Photo: Abdoucondorcet · CC0Balma is home to 6 colleges and universities
Lycée Saliège (737 students) and Bachelor IDRAC Business School - Campus de TOULOUSE (351 students) are inside Balma; the nearest university campus outside it is the Institut catholique de Toulouse, 5.1 km away in Toulouse. 1,533 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Balma: 9 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Balma
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Balma
129 within 25 km: 5 universities, 92 other schools, 32 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 117 smaller schools with 122,354 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Balma on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN MADE - Espace - Spécialité : habiter le construit et son territoire Lycée Saliège | 15 | 401 | 25% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Saliège | 96 | 1,253 | 37% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Saliège | 35 | 472 | 44% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management Bac + 3 Bachelor IDRAC Business School - Campus de TOULOUSE | 180 | 372 | 65% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management Bac + 3 Bachelor IDRAC Business School - Campus de TOULOUSE | 180 | 372 | 65% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Saliège | 35 | 410 | 70% |
| CPGE - ECG Lycée Saliège | 24 | 691 | 86% |
| CPGE - ECG Lycée Saliège | 24 | 373 | 86% |
| CPGE - ECG Lycée Saliège | 24 | 513 | 87% |
| CPGE - ECG Lycée Saliège | 24 | 467 | 89% |
At which level?
The 1,516 students enrolled in Balma, 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 Balma
How many students are in Balma?
1,533 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Balma (autumn 2025): about 9 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Balma?
Lycée Saliège (737 students); Bachelor IDRAC Business School - Campus de TOULOUSE (351 students); Epsi Paris (212 students); Ifag (113 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 Balma. 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.