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Top 100 Universities in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest universities in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.7k universities tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. ESCP Europe, university maryland and Edhec lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 220k, and the largest, ESCP Europe, reaches around 1.4M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each university, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in France. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in France, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in France. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 ESCP Europe 1.4M 37.9 70.3% University
2 university maryland 1.2M 50.1 85.4% University
3 Edhec 669k 41.0 55.1% University
4 University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay 646k University
5 University of Lagos 592k 32.5 49.4% University
6 Paris Dauphine University 512k 39.5 47.6% University
7 Sciences Po 510k 43.8 47.5% University
8 École Polytechnique 486k 40.6 38.3% University
9 EDHEC Business School (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord) 457k 38.4 53.5% University
10 EMLYON Business School 440k 39.3 53.3% University
11 Harvard University 412k 37.7 56.7% University
12 University of Waikato 400k 38.8 65.2% University
13 Far Eastern University 390k 43.5 50.1% University
14 University of Oxford 348k 34.0 51.6% University
15 University of Savoy 325k 38.7 48.3% University
16 KEDGE Business School 324k 36.4 44.4% University
17 Harvard Business School 308k 34.5 66.7% University
18 International Organization for Standardization 307k 42.6 50.4% University
19 Panthéon-Assas University 302k 44.1 49.3% University
20 Essec 293k 37.1 47.3% University
21 The New School 285k 38.6 58.7% University
22 Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles 285k 33.5 46.4% University
23 Aix Marseille Université 280k 39.8 51.9% University
24 Audencia 277k 43.2 60.5% University
25 University of Rennes 2 – Upper Brittany 252k 42.2 54.4% University

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each university by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest university in France?

ESCP Europe currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.4M people in France.

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