Immaculada Concepcion College runs kindergarten through college on a single campus in North Caloocan, with around ten college programmes, three senior high tracks and a TESDA assessment centre. It publishes no tuition figures and its admissions page is empty, so the fee conversation has to happen by phone.
ICC is a neighbourhood school that grew upward. Founded in 1984, renamed Immaculada Concepcion (Soldiers Hills) Academy in 1992, and by 1996 running pre-school through college in one building. Its own philosophy page states the position plainly: that affordable yet superior-quality education is possible and should be available to all.
Address, phone and the profile are on our Immaculada Concepcion College page, and other options in the city are on our schools in Caloocan listing.
The college programmes
ICC organises its college offering into named schools, then adds a separate list of newer programmes.
School of Education
Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEEd). The school describes it as designed for professional teachers in elementary schools, generalists able to teach across the different learning areas.
Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSEd). Described as preparing teachers for one of the learning areas in secondary school, with Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, English, Filipino and Social Sciences named as examples.
Note the wording there. The site names those subject areas as examples of secondary learning areas, not as a confirmed list of majors ICC actually offers. Ask which BSEd majors have a running first-year intake this school year, because a school offering BSEd does not necessarily offer every major.
Both degrees lead to the Licensure Examination for Teachers. Our BEEd guide and BSEd guide cover what each qualification licenses you to teach and how the LET is structured.
Education is ICC's oldest college offering, which matters. A school that has run teacher training since the mid-1990s has an alumni network in the local DepEd division, and that is worth asking about directly: which schools in the Caloocan and Valenzuela divisions employ ICC graduates.
School of Business Administration
BS Business Administration (BSBA). The description covers the integrated relationship among the functional areas of business plus sensitivity to the economic, social, technological, legal and international environment.
The site does not name the BSBA majors. Ask. Marketing, financial management and human resource management are the usual three, and which ones are actually offered changes the degree considerably.
BSBA is not a board course.
School of Computer Science
BS Computer Science (BSCS). Described as covering computing concepts and theories, algorithmic foundations and new developments in computing, preparing students to design algorithmically complex software.
That description is the standard CHED framing for computer science as distinct from information technology, and ICC now offers both. If you are choosing between them, our BS Computer Science guide explains the difference in curriculum and in what employers expect.
The newer programmes
ICC lists these under "ICC New Courses":
- BS Criminology
- BS Psychology
- BS Information Technology
- BS Early Childhood Education
- BS Special Education
- BS Tourism
Three of these change the school's profile materially.
BS Criminology is the highest-volume board course in the Philippines and the one most private colleges add when they expand. It leads to the Criminologist Licensure Examination. Our BS Criminology guide covers the route, and board exam passing rates by course puts national performance in context.
BS Early Childhood Education and BS Special Education are both teaching qualifications leading to the LET, and both are in short supply nationally, particularly SPED. Our BS Early Childhood Education guide covers where the ECE degree leads.
BS Psychology leads to the Psychometrician licensure examination at bachelor level, not to practice as a psychologist, which requires a master's degree. That distinction catches people out every year. Our BS Psychology guide explains it.
Because these are described by the school as new courses, the questions to ask are specific: what is the CHED government permit or recognition status of each, which year levels are currently running, and has any cohort graduated yet. A programme with a government permit and no graduating batch is a different proposition from a recognised one.
Senior high school: three tracks, including a rare one
Academic Track
- Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM)
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
- Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)
- General Academic Strand (GAS)
Technical Vocational Livelihood (TVL) Track
- Home Economics (HE)
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Sports Track
- Fundamentals of Coaching
- Safety and First Aid
- Sport Officiating and Activity Management
The Sports Track is the standout. DepEd defines it in the K-12 framework, but very few private schools in Metro Manila actually run it, because it needs facilities and specialist teachers that most campuses do not have. If a student is genuinely oriented toward sports science, coaching or PE teaching, this is a real option and there are not many alternatives in North Caloocan.
Ask what facilities back it, how many students are enrolled in it, and what the graduates go on to study. A track with four enrolees runs differently from one with forty.
Our guide to SHS tracks and strands covers how each track constrains later college options, and best SHS strand by job demand covers the employment side.
The TVL Home Economics strand connects to the school's TESDA side. Our record notes a TESDA-recognised assessment centre offering Food and Beverage Services NC II. Worth being precise about what that means: an assessment centre certifies competence against a national standard, which is not the same as delivering the training. Ask whether ICC trains for FBS NC II as well as assessing it, and whether senior high TVL students sit the assessment before they graduate. Our TESDA courses guide explains how the NC levels work.
Basic education
ICC runs Kindergarten, Elementary and Junior High School alongside the senior high and college departments. The published pages give no further detail on curriculum, class sizes or entrance requirements at these levels, so those are all questions for a visit.
What the school does not publish
Being direct about the gaps, because they are the reason to phone rather than browse:
Tuition. No figures anywhere on the site, for any level or programme. Ask for a written schedule of fees separating tuition, miscellaneous fees, books, uniform and any one-time entrance fee, and ask what the instalment plans add to the total.
Admission requirements and process. The admissions page carries a heading, "Enroll now in 3 simple steps and be our partner for the future", and then nothing. There are no steps, no document list, no deadlines and no entrance exam information published. Everything about applying has to come from the school directly.
Accreditation. Our record lists no third-party accreditation for ICC, and the site does not claim any. That is not unusual for a school of this size. It does mean you should ask specifically about the government recognition status of the individual college programme you want, rather than about the institution in general.
Board passing rates. Not published. For the teaching degrees especially, ask for the last three years of LET results for first-time takers.
The shape of the catalogue, and what it tells you
Read the two lists together and the school's direction is clear. The four established programmes are education, business and computer science, the classic low-capital offering for a school that grew out of a basic education department. The six newer ones are criminology, psychology, IT, early childhood education, special education and tourism, which is exactly the expansion pattern of a college chasing enrolment volume in a dense residential catchment.
Nothing wrong with that. It is worth naming because it tells you where the institutional depth sits. The education programmes have been running since the 1990s and have alumni, faculty and a track record behind them. The newer ones do not yet, by definition. If you want the school's strongest offering, it is teacher education. If you want criminology, you are buying into something the school is still building, and you should price that risk by asking the recognition and cohort questions above.
Who ICC suits
A good fit if: you live in North Caloocan or the Tala and Bagong Silang area, you want a teaching, business, computing or criminology degree close to home, and cost is a primary constraint. The school positions itself explicitly on affordability.
A good fit if your child wants the Sports Track for senior high, which is genuinely hard to find nearby.
Think carefully if: you want one of the newer programmes and expect a mature, fully recognised course with an established graduate track record. Ask the recognition and cohort questions first.
Look elsewhere if: you need engineering, nursing, accountancy or any of the allied health degrees. None are offered.
For the wider comparison, our guide on private versus public school in the Philippines covers the trade-offs, and our Philippine education system guide explains how the levels fit together.
Sources
- Immaculada Concepcion College, College courses: https://www.immaculada.edu.ph/academics
- Immaculada Concepcion College, Basic Education courses and senior high tracks: https://www.immaculada.edu.ph/copy-of-college
- Immaculada Concepcion College, Our School and philosophy: https://www.immaculada.edu.ph/our-school
- Immaculada Concepcion College, Admissions: https://www.immaculada.edu.ph/admissions
