Rankings & Designations

UWF Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business

• Ranked No. 3 in Most Prestigious Online Colleges for Accounting in the U.S. by Knowinsiders (2023-24)
• Ranked No. 23 in Best Online in Master's in Business Programs for Veterans (Excluding MBA) by U.S. News & World Report (2023)
• Ranked No. 42 in Best Online in Master's in Business Programs (Excluding MBA) by U.S. News & World Report (2023)
• Ranked No. 93 in Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans by U.S. News & World Report (2023)
• Ranked No. 162 in Best Online MBA Programs by U.S. News & World Report (2023)
• Ranked No. 9 in Top Online MBA Programs in Florida by Onlinemastersdegrees.org (2023)
• Ranked No. 17 in Most Affordable Online Master's in Accounting Programs by Onlinemastersdegrees.org (2023)
• Ranked No. 21 in Best Online in Master's in Business Programs for Veterans (Excluding MBA) by U.S. News & World Report (2022)
• Ranked No. 41 in Best Online in Master's in Business Programs (Excluding MBA) by U.S. News & World Report (2022)
• Ranked No. 80 in Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans by U.S. News & World Report (2022)
• Ranked No. 132 in Best Online MBA Programs by U.S. News & World Report (2022)
• Ranked No. 4 in the "Top 25 MBA Programs in Florida" by TopManagementDegrees.com (2021)
• Ranked No. 115 in Best Online MBA Programs by U.S. News & World Report (2021)
• Ranked No. 80 in Best Online Master's in Business Programs (Excluding MBA) by U.S. News & World Report (2021)
• Ranked No. 69 in Best Online Master's in Business Programs for Veterans (Excluding MBA) by U.S. News & World Report (2021)
• Ranked No. 39 in Most Affordable Business Colleges by University HQ (2021)
• Ranked No. 24 in Best Master’s in Accounting Online Degrees by GuidetoOnlineSchools.com (2020)
• Ranked No. 33 in Best Online Master's in Business Programs for Veterans (Excluding MBA) by U.S. News & World Report (2020)
• Ranked No. 78 in Best Online Master's in Business Programs (Excluding MBA) by U.S. News & World Report (2020)
• Ranked No. 138 in Best Online MBA Programs by U.S. News & World Report (2020)
• Listed in the Best Online Business Analytics MBA Programs by College Consensus (2020)
• Ranked No. 22 in the "Best Online MBA in Entrepreneurship Programs" by onlinecollegeplan.com (2019)
• Ranked No. 15 in the "Best Online Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Programs" by BestColleges.com
• Ranked No. 20 in the "Best Online Programs: Master's in Human Resources" by BestColleges.com (2019)
• Ranked No. 13 in the "Best Online MBA in Supply Chain Management Programs" by BestColleges.com (2019)
• Ranked No. 12 in the "Best Online Master’s in Entrepreneurship Degree Programs" by BestColleges.com (2019)
• Ranked No. 29 in the "Best Online MBA Programs & Degrees" by Study.com (2019)
• Ranked No. 9 in the "Top 50 College Financial Literacy Programs of 2019" by LendEDU.com (2019)
• Ranked No. 17 in the "Best Online Master's in Supply Chain Management Programs" by TheBestSchools.org (2019)
• Ranked No. 16 in the "Best Online Master's in Supply Chain Management Programs" by TheBestSchools.org (2018)
• Ranked No. 31 in the "Top 50 Most Affordable MBA Programs" by TopManagementDegrees.com (2018)

