Photo: Jean-Marc Rosier ( http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com ) · CC BY-SA 3.0Carpentras is home to 5 colleges and universities
Lycée Victor Hugo (126 students) is inside Carpentras; the nearest university is Avignon Université in Avignon, 22 km away. 318 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Carpentras: 1 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Carpentras
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Carpentras
36 within 25 km: 2 universities, 18 other schools, 16 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 24 smaller schools with 10,893 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Carpentras on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Victor Hugo | 24 | 410 | 39% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale Lycée Victor Hugo | 24 | 319 | 46% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée Victor Hugo | 24 | 352 | 57% |
| BTS - Agricole - Développement et animation de projets territoriaux Lycée agricole LOUIS GIRAUD | 22 | 137 | 71% |
| BTS - Production - Conception et Réalisation de Systèmes Automatiques Lycée Jean Henri Fabre | 15 | 95 | 81% |
| BTS - Production - Conception des processus de réalisation de produits (1ère année commune) Lycée Jean Henri Fabre | 15 | 60 | 84% |
| BTS - Agricole - Aménagements paysagers Lycée agricole LOUIS GIRAUD | 22 | 196 | 89% |
| BTS - Agricole - Analyse, conduite et stratégie de l'entreprise agricole, option Territoires métropolitains Lycée agricole LOUIS GIRAUD | 22 | 104 | 94% |
At which level?
The 318 students enrolled in Carpentras, 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 Carpentras
How many students are in Carpentras?
318 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Carpentras (autumn 2025): about 1 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Carpentras?
Lycée Victor Hugo (126 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 Carpentras. 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.