 Upon its opening in 1971, the university offered secondary course and tertiary courses in Liberal Arts, Commerce, Education and Secretarial.In 1973, the first Midwifery program in Region 10 began with the inauguration of a Cagayan Capitol College Maternity Hospital and then later to Capitol University Medical Center which eventually transferred to Gusa, Cagayan de Oro on 1984.The following year, 1974, the Nautical and Marine Engineering Programs were opened along with Civil Engineering and Forestry.