Photo: Tabl-trai · CC BY-SA 4.0Thiers is home to Lycée Jean Zay
No college sits inside the town; Lycée Jean Zay is 1 km away in Thiers. 128 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Thiers: 1 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Thiers
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Thiers
3 within 25 km: 3 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Thiers on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPGE - PTSI Lycée Jean Zay | 24 | 454 | 46% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Montdory | 30 | 319 | 75% |
| BTS - Production - Conception de produits industriels Lycée Jean Zay | 24 | 123 | 84% |
| BTS - Production - Europlastics et composites à référentiel commun européen - option Pilotage et Optimisation de la production Lycée Jean Zay | 8 | 10 | 86% |
| BTS - Production - Europlastics et composites à référentiel commun européen - option Conception d'Outillage Lycée Jean Zay | 8 | 18 | 88% |
| BTS - Production - Conception et Réalisation de Systèmes Automatiques Lycée Jean Zay | 15 | 84 | 89% |
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 Thiers
How many students are in Thiers?
128 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Thiers (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 Thiers. 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.