Tampa Bay Region

At Saint Leo University, we offer a transformative education with flexible learning options.

We will meet you where you are, and you can count on rigorous academic programs and dedicated support from the Saint Leo community.

Earn your degree on your terms and blaze your own unique path to success

Tiffany Anderson is now the assistant director of the Tampa Education Center for WorldWide Operations.

About Saint Leo University

Be More and Do More
Founded in 1889 as Florida's first Catholic institution, Saint Leo University has a rich history of providing students with a transformative, values-centered education. With over 40 majors and minors to choose from, our core mission is to inspire students to become their best selves and lead the way for those that follow. Come see why our liberal arts institution is ranked as one of the best in Florida.

We Are Saint Leo
We are a close-knit community that is made up of inspiring individuals. Discover for yourself what makes us special.

Catholic Roots
Saint Leo University is proud to be one of the oldest Catholic universities in Florida and the largest of four Catholic higher education institutions in Florida.

Our determination to make higher education more accessible to all has made Saint Leo a world leader in redefining the 21st-century university. We now serve more than 14,000 students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, three U.S. territories, and more than 100 countries. Saint Leo University is proud to be one of the nation's leading providers of higher education to the U.S. military.

While we are proudly Catholic, we teach students not because they are Catholic but because we are Catholic. And our faith compels us to imagine and contribute to a more socially just society.

Mission, Values, and Identity

 
Mission Statement
Saint Leo University is an innovative global Catholic liberal arts university that fosters a warm, inclusive community that helps educate and develop students for success. We inspire diversity of thought in our next generation of leaders and the courage to boldly confront the world’s challenges through service to others.

 
Catholic Identity

Saint Leo University is a community rooted in the Catholic faith and in the spirit of our Benedictine founders. We are an outgrowth of Catholic social teaching, which insists that human institutions and relationships be based on dignity as well as social and economic justice. The university also adheres to the Catholic intellectual tradition, which celebrates the compatibility of faith and reason, and thus, welcomes students of all faiths and intellectual traditions.

 
Core Values

Community
We develop hospitable Christian learning communities wherever we are called to serve. With mutual trust and respect as the bedrock of our relationships, we foster a spirit of belonging, unity, and interdependence.

Excellence
Saint Leo University is an educational enterprise. All of us, individually and collectively, work hard to ensure that our students develop the character, learn the skills, and assimilate the knowledge essential to become morally responsible leaders. The success of our university depends upon a conscientious commitment to our mission, vision, and goals.

Personal Development
We want every student to have a balanced life, so we stress the development of mind, body, and spirit.

All members of the Saint Leo University community must demonstrate their commitment to personal development to help strengthen the character of our community.

Respect
Animated in the spirit of Jesus Christ, we value all individuals’ unique talents, respect their dignity, and strive to foster their commitment to excellence in our work. Our community’s strength depends on the unity and diversity of our people, on the free exchange of ideas, and on learning, living, and working harmoniously.

Integrity
Saint Leo University’s commitment to excellence is dependent on the pledge of its faculty, staff, and students to be honest, just, and consistent in word and deed.

Responsible Stewardship
Our Creator blesses us with an abundance of resources. We foster a spirit of service to employ our resources for university and community development.

 
Diversity/Inclusion

Our community supports diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ). What this means is that we value and celebrate people who identify with a wide variety of social identity groups, including race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, class, political beliefs, and more. It also means we strive to distribute all opportunities and resources evenly to our community.