Photo: AirScott · CC BY-SA 4.0Avranches is home to 2 colleges and universities
No college sits inside the town; Lycée Notre Dame De La Providence is 1.5 km away in Avranches. 133 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Avranches: 1 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Avranches
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Avranches
7 within 25 km: 1 other school, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Avranches on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Biologie médicale Lycée Emile Littré | 15 | 292 | 52% |
| BTS - Services - Services informatiques aux organisations Lycée Notre Dame De La Providence | 24 | 82 | 82% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale Lycée Notre Dame De La Providence | 12 | 62 | 82% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Notre Dame De La Providence | 24 | 107 | 84% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Emile Littré | 24 | 256 | 90% |
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 Avranches
How many students are in Avranches?
133 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Avranches (autumn 2025): about 1 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
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 Avranches. 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.