2% 2016 Black: 33.9% 33.9% 2017 Black: 43.9% 43.9% 2018 Black: 47.7% 47.7% 2019 Black: 47.6% 47.6% 2020 Black: 43.3% 43.3% 2021 Black: 43.0% 43.0% 2022 Black: 41.4% 41.4% 2023 Black: 33.7% 33.7% 2024 Black: 39.7% 39.7% 2011 Hispanic: 50.9% 50.9% 2012 Hispanic: 39.0% 39.0% 2013 Hispanic: 44.4% 44.4% 2014 Hispanic: 40.6% 40.6% 2015 Hispanic: 47.5% 47.5% 2016 Hispanic: 41.5% 41.5% 2017 Hispanic: 40.5% 40.5% 2018 Hispanic: 45.8% 45.8% 2019 Hispanic: 45.5% 45.5% 2020 Hispanic: 41.2% 41.2% 2021 Hispanic: 44.0% 44.0% 2022 Hispanic: 46.2% 46.2% 2023 Hispanic: 47.2% 47.2% 2024 Hispanic: 38.6% 38.6% 2011 White: 45.0% 45.0% 2012 White: 43.5% 43.5% 2013 White: 42.8% 42.8% 2014 White: 46.4% 46.4% 2015 White: 45.8% 45.8% 2016 White: 39.3% 39.3% 2017 White: 47.8% 47.8% 2018 White: 53.4% 53.4% 2019 White: 48.2% 48.2% 2020 White: 57.2% 57.2% 2021 White: 46.4% 46.4% 2022 White: 52.4% 52.4% 2023 White: 54.3% 54.3% 2024 White: 45.9% 45.9% 2011 International: 53.5% 53.5% 2012 International: 57.1% 57.1% 2013 International: 69.6% 69.6% 2014 International: 61.8% 61.8% 2015 International: 75.0% 75.0% 2016 International: 47.6% 47.6% 2017 International: 59.0% 59.0% 2018 International: 56.8% 56.8% 2019 International: 72.2% 72.2% 2020 International: 54.3% 54.3% 2021 International: 40.0% 40.0% 2022 International: 56.6% 56.6% 2023 International: 48.9% 48.9% 2024 International: 61.7% 61.7%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 34.7% 418 44% / 56% 8% $57,967 60 91%
Humanities & Social Sciences 25.9% 311 23% / 77% 4% $42,946 18 86%
Professional 15.5% 187 45% / 55% 0% $53,357 48 88%
Computer Science 11.1% 134 74% / 26% 13% $62,390 69 98%
Education 7.4% 89 3% / 97% 0% $47,572 31 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 4.1% 49 22% / 78% 14% $61,132 66 94%
Health Sciences 1.0% 12 8% / 92% 0% — — —
Arts 0.2% 2 50% / 50% 0% $38,208 10 —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.1% 1 0% / 100% 0% — — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Education — — — — 31 #133 — —
Business & Economics — — — — 30 #29 — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — 30 #147 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 91 #184 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 71%
Yield (Unbound) 13%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 71% 71% 71%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 92.9% 92.9% 2012 Acceptance: 84.8% 84.8% 2013 Acceptance: 76.6% 76.6% 2014 Acceptance: 72.2% 72.2% 2015 Acceptance: 72.5% 72.5% 2016 Acceptance: 69.7% 69.7% 2017 Acceptance: 58.5% 58.5% 2018 Acceptance: 60.3% 60.3% 2019 Acceptance: 72.1% 72.1% 2020 Acceptance: 73.0% 73.0% 2021 Acceptance: 70.7% 70.7% 2022 Acceptance: 80.1% 80.1% 2023 Acceptance: 72.1% 72.1% 2024 Acceptance: 78.4% 78.4% 2011 Yield: 29.5% 29.5% 2012 Yield: 28.2% 28.2% 2013 Yield: 26.5% 26.5% 2014 Yield: 24.7% 24.7% 2015 Yield: 23.5% 23.5% 2016 Yield: 19.4% 19.4% 2017 Yield: 16.7% 16.7% 2018 Yield: 19.0% 19.0% 2019 Yield: 20.9% 20.9% 2020 Yield: 17.6% 17.6% 2021 Yield: 11.6% 11.6% 2022 Yield: 15.9% 15.9% 2023 Yield: 11.3% 11.3% 2024 Yield: 13.0% 13.0%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 1,981 1,981 2012 Applicants: 2,648 2,648 2013 Applicants: 3,178 3,178 2014 Applicants: 3,459 3,459 2015 Applicants: 3,865 3,865 2016 Applicants: 4,501 4,501 2017 Applicants: 5,492 5,492 2018 Applicants: 4,904 4,904 2019 Applicants: 5,195 5,195 2020 Applicants: 5,662 5,662 2021 Applicants: 10,086 10,086 2022 Applicants: 6,928 6,928 2023 Applicants: 7,788 7,788 2024 Applicants: 6,684 6,684 2011 Admitted: 1,841 1,841 2012 Admitted: 2,245 2,245 2013 Admitted: 2,435 2,435 2014 Admitted: 2,496 2,496 2015 Admitted: 2,803 2,803 2016 Admitted: 3,139 3,139 2017 Admitted: 3,212 3,212 2018 Admitted: 2,955 2,955 2019 Admitted: 3,745 3,745 2020 Admitted: 4,133 4,133 2021 Admitted: 7,127 7,127 2022 Admitted: 5,549 5,549 2023 Admitted: 5,615 5,615 2024 Admitted: 5,240 5,240 2011 Enrolled: 544 544 2012 Enrolled: 634 634 2013 Enrolled: 645 645 2014 Enrolled: 616 616 2015 Enrolled: 659 659 2016 Enrolled: 610 610 2017 Enrolled: 536 536 2018 Enrolled: 561 561 2019 Enrolled: 782 782 2020 Enrolled: 729 729 2021 Enrolled: 826 826 2022 Enrolled: 880 880 2023 Enrolled: 632 632 2024 Enrolled: 680 680

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 900 1000 1100 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 860 860 2016 25th: 900 900 2017 25th: 910 910 2018 25th: 960 960 2021 25th: 930 930 2022 25th: 980 980 2011 75th: 1040 1040 2016 75th: 1090 1090 2017 75th: 1120 1120 2018 75th: 1150 1150 2021 75th: 1150 1150 2022 75th: 1190 1190

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 430 430 2016 25th: 450 450 2017 25th: 480 480 2018 25th: 490 490 2021 25th: 460 460 2022 25th: 470 470 2011 75th: 520 520 2016 75th: 540 540 2017 75th: 600 600 2018 75th: 590 590 2021 75th: 560 560 2022 75th: 580 580

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 430 430 2016 25th: 450 450 2017 25th: 430 430 2018 25th: 470 470 2021 25th: 470 470 2022 25th: 510 510 2011 75th: 520 520 2016 75th: 550 550 2017 75th: 520 520 2018 75th: 560 560 2021 75th: 590 590 2022 75th: 610 610

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 94.0% 94.0% 2016 Submitted: 62.0% 62.0% 2017 Submitted: 86.0% 86.0% 2018 Submitted: 57.0% 57.0% 2021 Submitted: 52.0% 52.0% 2022 Submitted: 12.0% 12.0% 2023 Submitted: 0.0% 0.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.