Photo: Baidax · CC BY-SA 4.0Avon is home to 2 colleges and universities
Lycée Uruguay France (258 students) and Ufa Utec Avon-Fontainebleau (184 students) are inside Avon; the nearest university is Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas in Melun, 15 km away.
What stands out about college in Avon
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Avon
32 within 25 km: 2 universities, 13 other schools, 17 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 20 smaller schools with 5,329 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Avon on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Uruguay France | 35 | 417 | 42% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée Uruguay France | 24 | 279 | 47% |
| BTS - Services - Economie sociale familiale Lycée Uruguay France | 24 | 291 | 50% |
| BTS - Production - Bioanalyses en laboratoire de contrôle Lycée Uruguay France | 30 | 344 | 59% |
| Certificat de Spécialisation - Animation-gestion de projets dans le secteur sportif Lycée Uruguay France | 12 | 40 | 62% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale Lycée Uruguay France | 35 | 335 | 65% |
At which level?
The 442 students enrolled in Avon, 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 Avon
How many students are in Avon?
442 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Avon (autumn 2025): about 3 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Avon?
Lycée Uruguay France (258 students); Ufa Utec Avon-Fontainebleau (184 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 Avon. 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.