Photo: Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0Cholet is home to 9 colleges and universities
Université d'Angers (1,079 students) and Lycée polyvalent Fernand Renaudeau - Lycée des métiers de la mode (327 students) are inside Cholet; the nearest university is Université d'Angers in Angers, 53 km away.
What stands out about college in Cholet
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Cholet
17 within 25 km: 1 university, 3 other schools, 13 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 5 smaller schools with 521 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Cholet on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN MADE - Mode - Spécialité : Design Vêtements-Accessoires Lycée polyvalent Fernand Renaudeau - Lycée des métiers de la mode | 15 | 1,205 | 7% |
| DN MADE - Mode - Spécialité : Design Textiles-Matériaux-Graphisme Lycée polyvalent Fernand Renaudeau - Lycée des métiers de la mode | 15 | 646 | 14% |
| BTS - Production - Métiers de la mode-vêtements Lycée polyvalent Fernand Renaudeau - Lycée des métiers de la mode | 45 | 837 | 28% |
| BUT - Gestion administrative et commerciale des organisations Université d'Angers | 56 | 2,401 | 34% |
| BUT - Carrières sociales Parcours animation sociale et socioculturelle Université d'Angers | 27 | 812 | 38% |
| BUT - Carrières sociales Parcours assistance sociale Université d'Angers | 28 | 834 | 40% |
| BTS - Services - Commerce International Lycée polyvalent Europe Robert Schuman | 23 | 531 | 47% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH DE CHOLET | 111 | 3,033 | 49% |
| Double licence - Droit / Histoire - Double licence Droit et Histoire Université d'Angers | 40 | 618 | 83% |
| Licence - Portail Droit Université d'Angers | 140 | 809 | 99% |
At which level?
The 2,647 students enrolled in Cholet, 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 Cholet
How many students are in Cholet?
2,690 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Cholet (autumn 2025): about 5 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Cholet?
Université d'Angers (1,079 students); Lycée polyvalent Fernand Renaudeau - Lycée des métiers de la mode (327 students); Lycée Technologique La Providence (273 students); IFSI CH DE CHOLET (260 students); LGT Sainte-Marie / ESUPEC (243 students); Lycée Jeanne Delanoue (143 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 Cholet. 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.