Photo: Anthony Bourgouin · CC BY-SA 4.0Orléans is a student town: 17 students study here for every 100 residents
Université d'Orléans (14,159 students) and Lycée Pothier (760 students) are inside Orléans.
What stands out about college in Orléans
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Orléans
1 university, 14 other schools, 7 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 16 smaller schools with 2,546 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Orléans on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Psychomotricien IFPM Orléans | 27 | 1,674 | 5% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Voltaire | 36 | 1,591 | 20% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université d'Orléans | 135 | 3,215 | 28% |
| CPGE - B/L - Lettres et sciences sociales Lycée Pothier | 48 | 1,679 | 28% |
| D.E Infirmier IFPM Orléans | 140 | 4,419 | 35% |
| BUT - Informatique Université d'Orléans | 97 | 1,901 | 40% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Pothier | 144 | 2,169 | 46% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Pothier | 96 | 1,565 | 53% |
| D.E Infirmier IFPM Orléans | 140 | 3,090 | 56% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université d'Orléans | 150 | 10,129 | 63% |
At which level?
The 19,871 students enrolled in Orléans, 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 Orléans
How many students are in Orléans?
19,931 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Orléans (autumn 2025): about 17 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Orléans?
Université d'Orléans (14,159 students); Lycée Pothier (760 students); IFPM Orléans (749 students); Aftec Formation (611 students); Lycée Voltaire (526 students); Lycée BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (520 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 Orléans. 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.