La Consolacion College, formerly La Consolacion Academy was founded in 1949 as a response by the Sisters of the Order of St. Augustine (OSA) to the invitation of Msgr. Pedro Santos, the Archbishop of Caceres to establish a catholic school in Iriga. The school’s beginnings could be attributed to the efforts made by Fr. Mariano Surtida, the Parish Priest of Iriga, his co-adjutor Msgr. Leon Hugo and Sor Concepcion and Sor Lourdes respectively.

Classes began in June, 1949. It had its first elementary graduates in 1950 and its first high school graduates in 1954. A co-educational structure in high school began in 1970.

The Catholic Schools-System Development (CS-SD) Program adopted in 1981 paved the way for the decentralization of authority with lay administrators appointed to varied positions in school. A massive Physical Plant Development Program was begun in 1983 and was completed in 2001.

The school finally entered the PAASCU Accreditation Movement in 1987 and had its Grade School initially accredited in 1991 and its High School in 1992 respectively. Since then these departments have submitted to the re-accreditation cycle. To date is had its Third Re-Survey in 2007 and its accreditation status extends until its next re-survey in 2012.

In response to the need for a private sectarian college in the city and in Rinconada, the school opened its tertiary education in 1992 hence La Consolacion Academy has become the present La Consolacion College. It produced the first batch of college graduates in 1995. To date the college department has sustained its four-year degree programs in Teacher-Education, a ladderized Computer Science Program, a ladderized Tourism Management Course and the associate and short-term courses in Hotel and Restaurant Management.

La Consolacion College celebrated its Golden Jubilee (50 years) in 1999. With its thrust of – Option for the poor the school maintains to date the Free High School, the Free Summer Nursery Class and the adopted barangays for its outreach program.

The school has further enhanced its facilities in keeping with modern technology and the call for a sustained quality Christian education. It has ventured into hosting regional and national assemblies and has produced leaders in varied fields among its graduates.

On its sixtieth (60th) year of service, La Consolacion College stands steadfast in its commitment for service to the youth of the city and its adjoining towns. Mabuhay!