page_title: Bacolod
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Bacolod / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: A night-time view of the facade of the Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod Administration Building taken in 2002, during the College's 40th Year (Ruby) Anniversary.
context_page_description: Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod, is a 1st class highly urbanized city on Negros Island in Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidental where it is geographically situated but governed administratively independent from it.
  Having a total of 561,875 inhabitants as of the 2015 census, it is the most populous city in Western Visayas and the second most populous city in the Visayas after Cebu City. It is the center of the Bacolod Metropolitan Area, which also includes the cities of Silay and Talisay with a total population of 791,019 inhabitants, along with a total area of 578.65 km².
  It is notable for its MassKara Festival held during the third week of October and is known for being a relatively friendly city, as it bears the nickname "The City of Smiles". The city is also famous for its local delicacies piaya and chicken inasal.
  In 2008, Bacolod topped a survey by MoneySense Magazine as the "Best Place to Live in the Philippines". The city has also been declared by the Department of Science and Technology as a "center of excellence" for information technology and business process management operations.
context_section_description: Bacolod currently has 3 large universities and more than a dozen other schools specializing in various courses. Currently, as sanctioned by the Department of Education, all primary and secondary institutions in the city use the K-12 educational system.
  The city alone currently hosts three of well-known educational institutions in the nation. These are: 
  University of St. La Salle (1952), a LaSallian district school and the second oldest campus founded by the De La Salle Philippines congregation in the country.
  University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos (1941), administered by the Order of Augustinian Recollects and the first university in the province of Negros Occidental and the city of Bacolod.
  STI West Negros University (1948), founded by Baptist Protestants and later acquired by the STI Education Systems Holdings, Inc.
  Other noteworthy tertiary colleges include:
  Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod (1962)
  La Consolacion College Bacolod (1919)
  Riverside College, Inc. (1961)
  Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (1954)
  John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation – Bacolod, Inc. (1974)
  VMA Global College (1974)
  Bacolod Christian College of Negros (1954)
  Bacolod City College (1997)
  Our Lady of Mercy College – Bacolod (2008)
  College of Arts & Sciences of Asia & the Pacific – Bacolod Campus (2011)
  AMA Computer College – Bacolod Campus
  ABE International Business College – Bacolod Campus
  Asian College of Aeronautics – Bacolod Branch (Main Campus) (2003)
caption: Colegio San Agustin - Bacolod Administration Building façade
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