A

• Ateneo de Davao University, the Jesuit university in the Davao region

L

• Lyceum of the Philippines – Davao, the first LPU campus outside Luzon

U

• University of Mindanao - Davao region's oldest and the first private, non-sectarian university in Mindanao
• University of the Immaculate Conception - the oldest Catholic school in Mindanao, founded in 1905 by the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary
• University of Southeastern Philippines - the first state university in the Davao Region
• University of the Philippines Mindanao - the country's national university and premier institution of higher learning, serving as the U.P. System's flag-bearer in Mindanao

F

H

• Holy Child College of Davao

J

• Joji Ilagan International Schools

I

• International Management School
• Institute of Culinary and Hospitality Entrepreneurship

M

• Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku (Mindanao International College)

P

• Precious International School of Davao
• Philippine Nikkei-Jin Kai International School
• Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus

S

• St. Patrick Math-Sci School - Laverna Hills Campus
• Stockbridge American International School

A

• Agro-Industrial College of The Philippines
• AMA College of Davao
• Assumption College of Davao
• Assumption Polytechnic College of Southern Mindanao

B

• Brokenshire College of Davao

C

• Christian Colleges of Southeast Asia
• Colegio de San Ignacio Inc.
• Career Institute of Southeast Asia

D

• Davao Central College Inc.
• Davao Doctors' College
• Davao Medical School Foundation
• Davao Vision Colleges, Inc. - founded by Korean missionaries in the city
• DMMA College of Southern Philippines (formerly Davao Merchant Marine Academy, a tertiary institution in the city which primarily offers maritime courses)

G

• Gabriel Taborin College of Davao Inc.

H

• Holy Child College of Davao^[1]
• Holy Cross of Davao College
• Holy Cross College of Calinan
• Holy Cross College of Sasa

J

• Jose Maria College

M

• Mapúa Malayan Colleges Mindanao
• MATS College of Technology
• Mindanao Medical Foundation College

P

• Philippine College of Technology
• Philippine Women's College of Davao(0 base)

R

• Rizal Memorial Colleges

S

• Samson Polytechnic College of Davao - formerly Samson Technical Institute, a TESDA-accredited tertiary institution
• St. Joseph Technical Academy of Davao City - a TESDA-accredited institution
• San Lorenzo College of Davao - established in 2002 by Emmanuel Cifra
• San Pedro College - founded in 1956 by the Dominican Sisters of the Trinity from Quebec, Canada
• St. Paul College (Davao Campus)
• St. Peter's College of Toril - a private Filipino Catholic school located in Brgy. Toril, and owned and administered by the Presentation of Mary Sisters (PM)
• STI College of Davao

T

• Tecarro College Foundation