Photo: Patrick Despoix · CC BY-SA 3.0Rochefort is home to 6 colleges and universities
IFSI Rochefort (167 students) and Alternance Sud Atlantique - Gr (132 students) are inside Rochefort; the nearest university campus outside it is La Rochelle Université, 27 km away in La Rochelle. 570 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Rochefort: 2 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Rochefort
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Rochefort
9 within 25 km: 5 other schools, 4 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 2 smaller schools with 204 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Rochefort on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Production - Aéronautique Lycée Marcel Dassault | 3 | 541 | 3% |
| FCIL - Arts et mode Lycée professionnel Gilles Jamain | 12 | 158 | 30% |
| DN MADE - Matériaux - Spécialité : textile : broderie, savoir-faire et innovation Lycée professionnel Gilles Jamain | 15 | 211 | 40% |
| BTS - Services - Communication Lycée Maurice Merleau-Ponty | 28 | 628 | 43% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Rochefort | 46 | 2,738 | 44% |
| BTS - Services - Services informatiques aux organisations Lycée Maurice Merleau-Ponty | 28 | 262 | 73% |
| BTS - Production - Conception des processus de réalisation de produits (1ère année commune) Lycée Marcel Dassault | 15 | 72 | 92% |
| BTS - Production - Europlastics et composites à référentiel commun européen - option Pilotage et Optimisation de la production Lycée Marcel Dassault | 12 | 36 | 97% |
| BTS - Production - Europlastics et composites à référentiel commun européen - option Conception d'Outillage Lycée Marcel Dassault | 12 | 36 | 97% |
At which level?
The 559 students enrolled in Rochefort, by year of study (autumn 2025).
What would you pay?
Public universities charge one national fee: €178 a year for a licence or BUT and €255 for a master’s in 2026–27, plus the €105 student life contribution (CVEC); scholarship holders pay neither. Students from outside the EU pay more unless their university waives it. BTS and prépa classes in public lycées are free. Private schools and some grandes écoles set their own fees.
Questions about college near Rochefort
How many students are in Rochefort?
570 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Rochefort (autumn 2025): about 2 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Rochefort?
IFSI Rochefort (167 students); Alternance Sud Atlantique - Gr (132 students).
What does university cost here?
Public universities charge one national fee: €178 a year for a licence or BUT and €255 for a master’s in 2026–27, plus the €105 student life contribution (CVEC); scholarship holders pay neither. Students from outside the EU pay more unless their university waives it. BTS and prépa classes in public lycées are free. Private schools and some grandes écoles set their own fees.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Higher education: the Ministry of Higher Education’s Atlas régional des effectifs étudiants (students enrolled at each institution in each commune, autumn 2025, the BTS and prépa classes in lycées included), Principaux établissements and Parcoursup 2025 (Licence Ouverte 2.0). Students are counted where they study, not where they live. Straight-line distances from the center of Rochefort. Colleges are described, not graded; the Student town label marks communes where 15 or more students study for every 100 residents. Fees: the national arrêté, 2026–27. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, through each institution’s Wikidata item; author and licence on each.
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.