Photo: Marcel Delboy · Public domainDax is home to 4 colleges and universities
IFSI CH de Dax (440 students) and Lycée de Borda (234 students) are inside Dax; the nearest university campus outside it is Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, 44 km away in Bayonne.
What stands out about college in Dax
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Dax
7 within 25 km: 1 university, 2 other schools, 4 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 1 smaller schools with 39 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Dax on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH de Dax | 74 | 5,009 | 45% |
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option A : Informatique et réseaux Lycée de Borda | 15 | 208 | 62% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée de Borda | 35 | 516 | 74% |
| BTS - Production - Maintenance des systèmes - option A Systèmes de production Lycée de Borda | 30 | 106 | 80% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle | 35 | 210 | 84% |
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option B : Electronique et réseaux Lycée de Borda | 15 | 113 | 87% |
| BTS - Production - Bioqualité Lycée Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle | 20 | 69 | 88% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée de Borda | 35 | 297 | 91% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle | 35 | 153 | 92% |
| BTS - Production - Métiers de l'eau Lycée de Borda | 24 | 135 | 100% |
At which level?
The 870 students enrolled in Dax, 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 Dax
How many students are in Dax?
870 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Dax (autumn 2025): about 4 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Dax?
IFSI CH de Dax (440 students); Lycée de Borda (234 students); Lycée Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (162 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 Dax. 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.