Photo: Florence Mirval · CC BY-SA 4.0Les Abymes is home to 6 colleges and universities
Lycée Baimbridge (575 students) and Lycée Chevalier Saint-Georges (182 students) are inside Les Abymes; the nearest university campus outside it is Université des Antilles, 5.8 km away in Pointe-à-Pitre. 1,051 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Les Abymes: 2 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Les Abymes
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Les Abymes
26 within 25 km: 1 university, 13 other schools, 12 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 14 smaller schools with 1,334 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Les Abymes on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Baimbridge | 32 | 574 | 29% |
| BTS - Services - Services informatiques aux organisations Lycée Baimbridge | 32 | 297 | 29% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Baimbridge | 48 | 326 | 37% |
| Diplôme de Comptabilité et de Gestion Lycée Baimbridge | 35 | 297 | 38% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Baimbridge | 32 | 331 | 45% |
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option A : Informatique et réseaux Lycée Chevalier Saint-Georges | 32 | 248 | 58% |
| CPGE - BCPST Lycée Baimbridge | 48 | 326 | 68% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Lycée Baimbridge | 20 | 827 | 72% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Baimbridge | 48 | 253 | 77% |
| BTS - Services - Conseil et commercialisation de solutions techniques Lycée Chevalier Saint-Georges | 32 | 242 | 78% |
At which level?
The 1,026 students enrolled in Les Abymes, 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 Les Abymes
How many students are in Les Abymes?
1,051 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Les Abymes (autumn 2025): about 2 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Les Abymes?
Lycée Baimbridge (575 students); Lycée Chevalier Saint-Georges (182 students); FORM’ACTION – Ecole de Travail Social (145 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 Les Abymes. 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.