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 in 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 women musicians of the country.  Within its 3.6 hectare campus is an enrollment of 4,972 (figure as of March 2010) elementary, secondary, college and graduate students.  On December 3, 2007, the National Historical Institute (NHI) approved the unveiling of the historical marker commemorating the school's 100 year history.