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.

Saint Leo University has been approved as an educational partner by the FBI National Academy Associates, a non-profit professional group of 17,000 members who are high-ranking law enforcement officers nationally and internationally. The associates specifically sought recognized institutions that would be able to offer its members high-quality undergraduate and graduate courses and degree programs.

Saint Leo Orientation

The main campus just hosted another successful summer orientation session for traditional-age students enrolling in college or university for the first time. New-student orientation is held in July, and gives our incoming freshmen an even better sense of campus life than they have gained from previous visits. The students get to stay in dorms, get campus tours and briefings from student-volunteers, take academic placement tests, and learn about student activities.

Earn Your BA in Psychology From Saint Leo

One of the most popular undergraduate majors at Saint Leo University’s main campus and Continuing Education Centers (as well as at colleges in general) can now be earned online. Saint Leo’s full-time psychology faculty members have completed the big job of taking the 13 most essential courses (required courses and most popular electives) they teach in traditional classrooms and creating online versions.