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St. Mary's College of Tagum (also referred as SMCT or simply SMC in the locality) is the private sectarian coeducational institution located at the City of Tagum, Davao del Norte, Philippines. It was founded in 1948 by the PME Fathers as Tagum Catholic High School and later became Holy Cross College of Tagum. It is now owned and administered by the Congregation of the Virgin Mary (RVM). One of the constituent of RVM Schools in the Philippines and a member of the Diocesan Apostolate on Catholic Education of Tagum (DACET) of Diocese of Tagum.

Campus
SMCT lies on a 6 hectare land situated in barangay Magugpo East along the National Highway (known as Philippine-Japan Friedship Highway) of the city. It houses the buildings and facilities of the Basic Education, Undergraduate and Graduate programs and College of Law. The school land was a former marsh land which was slowly upgraded through the years. The school main gates are located at the west part of the campus facing a 3-way intersection of the National Highway and Mirafuentes Road. Public Utility Bus and Public Utility Jeep and Cab with a route of Tagum to Maco vv, Tagum to Pindasan vv and Tagumto Pantukan vv are used to pass by the school. A UCCP school and St. Thomas Moore School of Law and Businesscan be found near the school at the right side. Liwayway Subdivision and Mirafuentes is the nearest residential homes from the school.

The new administration building built in 2010 hosts the president's office, registrar, cashier and finance offices at the ground floor, function halls at the second floor and museum and archieves sections at the third floor.

Academic
SMCT offers 12 bachelor's degree and 4 master's degree programs. BS Commerce is the first bachelor's degree offered by the school in 1963 and dissolved in 2010. Liberal Arts, Elementary and Secondary Education are introduced in 1964, Engineering in 1983, Nursing in and Accountancy in. Other programs such as Hospitality and Tourism Management, Computer Science, Criminology and Business Administration were offered in the latter years. Bachelor of Laws (under the College of Law), introduced in school year 2010-2011, is SMCT new degree program with 28 enrolees as pionering students.

2 out of 4 master's degree programs offered by the school are currently in consortium with 2 institutions namely the University of the Immaculate Conception (for MBA) and San Pedro College (for Masters in Nursing).

Admission and retention
SMCT college entrance exam is the first stage to determine the admission. For students taking Education and Accountancy program must obtain a stanine rating of 3 in the entrance examination to be able to admit to the program. Nursing program also requires at least in good condition to able to admit. Other undergraduate programs adopt the policy of open admission and selective retention.

Tuition and financial aid
The base tuition fee of SMCT is depends on a certain program. for Nursing is Php while other programs are Php per unit in (year). The base tuition fee for college of law is ₱520 (US$ 12.4342)per unit as of 2010.

Grading System
The college department adopted the Averaging grading system untilschool year 2008-2009 when it change into Cumulative and first year students are the one using it. Meanwhile, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year students still using the Averaging grading system and the last 4th year use it graduated in 2011 and 2012 (for 5th years) respectively. In 2012, the first batch of college students graduated from the school under the cumulative grading system.

SMCT academic honors for the college department are divided into 3: first, second and third honors respectively. It depends in a required weighted average to able to be in the honor list provided it must attain no grade below at least 85%. Students who complete their course while maintaining in the honor list awarded summa cum laude (for first honor), magna cum laude (for second honor) and cum laude (for third honor) respectively upon the graduation rites. Students who have a grade below 85 could not anymore be admitted in the honor list.

Accreditation
Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) grant the SMCT's 4 undergraduate programs Level II re-accreditation status (namely Liberal arts, Elementary and Secondary Education, Business Administration). PAASCU also granted the Basic Education (Grade School and High School) Level III accreditation status for years. Meanwhile, Engineering and Nursing program are granted a candidate status for accreditation.

Libraries and collections
SMCT College Library is situated at the second floor of the College Library and Science Building with a capacity of (seats). It composed of over 15,000 volumes of texts, references books and periodicals including the new computer science books. The College of Law library is situated at the ground floor of the old college building just adjacent in the College of Law lecture rooms.

Museo de Ignacia, is SMCT's Museum, and the school archives located in the third floor of the SMCT administrative building. Museo de Ignacia is the first museum of its kind in Tagum, Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley Province and the museum gives tribute to Venerable Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, the RVM congregation foundress. It composes the collection of local artist Jun Porlares's master piece made of garbage including Ugat ng Lahi, Access to Knowledge, The Journey, Luha ng Isang Ina and Puno ng Basura. The Museum is also includes the exhibit of transformation of the School's student uniform from the school uniform of Holy Cross to the school uniform of St. Mary's.