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University of West Florida

• Ranked No. 26 in the "Best Regional Universities South" by U.S. News & World Report (2023)
• Ranked No. 10 in the "Top Public Schools - Regional Universities South" by U.S. World News & Report (2023)
• Ranked No. 54 in the "Top Performers on Social Mobility - Regional Universities South" by U.S. News & World Report (2023)
• Ranked No. 9 in the "Best Colleges for Veterans - Regional Universities South" by U.S. World News & Report (2023)
• Ranked. No. 206 in the "Best Undergraduate Nursing" list by U.S. News & World Report (2023)
• Ranked No. 3 in Most Affordable Colleges Offering Online Bachelors Degrees by EDsmart (2022)
• Ranked No. 83 on a nationwide "Economic Mobility Index" by Thirdway.org (2022)
• Ranked No. 35 in the "Best Regional Universities South" by U.S. News & World Report (2022)
• Ranked No. 16 in the "Top Public Schools - Regional Universities South" by U.S. World News & Report (2022)
• Ranked No. 52 in the "Top Performers on Social Mobility - Regional Universities South" by U.S. News & World Report (2022)
• Ranked No. 15 in the "Best Colleges for Veterans - Regional Universities South" by U.S. World News & Report (2022)
• Ranked. No. 332 in the "Best Undergraduate Nursing" list by U.S. News & World Report (2022)

• Ranked No. 53 for Best Online Bachelor’s Programs by U.S. News & World Report (2021)
• Ranked No. 37 for Best Online Bachelor's Programs for Veterans by U.S. News & World Report (2021)
• Ranked No. 36 in the "Best Regional Universities South" by U.S. News & World Report (2021)
• Ranked No. 15 in the "Top Public Schools - Regional Universities South" by U.S. World News & Report (2021)
• Ranked No. 39 in the "Top Performers on Social Mobility - Regional Universities South" by U.S. World News & Report (2021)
• Ranked No. 21 in the "Best Colleges for Veterans - Regional Universities South" by U.S. World News & Report (2021)
• Ranked No. 56 in the "Best Value Schools - Regional Universities South" by U.S. World News & Report (2021)
• Ranked in the No. 14 "Most Innovative School - Regional Universities South" by U.S. World News & Report (2021)
• Named a Peace Corps Prep Institution by Peace Corps (2020)
• Ranked No. 5 in the "Best Online Colleges & Universities in Florida" by College Consensus (2020)
• Ranked No. 34 in the "Best Regional Universities South" by U.S. News & World Report (2020)
• Ranked No. 39 for Best Online Bachelor’s Programs by U.S. News & World Report (2020)
• Ranked No. 28 in Best Online Bachelor's Programs for Veterans by U.S. News & World Report (2020)
• Ranked No. 21 in the "Top Performers on Social Mobility - Regional Universities South" by U.S. News & World Report (2020)
• Ranked No. 15 in the "Top Public Schools - Regional Universities South" by U.S. News & World Report (2020)
• Ranked No. 19 in the "Best Colleges for Veterans - Regional Universities South" by U.S. News & World Report (2020)
• Ranked No. 52 in the "Best Value Schools - Regional Universities South" by U.S. News & World Report (2020)
• Ranked in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings (2017-2020)
• Ranked No. 7 in the state in WalletHub's list of top higher education institutions (2020)
• Ranked No. 77 for veteran friendliness by College Factual (2020)
• Earned the second-highest score in the Florida Board of Governors' Performance-Based Funding Metrics (2019)
• Earned the third-highest score in the Florida Board of Governors' Performance-Based Funding Metrics (2017, 2018)
• Ranked silver on the "Schools of Distinction Award for Online Education Excellence" by BestColleges.com (2018)
• Ranked No. 11 in the "The Best Online Colleges in Florida for 2018" by TheBestSchools.org (2018)
• Ranked No. 2 in the "20 Best Value College for Students with Autism" by BestValueSchools.com (2018, 2019)
• Ranked a "Best Regional College - Southeastern" by The Princeton Review (2003-2021)
• Received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
• Named a "Best Online College in Florida" by AffordableCollegeCommunity.net (2018)
• Ranked No. 18 in the "Top 20 Cheap Online Bachelor's Degrees" by GreatValueColleges.net (2018)
• Named a “Best for Vets College" by Military Times (2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020)
• Listed in Forbes “Top Colleges” (2011-2012, 2014-2019)
• Listed in the "Great Colleges to Work For" by The Chronicle of Higher Education (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016) and by ModernThink (2019, 2020)