As many as one in five of the 696 new undergraduates at University Campus this month will be transfer students from other institutions. Economic conditions––including enrollment caps in the Florida state university system and Saint Leo’s competitive tuition among private institutions–– are making the university stand out as an appealing choice. As transfer students actually arrive in two weeks, they’ll find special tools and programs Saint Leo has devised to help them succeed in the next two to three years.

Many of the students transferring into Saint Leo University will be juniors who have graduated from community colleges, explained Amanda Canier, Saint Leo’s transfer admissions counselor, but some are also transferring in as sophomores, after a year of college elsewhere.

Scott T. Rhodes has joined Saint Leo University as associate vice president of enrollment.

Rhodes came to Saint Leo from Concordia University, an institution located in Irvine, California and affiliated with the Lutheran Church. He was an executive director of admissions and marketing there for three years.

Rhodes has responsibility for admissions functions for the university’s traditional undergraduate program at University Campus and for the admissions operations for graduate programs. Saint Leo’s graduate degree offerings span the fields of education, business administration, theology, and criminal justice.

GetEducated.com, a consumer group that reviews and ranks online university degree programs for cost, quality, and credibility has released their 2010 school rankings of the Top 18 Ranked Best Buys in Online Masters in Human Resources.

The online university affordability rankings are based on a comprehensive, independent survey of 33 regionally-accredited management schools that offer 35 different online master’s in human resource career areas including training and development and human resources management. Both master’s of science or arts and online MBAs with human resource concentrations were reviewed and ranked for affordability.

Get started on your graduate degree in social work at Saint Leo University! The Master of Social Work (MSW) degree at Saint Leo University is offered online to students in Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. Attend class via webcam and receive real-time, face-to-face interaction in the comfort of your own home. Students can choose to study in one of two specializations: advanced clinical practice; or management.

The MSW program is an innovative full-time graduate online program. Students should enter the program knowing that they will have to adjust their lives and make time commitments to meet the demands and expectations of the Saint Leo University MSW full-time online program.

Each semester, undergraduate students who have earned at least 12 credits and a grade point average of 3.65 or higher are recognized on the Deans’ List. Saint Leo University publishes the list as a PDF on the university website after the end of each term. Students are listed alphabetically by state.