Photo: Luciani71 · CC BY-SA 3.0Mâcon is home to 8 colleges and universities
Alternance Bourgogne (223 students) and IFSI CH Macon (216 students) are inside Mâcon; the nearest university is Lyon-I université in Villeurbanne, 59 km away.
What stands out about college in Mâcon
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Mâcon
12 within 25 km: 1 university, 5 other schools, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 2 smaller schools with 95 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Mâcon on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Production - Maintenance des véhicules option voitures particulières Lycée Rene Cassin | 10 | 144 | 9% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Lamartine | 24 | 573 | 24% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Macon | 69 | 2,684 | 40% |
| BTS - Services - Conseil et commercialisation de solutions techniques Lycée Rene Cassin | 15 | 108 | 44% |
| BTS - Production - Maintenance des véhicules option véhicules de transport routier Lycée Rene Cassin | 2 | 26 | 46% |
| BTS - Services - Tourisme Lycée Frederic Ozanam | 32 | 269 | 51% |
| BTS - Production - Maintenance des matériels de construction et de manutention Lycée Rene Cassin | 12 | 62 | 56% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Lamartine | 24 | 296 | 59% |
| BTS - Services - Services informatiques aux organisations Lycée Lamartine | 36 | 259 | 69% |
| BTS - Production - Techniques et services en matériels agricoles Lycée Rene Cassin | 12 | 75 | 84% |
At which level?
The 992 students enrolled in Mâcon, 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 Mâcon
How many students are in Mâcon?
1,009 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Mâcon (autumn 2025): about 3 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Mâcon?
Alternance Bourgogne (223 students); IFSI CH Macon (216 students); Lycée Lamartine (170 students); Lycée Rene Cassin (133 students); Université Bourgogne Europe (116 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 Mâcon. 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.