page_title: Education in Montreal
section_title: College
hierarchical_section_title: Education in Montreal / College
caption_attribution_description: Collège Dawson, Montréal
context_page_description: With access to six universities and twelve junior colleges in an 8 kilometre radius, Montreal, Quebec has the highest proportion of post-secondary students of all major cities in North America. This represents roughly 248,000 post-secondary students, one of the largest numbers in the world.
context_section_description: High school graduates who wish to go on to university must first complete two years of college (as an alternative, some students spend two years in American prep school)
  English language Public Colleges
  Champlain Regional College (2,500 students at St. Lambert Campus)
  Dawson College (10,000 students)
  John Abbott College (7,400 students)
  Vanier College (6,100 students)
  French language Public Colleges
  Collège Ahuntsic (10,100 students)
  Cégep André-Laurendeau (2,700 students)
  Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne (2,600 students)
  Collège Édouard-Montpetit (6,700 students in Longueuil)
  Collège Gérald-Godin (1,100 students)
  Collège de Maisonneuve (5,600 students)
  Collège Montmorency (5,800 students in Laval)
  Cégep Marie-Victorin
  Collège de Rosemont (2,800 students)
  Cégep de Saint-Laurent (3,000 students)
  Cégep du Vieux Montréal (9,000 students)
  Private Colleges
  Marianopolis College (2,100 students)
  Collège André-Grasset
  Collège M of Canada
  Collégial international Sainte-Anne
  Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf (2,400 students)
  LaSalle College
  Herzing College
  Delta College
  TAV College
caption: Dawson College
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