Saint Joseph College | |
Motto: | God, Country, Knowledge |
Type: | Private, Roman Catholic Coeducational Basic and Higher education institution |
Established: | February 20, 1928 |
Founder: | Bishop Sofronio G. Hacbang, D.D. |
Academic Affiliation: | PAASCU |
President: | Most Rev. Precioso Cantillas, SDB, D.D. |
Campus: | Urban |
City: | Tomas Oppus St., Brgy. Tunga-tunga, Maasin |
State: | Southern Leyte |
Country: | Philippines |
Coordinates: | 10.132°N 124.8376°W |
Pushpin Map: | Visayas#Philippines |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Visayas##Location in the Philippines |
Free Label: | Patron saint |
Free: | Saint Joseph |
Free Label2: | Alma Mater song |
Free2: | Saint Joseph College Hymn |
Colors: | ,, and |
Nickname: | Josephinians |
Saint Joseph College is a college located at Tomas Oppus Street, Maasin, Southern Leyte, Philippines.[1] It was established in 1928 and is a member of the Commission on Higher Education (Philippines) (CHED),[2] through the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) and the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU).[3] and it is recognized as one of the oldest Catholic Colleges in the Philippines (formerly Saint Joseph Junior College, 1947–48).
The College provides education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, offering degrees in various majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs through its School of Arts and Sciences and its School of Professional and Graduate Studies. The Students are called Josephinians.[4]