Photo: Gilles Guillamot · CC BY-SA 3.0Les Herbiers is home to 4 colleges and universities
MFR-IREO Les Herbiers (177 students) and Lycée général et technologique privé Jean XXIII (151 students) are inside Les Herbiers; the nearest university is Nantes Université in Nantes, 56 km away.
What stands out about college in Les Herbiers
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Les Herbiers
15 within 25 km: 1 university, 3 other schools, 11 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 3 smaller schools with 509 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Les Herbiers on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN MADE - Objet - Spécialité : design de produits Lycée Polyvalent Jean Monnet | 15 | 241 | 45% |
| BTS - Agricole - Métiers de l'élevage: développement, production et conseil MFR-IREO Les Herbiers | 40 | 106 | 80% |
| BTS - Agricole - Analyse, conduite et stratégie de l'entreprise agricole, option Territoires métropolitains MFR-IREO Les Herbiers | 35 | 146 | 86% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée général et technologique privé Jean XXIII | 35 | 138 | 89% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée général et technologique privé Jean XXIII | 18 | 96 | 90% |
At which level?
The 428 students enrolled in Les Herbiers, 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 Les Herbiers
How many students are in Les Herbiers?
428 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Les Herbiers (autumn 2025): about 3 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Les Herbiers?
MFR-IREO Les Herbiers (177 students); Lycée général et technologique privé Jean XXIII (151 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 Les Herbiers. 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.