 International enrollment from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America comprises about five percent of the total student population.MVC was founded by Andrew Nathaniel Nelson primarily in response to the growing interest in Christian education within the Philippines.A 584% increase for a six-year period in the college enrollment of Philippine Union College when he was then president,
magnified the problems associated with the less-than-ideal location of the campus,
leading him to the formulation of a nine-point criteria for the location of
an Adventist college.