The Center for Online Learning at Saint Leo University is nationally recognized as a leader in online education. It provides education to students in more than 33 countries around the world. It enables students to set their own weekly schedule and attend courses at their convenience from any device with Internet access. Students are assigned their own academic advisors to provide guidance throughout programs. The online learning environment is delivered using the e-Lion virtual classroom and it includes various features to make online learning simple and promote student success. The Center for Online Learning offers a variety of online degree programs at the associate and bachelor degree levels including business administration, health care management, psychology, liberal arts, criminal justice, human resource management, and computer information systems. It also offers minors in accounting, human resource management, management, and criminal justice.

Monks from Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania founded Saint Leo University as Saint Leo College in Florida in 1889. It was Florida’s first Catholic college and it awarded its first degree, Master of Accounts, in 1893. In 1920, the college began to focus on English and it was granted accreditation in 1921. Throughout the 1920s the college went through various name changes and became Saint Leo College Preparatory School from 1929 to 1964. It gained accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1967. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Saint Leo broadened its focus to include military training. It offered its first MBA degrees in 1994. The college became Saint Leo University in 1999 and launched the Center for Online Learning. Today, Saint Leo University offers over 40 degree and certificate programs to more than 16,000 students and it is one of the country’s biggest educators of military service members.