Photo: ArKaNuM · CC BY-SA 3.0Épinal is home to 8 colleges and universities
Université de Lorraine (1,293 students) and Lycée Louis Lapicque (261 students) are inside Épinal; the nearest university is Université de Lorraine in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 57 km away. 2,387 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Épinal: 7 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Épinal
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Épinal
12 within 25 km: 1 university, 5 other schools, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 1 smaller schools with 42 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Épinal on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diplôme National d'Art ESAL - École Supérieure d'Art de Lorraine - Site d'Epinal | 30 | 324 | 25% |
| BTS - Production - Métiers de la mode-vêtements Lycée Pierre Mendes France | 24 | 268 | 36% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Louis Lapicque | 35 | 407 | 45% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Louis Lapicque | 35 | 313 | 57% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Claude Gellee | 36 | 605 | 58% |
| Licence - Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives Université de Lorraine | 100 | 977 | 63% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Epinal | 81 | 2,343 | 67% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Lorraine | 90 | 672 | 68% |
| Double licence - Droit / Gestion - Droit - Gestion Université de Lorraine | 30 | 628 | 97% |
| Licence - Droit Université de Lorraine | 180 | 1,319 | 99% |
At which level?
The 2,368 students enrolled in Épinal, 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 Épinal
How many students are in Épinal?
2,387 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Épinal (autumn 2025): about 7 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Épinal?
Université de Lorraine (1,293 students); Lycée Louis Lapicque (261 students); Ensemble scolaire Notre-Dame Saint-Joseph (223 students); IFSI Epinal (203 students); Lycée Pierre Mendes France (167 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 Épinal. 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.