Saint Joseph College, a school of the Diocese of Maasin believes the true education consists in the total development of a person in accordance with the Catholic philosophy of education.

As a Catholic educational institution of learning, Saint Joseph College is Filipino and Christian in its ideals and aspirations that holds and inculcates Filipino values and attitudes committed to the total formation of all its members to accomplish the local and national development goals.

Saint Joseph College, therefore, strives to attain academic excellence and personal human maturity as motivated by Catholic faith in the love of God and country.