Photo: Jmdigne · CC BY-SA 4.0Fontenay-le-Comte is home to 3 colleges and universities
Lycée polyvalent privé Notre Dame (134 students) is inside Fontenay-le-Comte; the nearest university is La Rochelle Université in La Rochelle, 44 km away. 235 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Fontenay-le-Comte: 2 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Fontenay-le-Comte
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Fontenay-le-Comte
3 within 25 km: 3 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Fontenay-le-Comte on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTS Imagerie médicale et radiologie thérapeutique Lycée polyvalent privé Notre Dame | 26 | 289 | 36% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Francois Rabelais | 24 | 248 | 69% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Francois Rabelais | 24 | 162 | 77% |
| BTS - Agricole - Développement et animation de projets territoriaux Lycée agricole Bel Air | 19 | 126 | 87% |
| BTS - Agricole - Analyses biologiques, biotechnologiques, agricoles et environnementales Lycée agricole Bel Air | 27 | 308 | 91% |
| BTS - Production - Systèmes constructifs bois et habitat Lycée polyvalent privé Notre Dame | 24 | 86 | 94% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée polyvalent privé Notre Dame | 18 | 72 | 95% |
| BTS - Production - Développement et Réalisation Bois Lycée polyvalent privé Notre Dame | 13 | 78 | 99% |
At which level?
The 235 students enrolled in Fontenay-le-Comte, 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 Fontenay-le-Comte
How many students are in Fontenay-le-Comte?
235 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Fontenay-le-Comte (autumn 2025): about 2 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Fontenay-le-Comte?
Lycée polyvalent privé Notre Dame (134 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 Fontenay-le-Comte. 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.