Photo: Touzé Eric · CC BY-SA 3.0Lycée Montesquieu is 1.6 km from Coulaines
No college sits inside the town; Lycée Montesquieu is 1.6 km away in Le Mans. 0 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Coulaines: 0 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college from Coulaines
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Coulaines
30 within 25 km: 2 universities, 14 other schools, 14 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 18 smaller schools with 12,829 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 Coulaines
How many students are in Coulaines?
0 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Coulaines (autumn 2025): about 0 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are near Coulaines?
Lycée Montesquieu (1.6 km, 278 students); Ecole supérieure d'art et de design TALM-Le Mans (2.2 km, 208 students); IFSI CH DU MANS (2.2 km, 432 students); IFSI CROIX-ROUGE COMPETENCE LE MANS (2.4 km, 197 students); Lycée Polyvalent Saint-Charles Sainte-Croix (2.8 km, 375 students); Campus Cci le Mans Sarthe (3.1 km, 345 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 Coulaines. 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.