Photo: LPLT · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Claude is home to Université des Antilles
Université des Antilles (1,046 students) is inside Saint-Claude; the nearest university campus outside it is Université des Antilles, 28 km away in Pointe-à-Pitre. 1,046 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Saint-Claude: 10 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Saint-Claude
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Saint-Claude
9 within 25 km: 1 university, 8 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Saint-Claude on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT - Carrières sociales Parcours éducation spécialisée Université des Antilles | 12 | 239 | 31% |
| BUT - Métiers du multimédia et de l'internet Université des Antilles | 38 | 321 | 60% |
| BUT - Carrières sociales Parcours animation sociale et socioculturelle Université des Antilles | 26 | 225 | 60% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours sciences de l'environnement et écotechnologies Université des Antilles | 12 | 206 | 60% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université des Antilles | 70 | 824 | 63% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours sciences de l'aliment et biotechnologie Université des Antilles | 28 | 213 | 63% |
| Licence - Langues étrangères appliquées - Parcours Anglais-Espagnol : Communication multilingue-langue orientale/Langues et Droit/Langues et coopération économique et culturelle-Saint-Claude-Guadeloupe Université des Antilles | 120 | 500 | 100% |
| Licence - Humanités - Parcours Histoire et sciences sociales (option préparation IEP) - Saint-Claude - Guadeloupe Université des Antilles | 100 | 264 | 100% |
| Licence - Lettres - Parcours Etudes littéraires appliquées (option préparation IEP) / Métiers de l'enseignement et de la recherche - Saint-Claude - Guadeloupe Université des Antilles | 80 | 147 | 100% |
At which level?
The 1,046 students enrolled in Saint-Claude, 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 Saint-Claude
How many students are in Saint-Claude?
1,046 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Saint-Claude (autumn 2025): about 10 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Saint-Claude?
Université des Antilles (1,046 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 Saint-Claude. 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.