Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0La Roche-sur-Yon is home to 21 colleges and universities
The Institut catholique de Vendée (2,022 students) and Nantes Université (1,616 students) are inside La Roche-sur-Yon. 7,060 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in La Roche-sur-Yon: 13 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in La Roche-sur-Yon
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in La Roche-sur-Yon
3 universities, 10 other schools, 8 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 16 smaller schools with 1,868 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in La Roche-sur-Yon on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT - Information communication Parcours métiers du livre et du patrimoine Nantes Université | 28 | 804 | 11% |
| BUT - Information communication Parcours communication des organisations Nantes Université | 28 | 964 | 13% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Nantes Université | 82 | 1,190 | 30% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH LA ROCHE-SUR-YON | 186 | 3,827 | 52% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours sciences de l'environnement et écotechnologies Nantes Université | 52 | 831 | 60% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 Groupe Institut catholique d'arts et métiers | 72 | 981 | 62% |
| Licence - Droit - Parcours Psycho-criminologie Institut catholique de Vendée | 140 | 1,450 | 74% |
| Licence - Droit Nantes Université | 120 | 959 | 99% |
| Double licence - Droit / Langues étrangères appliquées - Double cursus : Droit - LEA Nantes Université | 190 | 927 | 100% |
| Licence - Langues étrangères appliquées - Parcours Commerce international ou Trilingue Nantes Université | 115 | 803 | 100% |
At which level?
The 6,988 students enrolled in La Roche-sur-Yon, 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 La Roche-sur-Yon
How many students are in La Roche-sur-Yon?
7,060 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in La Roche-sur-Yon (autumn 2025): about 13 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in La Roche-sur-Yon?
Institut catholique de Vendée (2,022 students); Nantes Université (1,616 students); IFSI CH LA ROCHE-SUR-YON (643 students); Groupe Institut catholique d'arts et métiers (433 students); Lycée Notre Dame Du Roc (406 students); Lycée agricole Les Etablières (308 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 La Roche-sur-Yon. 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.