St. Scholastica's College is a Catholic institution recognized by the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). It is a charter member of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). Since its foundation, December 3, 1906, St. Scholastica's College has been managed by the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing. Starting with the elementary grades, it admitted high school students in 1907 and opened its collegiate department in 1920. It pioneered formal music education in the Philippines, opening a Conservatory of Music in 1907 which, to the present, has turned out most of the leading woman musicians of the country. Within its 3.6 hectare campus is an enrolment of 6,149 elementary, secondary college and graduate students.Service particularly in educating the youth was the original mission of St. Scholastica's College 97 years ago. Today this is still its mission.
