In 2025, Military Times released its Best for Vets: Colleges rankings—the most comprehensive and trusted list evaluating institutional support for military service members, veterans, and their families. Among a record 357 institutions, Saint Leo University earned a national ranking of No. 53, placing it in the top 15% of colleges and universities in the United States dedicated to military-affiliated student success.
This year’s expanded field reflects growing national commitment to veteran academic and personal support, including online flexibility, affordability, and specialized veteran resource networks.
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Saint Leo University’s 2025 rankings, among 355 institutions reviewed, include:
- Overall: No. 53 – jumped 67 spots from 120
- General Education: No. 50 – newly ranked
- Private, Nonprofit Schools: No. 10 – up 17 spots from 27
- In-Person and Online Programs: No. 11 – up 23 spots from 34
- Southeast Schools: No. 13 – up 19 spots from 32
- Florida: No. 6 – up 3 spots from 9
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Our military community has a new place to call home.
The Military Resource Center, located in Apartment Building 4 in the former Lakeside Room, serves as a gathering place where student-veterans, active-duty and reserve service members, and ROTC cadets can relax, study, meet with advisers, and receive help from external support centers.
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Military Education Portals
Military Education Benefit Resources
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Saint Leo stresses the commitment of every student to their personal development and growth while at the university. I have grown in countless ways since coming here, including as a student, as a friend, as a colleague, and as a marketer. I have overcome weaknesses and built upon my strengths.
Elizabeth Ottati | Marketing student
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Student Veterans of America
The Student Veterans of America of Saint Leo University is a student organization that is open to Saint Leo University veterans, active military, their dependents, and supports. Current Student Veterans of America's goal is to connect members with campus and community projects in the Saint Leo University main campus and it's centers surrounding areas.
University Resource Links
To fit the mobile lifestyle of military personnel and their families worldwide, Saint Leo is committed to providing affordable education to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard, and their dependents.
- U.S. Coast Guard Degree Programs for Maritime Law Enforcement Personnel »
- Community College of the Air Force »
- Defense Acquisition University (DAU) »
- Navy College Program Distance Learning Partnership (NCPDLP) »
- Navy College Program for Afloat College Education (NCPACE)
If you have any questions, please contact The Office of Military Affairs & Services at military.services@saintleo.edu or call (352) 588-6703.
*GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.
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