Saint Leo University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Religious Affiliation Catholic (Benedictine)
Population 400,000

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 519 (11.6%)

Racial/Ethnic

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

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Saint Leo University 1,203 38% 35% 2% 22% 19% 6% $60,589 11 -0.61 57 92% 8.1%
Computer Science 30 — 67% 27% 3% 33% 13% 0% $76,548 3 -1.42 82 91% 7.2% — — —
Cybersecurity 58 — 74% 47% 3% 14% 16% 12% $60,406 3 -1.76 57 100% 7.2% — — —
Information Technology 2 — 100% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $76,548 11 -1.06 82 91% 7.2% — — —
Information Technology 34 — 79% 26% 6% 15% 18% 26% $82,672 19 -0.76 87 93% 4.1% — — —
Software Engineering 10 — 70% 20% 0% 10% 10% 20% $71,967 2 -1.55 77 — — — — —
Web Development — — — — — — — — $60,406 20 -0.90 57 100% 7.2% — — —
Computational and Applied Mathematics 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $71,094 3 -1.19 76 — — — — —
Mathematics — — — — — — — — $68,221 27 -0.65 72 — — — — —
Biology 36 — 19% 25% 0% 8% 33% 19% $58,324 15 -0.94 52 94% — — — —
Human Biology 13 — 31% 31% 8% 8% 46% 0% $58,116 10 -1.03 51 — — — — —
Nursing 12 — 8% 50% 0% 8% 17% 0% $97,029 76 +0.48 95 — — — — —
Accounting 22 — 18% 32% 9% 14% 9% 23% $71,160 15 -1.03 76 92% 6.4% — — —
Business Administration 185 +4 53% 34% 1% 22% 15% 6% $67,055 30 -0.55 70 94% — — — —
Economics — — — — — — — — $69,717 8 -1.06 74 — — — — —
General Business 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $66,079 25 -0.60 68 — — — — —
Health Administration 26 — 8% 27% 0% 54% 8% 0% $55,557 19 -0.56 44 91% 9.7% — — —
Hospitality Management 5 — 40% 40% 0% 0% 20% 0% $48,043 6 -1.13 24 87% — — — —
Human Resources Management 43 — 19% 21% 2% 40% 9% 0% $63,845 14 -0.88 64 96% 8.5% — — —
Logistics 39 — 64% 15% 3% 59% 21% 0% $67,055 4 -1.45 70 94% — — — —
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods 31 — 48% 45% 3% 13% 19% 6% $65,650 24 -0.62 67 — — — — —
Marketing 41 — 37% 34% 0% 0% 27% 22% $62,866 11 -1.14 62 95% 10.9% — — —
Quantitative Economics 5 +1 40% 20% 0% 20% 0% 40% $69,387 8 -1.08 73 — — — — —
Sports Management 20 — 70% 40% 0% 5% 20% 20% $56,588 35 -0.49 47 94% — — — —
English 10 — 30% 60% 0% 0% 20% 0% $39,288 3 -1.60 8 94% — — — —
History 6 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $47,447 10 -0.93 23 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 3 — 100% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% $49,253 16 -0.77 27 — — — — —
Liberal Studies 11 — 27% 9% 0% 27% 27% 9% $72,338 94 +1.44 77 83% 8.5% — — —
Religious Studies 14 +1 57% 64% 0% 21% 0% 0% $38,752 4 -1.49 7 79% — — — —
Communication 10 — 10% 30% 0% 10% 30% 0% $49,285 9 -1.18 27 — — — — —
Human Services 6 — 0% 17% 0% 50% 0% 0% $40,400 7 -1.52 9 86% 9.8% — — —
International Affairs 4 +1 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 25% $59,251 16 -0.70 54 — — — — —
International/Global Studies — +2 — — — — — — $59,766 17 -0.68 55 — — — — —
Political Science 7 +1 43% 29% 0% 0% 29% 14% $59,628 16 -0.93 55 — — — — —
Psychology 203 +4 19% 32% 0% 25% 20% 4% $48,125 13 -1.05 24 86% 9.0% — — —
Social Work 21 — 5% 33% 10% 24% 24% 5% $50,156 28 -0.37 30 92% 8.8% — — —
Sociology 16 +1 19% 31% 0% 62% 6% 0% $49,273 17 -0.69 27 93% 10.4% — — —
Education 28 — 0% 43% 4% 21% 18% 0% $61,652 84 +0.77 60 — — — — —
Elementary Education 60 — 5% 62% 0% 5% 23% 0% $48,206 24 -0.61 25 93% — — — —
Middle School Education 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,206 16 -0.80 25 93% — — — —
Music 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $38,831 12 -0.85 7 — — — — —
Theater 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $38,552 22 -0.60 7 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 110 — 43% 35% 4% 24% 24% 0% $59,515 51 -0.05 55 94% 6.8% — — —
Criminalistics and Criminal Science 35 — 23% 26% 0% 23% 31% 0% $67,549 88 +1.05 71 — — — — —
Emergency Management 8 — 38% 38% 0% 25% 38% 0% $79,105 63 +0.28 84 97% — — — —
Homeland Security 34 — 76% 32% 0% 18% 32% 0% $79,105 99 +2.65 84 97% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $32,100
ROI Percentile 57th

