Photo: Gérald Garitan · CC BY-SA 4.0Colombes is home to 6 colleges and universities
IFSI Louis Mourier (AP-HP) (270 students) and Lycée Guy De Maupassant (125 students) are inside Colombes; the nearest university is Université Paris Nanterre in Nanterre, 3.3 km away. 662 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Colombes: 1 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Colombes
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Colombes
873 within 25 km: 89 universities, 502 other schools, 282 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 861 smaller schools with 776,038 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Colombes on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Guy De Maupassant | 36 | 1,276 | 12% |
| DN MADE - Graphisme - Spécialité : Graphisme et image - création et diffusion Lycée Claude Garamont | 17 | 816 | 12% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Guy De Maupassant | 36 | 1,068 | 23% |
| BTS - Services - Etudes de réalisation d'un projet de communication - 1ère année commune Lycée Claude Garamont | 26 | 513 | 25% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Louis Mourier (AP-HP) | 100 | 7,415 | 32% |
| BTS - Services - Métiers des Services à l'environnement Lycée LPO Anatole FRANCE | 30 | 334 | 35% |
| DN MADE - Graphisme - Spécialité : Graphisme en action - Territoires d'Innovation Sociale Lycée Claude Garamont | 17 | 186 | 51% |
At which level?
The 656 students enrolled in Colombes, 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 Colombes
How many students are in Colombes?
662 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Colombes (autumn 2025): about 1 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Colombes?
IFSI Louis Mourier (AP-HP) (270 students); Lycée Guy De Maupassant (125 students); Lycée Claude Garamont (116 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 Colombes. 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.