Marian Catholic College is a Catholic, co-educational secondary school for students in Years 7 to 12. It is situated in Griffith, New South Wales, in the diocese of Wagga Wagga, in Australia and is a member college of the diocesan school system. It is called "Marian" in honour of Mary, the Mother of God, patron of the Sisters of Mercy and Marist Brothers who founded the college.
Years Seven and Eight are part of the Middle School years, Years Nine and Ten the School Certificate years and Years Eleven and Twelve the Senior School when Preliminary and Higher School Certificate Courses are completed. Students with satisfactory attendance and progress receive their School Certificate at the end of Year Ten and their HSC at the end of Year Twelve.
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