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Higher education in and near Challes

EGC Le Mans is 15 km from Challes

No college sits inside the town; EGC Le Mans is 15 km away in Le Mans. 0 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Challes: 0 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.

Within 25 km
29
15,520 students on these campuses
Nearest college
15 km
EGC Le Mans
Students who study here
0
per 100 residents · France 4.3
Nearest BTS or prépa classes
15 km
Lycée Polyvalent Le Mans Sud
Nearest university
22 km
Le Mans Université
Tuition fee
€178
a year for a licence, 2026–27

What stands out about college from Challes

Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.

Every college

Colleges and universities within 25 km of Challes

29 within 25 km: 2 universities, 14 other schools, 13 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.

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Other schoolBTS and prépa (lycée)
EGC Le MansSchool of higher education · Private · 15 km · Le Mans90students53%women18%bac+4 or moreStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
Lycée Polyvalent Le Mans SudLycée: BTS and prépa classes · Public · 15 km · Le Mans249students38%womenStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
Lycée Polyvalent Saint-Charles Sainte-CroixLycée: BTS and prépa classes · Private · 17 km · Le Mans375students38%womenStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
Lycée professionnel Claude ChappeLycée: BTS and prépa classes · Public · 18 km · Arnage31students3%womenStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
IFSI CROIX-ROUGE COMPETENCE LE MANSSchool of higher education · Private · 18 km · Le Mans197students86%womenStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
Lycée Polyvalent Gabriel Touchard - WashingtonLycée: BTS and prépa classes · Public · 18 km · Le Mans586students42%womenStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
Campus Cci le Mans SartheSchool of higher education · Private · 18 km · Le Mans345students47%womenStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
Alternance SartheSchool of higher education · Private · 18 km · Le Mans70students50%womenStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
Groupe IdracSchool of higher education · Private · 18 km · Le Mans59students81%women59%bac+4 or moreStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
Lycée Funay-Helene BoucherLycée: BTS and prépa classes · Public · 18 km · Le Mans57students32%womenStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
Lycée Marguerite YourcenarLycée: BTS and prépa classes · Public · 18 km · Le Mans198students53%womenStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.
Lycée Notre-DameLycée: BTS and prépa classes · Private · 18 km · Le Mans56students70%womenStudents enrolled on this site, autumn 2025.

And 17 smaller schools with 13,207 students in all.

What it costs

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 Challes

How many students are in Challes?

0 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Challes (autumn 2025): about 0 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.

What colleges are near Challes?

Lycée Polyvalent Le Mans Sud (15 km, 249 students); Lycée Polyvalent Saint-Charles Sainte-Croix (17 km, 375 students); IFSI CROIX-ROUGE COMPETENCE LE MANS (18 km, 197 students); Lycée Polyvalent Gabriel Touchard - Washington (18 km, 586 students); Campus Cci le Mans Sarthe (18 km, 345 students); Ecofac (18 km, 192 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.

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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 Challes. 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.