Central Philippines State University Hinigaran Campus is a public educational institution located in Barangay Gargato, in the municipality of Hinigaran. It is strategically located along the highway, 52 kilometres south of the province of Negros Occidental, situated in more than 1.4 hectares land donated by the Local Government Unit of the municipality with a population of 827 based on recent records. It is one of the external campuses under the Central Philippines State University system. The campus was establish with the aim to extend the lifted expertise of the university to the other parts of the province. The Central Philippines State University Hinigaran has five colleges with seven undergraduate programs of Elementary and Secondary Education, Information Technology, Criminology, and Hotel Management, Agri-Business and Agriculture major in Crop Science. Like its sister schools, the campus is duly recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

It had been a strong desire of the local officials of Hinigaran to have a tertiary school in the municipality. In 2010, the then vice governor of Negros Occidental, Genaro Alvarez, learned of the town's concern on education, with CPSU former President Freddie C. Maningo and then Mayor Hermilo l. Aguilar discussed the establishment of CPSU-Hinigaran

Resolutions were signed, such as Resolution No. 252 of 2019, for the memorandum of agreement between the municipality and then Negros State College of Agriculture, also Resolution No. 072 and 059 both in the year 2010, all contributed to the development of the campus.

In 2011, the campus formally opened. 10 years from its establishment, Hinigaran campus continues to flourish. All four programs namely, BEED, BSIT, BSCRIMINOLOGY and BSHM are AACCUP Level 1 accredited.

True to its Mission and Vision, CPSU Hinigaran continues for multi-disciplinary excellence.