St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, was started by the Ranchi Jesuit Society, on July 3, 1944. Ever since 1889 and pre-independence era, when a number of secondary schools came into existence in Ranchi, the Society felt the need of starting a College. Those days students had to go to Patna or to Kolkata for higher education. St. Xavier's College was started in 1944 and was first affiliated to Patna University; from 1950-1960 the college was under Bihar University and when the Ranchi University came into existence in 1960, the college was affiliated to Ranchi University. Since its very inception, the College was rated as one of the best colleges and most sought-after College after Science College, Patna.