Zamboanga del Norte is a region trodden with reserves of agriculture, forestry, mining, and potential fisheries; in it lies an institute established with the dogmas and ideals of a Filipino who more than demonstrated and attested the overruling relations of a teacher from his learners.

Chartered through the principles and standards instilled by national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the Jose Rizal Memorial State College is the only State College in Zamboanga del Norte. This academic institution has proven its worth through academic excellence in the local and national arena after living to the principle of dynamism and cultural diversity in building a just and humane society.

With a coherent linkage between the student body and the teaching workforce, JRMSC has had its groundbreaking attainments not only in the academic field but in the arena of research, extension and production, as well.

Having been chosen the "Zonal Center of Statistical Research" in the Region IX and ARMM, is only one of its solid and initial milestones in the leap for quality education and better community involvement. By far, the College has in it, an array of records showing students’ excellence in the respective fields they chose to equip themselves such as community immersion activities thus offering tutorial classes and livelihood programs in many remote areas of Dapitan City.

Administering the finest educative strategies, the College offers a wide range of opportunities for interaction and participation among its components that pave way in gearing up the students with the changing demands of today’s borderless world. The opening of the newest courses like Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing, Maritime Education, and Commerce build up better competitive skills among students to be globally viable in all fields of endeavor.

The current Accreditation Assessment Survey of the school’s programs, namely, Secondary Education, B.S. in Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts major in English and Diploma of Agriculture Technology broadens JRMSC’s horizontal perspectives in envisioning to become the center of excellence among institutions of higher learning thus, delivering effective and efficient services along instruction, research, extension and production in providing quality professional, technical and technological training with the aim of producing skilled, self-renewed and globally competitive individuals.

The Jose Rizal Memorial State College, Main Campus, landscaped at the heart of the city, carries on the legacies of the Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal in bringing about a stronger edifice for education.

Education, as he clearly deemed, is the supplement for the fulfillment of a promise – one entrenched in the youth of every generation the youth to whom he evidently branded the hope of the fatherland.