Photo: Frachet · CC BY-SA 3.0Inst Bioforce Developpement is 1.4 km from Saint-Fons
No college sits inside the town; Inst Bioforce Developpement is 1.4 km away in Vénissieux. 18 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Saint-Fons: 0 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college from Saint-Fons
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Saint-Fons
247 within 25 km: 16 universities, 165 other schools, 66 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 235 smaller schools with 190,457 students in all.
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-Fons
How many students are in Saint-Fons?
18 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Saint-Fons (autumn 2025): about 0 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are near Saint-Fons?
Lycée Jacques Brel (2 km, 121 students); Lycée Marcel Sembat (2.2 km, 160 students); Institut supérieur d'agriculture Rhône-Alpes (3.1 km, 1,022 students); Organisme Formation-Cfa de l'Industrie Cfai Lyon (3.4 km, 370 students); Lycée O R T (3.4 km, 118 students); Ecole LA MACHE (3.7 km, 128 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-Fons. 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.