Established in the year 1999, the formerly privately managed Jawalaji Degree College, Jawalamukhi, was run under the auspices of Jawalaji Shiksha Samiti and was taken over by the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Department of Higher Education, on 8th June 2016. It is a pioneer of higher education in the Kangra district, particularly in the Jawalamukhi Assembly Constituency.