Cagayan de Oro - Education

Education

Aside from being the commercial capital of Northern Mindanao region, Cagayan de Oro is also considered as the school capital of the region and home to several universities, colleges and tertiary schools. It has three major private universities Capitol University, Liceo de Cagayan University and Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan. These institutions specialize in various disciplines such as medicine, nursing, commerce, computer science, engineering, and law, as well as graduate and post-graduate courses.

Among the most popular schools are Southern de Oro Philippine College (SPC), Pilgrim Christian College, Cagayan de Oro College – PHINMA Education Network, Lourdes College and St. Mary's Academy of Carmen run by the RVM Sisters, STI College-Cagayan de Oro with secondary education in Barangay Kauswagan. Other schools in the city are Cagayan de Oro National High School, Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School(MOGCHS), Corpus Christi School, Nanuri International School run by the Koreans, International School (IS), Golden Heritage Polytechnic College, Vineyard International Polytechnic College, and Montessori de Oro. There are schools in Cagayan de Oro using the Accelerated Christian Education system, one of these schools including Lapasan Baptist Christian Academy and Shekinah Glory Christian Academy. There are two Chinese schools in the city: Kong Hua School and Oro Christian Grace School.

The Mindanao University of Science and Technology is the only state university in the city. There are also a number of foreign schools in the city with study programs.