Have you been looking for apartments near St. Leo University? If so, make the short drive to One 51 Place, an upscale apartment community managed by the world-class team at Rath/Harper & Associates. St. Leo University was founded in 1889 by a group of Benedictine monks from Pennsylvania. While St. Leo has been offering four-year degrees since 1967, St. Leo upgraded from a college to a university in 1999, offering dozens of programs across several campuses nationwide, including the main campus in St. Leo, Florida and a satellite campus in Tampa.

Here are some other interesting facts about St. Leo University:

• The school is named after Pope Leo the Great, famed for having prevented the sack of Rome by persuading Attila the Hun to leave Italy.

• St. Leo University opened its Center for Online Learning in 1999, providing distance learning courses for associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degree programs.

• The university has a long history of cooperation of with the armed forces, and many of its online programs are geared towards military personnel. G.I. Jobs considers St. Leo a “Military Friendly School.”

• St. Leo also has a strong Greek life tradition, with seven fraternities and five sororities on campus.

If you’re interested in being close to St. Leo University, One 51 Place Apartment Homes is a great place to live. Located in Alachua, FL, just a short distance from Interstate 75 and U.S. 441, One 51 Place has gorgeous one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments and a plethora of amenities, including a fitness center, air-conditioned indoor basketball courts, a clubhouse with a kitchen, a big-screen theater, and more.

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