2025 – A Year of Growth and Achievement

This year, the University of West Florida broke records in enrollment, grants and rankings. The University received some of its highest credentials and largest grants while our athletes fought competitively in their division. Below are just a few of the University’s 2025 accomplishments:

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A student in commencement cap and gown attire holding a diploma tube standing on a football field with a U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges Regional Universities Public 2026 graphic at the top right of the image.

Top 6 public institution in the region by U.S. News and World Report

A student using a computer with a screen of a different computer monitor present in the foreground.

Record-breaking Federal Grant

A student riding a bicycle on a paved road.

Record Enrollment

Seven golf students and their coach standing in a row shoulder to shoulder on a golf course while the students have up one finger each and the coach holding a trophy.

Golf National Championship

A chemistry professor wearing lab attire while looking through microscope equipment in a lab classroom.

Four students sitting in a row at a table in a classroom in the foreground with four other students sitting at tables in the background.

Board of Governors Metrics

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$32.5M Triumph Grant

UWF interim president Manny Diaz Jr. in professional attire talking to three students outdoors in front of a UWF themed mural.

$100M Capital Campaign Goal

Building 80 Civil Engineering and Construction Management Labs sign in front of the building and a large tree.

New Civil Engineering Program

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Cyber Validation