Retention & Graduation

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

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 White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 34.7% 418 44% 31% 2% 25% 16% 8% $65,008 12 -0.77 66 94% 9.1%
Social Sciences 22.2% 267 18% 32% 1% 26% 19% 4% $48,692 5 -0.98 26 87% 9.1%
Professional 15.5% 187 45% 33% 2% 22% 27% 0% $65,419 46 +0.66 67 95% 6.8%
Computer Science 11.1% 134 74% 35% 4% 19% 15% 13% $70,773 2 -1.40 75 96% 6.3%
Education 7.4% 89 3% 56% 1% 10% 21% 0% $52,436 42 -0.18 36 93% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.1% 49 22% 27% 2% 8% 37% 14% $58,269 13 -0.97 51 94% —
Humanities 3.7% 44 48% 55% 0% 16% 11% 2% $49,172 16 -0.66 27 85% 8.5%
Health Sciences 1.0% 12 8% 50% 0% 8% 17% 0% $97,029 94 +0.48 95 — —
Arts 0.2% 2 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $38,692 5 -0.73 7 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.1% 1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $71,094 29 -1.19 76 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Education — — — — 31 #132 — —
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.

Sports NCAA D2

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 82 $643K $609K $34K
Lacrosse 59 $493K $467K $25K
Baseball 49 $657K $531K $126K
Basketball 39 $802K $647K $155K
Golf 15 $353K $276K $77K
Tennis 13 $233K $205K $28K
Cross Country 9 $10K $9K $903
Total 266 $3.2M $2.7M $449K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 66 $657K $606K $50K
Gymnastics 40 $305K $260K $45K
Lacrosse 39 $425K $389K $36K
Softball 26 $540K $433K $107K
Volleyball 26 $331K $308K $22K
Basketball 19 $659K $597K $62K
Beach Volleyball 18 $174K $164K $9K
Tennis 14 $213K $206K $7K
Golf 9 $355K $294K $61K
Cross Country 6 $9K $8K $438
Total 253 $3.7M $3.3M $402K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 148 $1.3M $1.2M $85K
Lacrosse 98 $918K $856K $61K
Basketball 58 $1.5M $1.2M $217K
Baseball 49 $657K $531K $126K
Gymnastics 40 $305K $260K $45K
Tennis 27 $447K $411K $35K
Softball 26 $540K $433K $107K
Volleyball 26 $331K $308K $22K
Golf 24 $708K $570K $138K
Beach Volleyball 18 $174K $164K $9K
Cross Country 15 $19K $18K $1K
Total 519 $8.8M $7.8M $1.0M

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

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

Acceptance Rates

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

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional