Nearly three million people were enrolled in a higher education institute in France for the 2023/2024 academic year. University students represented more than half of the student population in France. Engineering and business schools had between 174,000 and 250,000 students in their classrooms.
Distribution of students enrolled in higher education institutions in France during 2023/2024 academic year, by type of institution
* The source adds the following information: "Paris-Dauphine, EHESS, IEP Paris, École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques, Inalco, Observatoire de Paris, École pratique des hautes études, Institut de physique du Globe, École nationale des chartes, accounting training, écoles normales supérieures, private faculties, law schools"
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Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche. (August 1, 2024). Distribution of students enrolled in higher education institutions in France during 2023/2024 academic year, by type of institution [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047897/enrolment-higher-education-france-by-type-institution/
Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche. "Distribution of students enrolled in higher education institutions in France during 2023/2024 academic year, by type of institution ." Chart. August 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047897/enrolment-higher-education-france-by-type-institution/
Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche. (2024). Distribution of students enrolled in higher education institutions in France during 2023/2024 academic year, by type of institution . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047897/enrolment-higher-education-france-by-type-institution/
Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche. "Distribution of Students Enrolled in Higher Education Institutions in France during 2023/2024 Academic Year, by Type of Institution ." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047897/enrolment-higher-education-france-by-type-institution/
Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, Distribution of students enrolled in higher education institutions in France during 2023/2024 academic year, by type of institution Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047897/enrolment-higher-education-france-by-type-institution/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Distribution of students enrolled in higher education institutions in France during 2023/2024 academic year, by type of institution [Graph], Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, August 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047897/enrolment-higher-education-france-by-type-institution/