Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0Basse-Terre is home to 4 colleges and universities
LGT Gerville Reache (205 students) and Lycée Les Perseverants (130 students) are inside Basse-Terre; the nearest university is Université des Antilles in Pointe-à-Pitre, 33 km away.
What stands out about college in Basse-Terre
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Basse-Terre
8 within 25 km: 1 university, 7 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Basse-Terre on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Production - Bâtiment Lycée de Raoul Georges NICOLO | 16 | 134 | 49% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel LGT Gerville Reache | 32 | 452 | 50% |
| BTS - Services - Communication LGT Gerville Reache | 16 | 275 | 53% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion LGT Gerville Reache | 16 | 190 | 57% |
| BTS - Production - Enveloppe des bâtiments : conception et réalisation Lycée de Raoul Georges NICOLO | 16 | 104 | 71% |
| CPGE - Lettres LGT Gerville Reache | 24 | 122 | 78% |
| CPGE - ECG - - Mathématiques appliquées + ESH LGT Gerville Reache | 24 | 159 | 87% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée Les Perseverants | 20 | 131 | 87% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale LGT Gerville Reache | 32 | 174 | 90% |
| BTS - Services - Economie sociale familiale Lycée Les Perseverants | 20 | 90 | 97% |
At which level?
The 482 students enrolled in Basse-Terre, 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 Basse-Terre
How many students are in Basse-Terre?
482 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Basse-Terre (autumn 2025): about 5 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Basse-Terre?
LGT Gerville Reache (205 students); Lycée Les Perseverants (130 students); Lycée de Raoul Georges NICOLO (108 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 Basse-Terre. 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.