Photo: The original uploader was Graooor at French Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 1.0Saint-Étienne is home to 32 colleges and universities
Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne (13,884 students) and Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne (2,126 students) are inside Saint-Étienne; the nearest university campus outside it is Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne, 4.5 km away in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez. 23,687 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Saint-Étienne: 14 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Saint-Étienne
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Saint-Étienne
2 universities, 22 other schools, 8 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 23 smaller schools with 3,468 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Saint-Étienne on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CHU St Etienne | 103 | 4,123 | 27% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne | 161 | 3,895 | 36% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Croix Rouge Française St Etienne | 114 | 3,497 | 36% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne | 161 | 3,488 | 43% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Centrale Lyon | 120 | 9,948 | 47% |
| BUT - Gestion administrative et commerciale des organisations Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne | 99 | 2,124 | 47% |
| BUT - Génie mécanique et productique Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne | 92 | 1,980 | 49% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Claude Fauriel | 96 | 2,210 | 56% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne | 24 | 6,201 | 63% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne | 64 | 6,048 | 65% |
At which level?
The 23,554 students enrolled in Saint-Étienne, 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-Étienne
How many students are in Saint-Étienne?
23,687 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Saint-Étienne (autumn 2025): about 14 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Saint-Étienne?
Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne (13,884 students); Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne (2,126 students); Centrale Lyon (1,072 students); Lyon-I université (626 students); Lycée Claude Fauriel (575 students); IFSI CHU St Etienne (498 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-Étienne. 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.