The Florida Board of Governors has named the University of West Florida a top-performing public university for the third consecutive year, with UWF scoring in the top two. The University earned 94 points out of the 100-point scale in the Board’s results from the 2018-19 academic year finishing one point behind the University of Florida. The Board of Governors scores Florida’s 11 public universities based on 10 metrics including graduation and retention rates.