Higher education in Latin America: top 15 universities 2024

Based on their overall scores according to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2024, some of the leading Latin American universities are located in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile. The Universidad de São Paulo (Brazil) ranked first with a score of 62.8 out of 100, while the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) ranked second, with 61.4 points.

Leading universities in Latin America in 2024, by QS score (index score)

Characteristic	QS score
Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)	62.8
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)	61.4
Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)	61
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)	59.9
Universidad de Chile (Chile)	50.2
Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)	47.6
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)	46
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil)	42.7
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia)	41.9
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (Peru)	32.2
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)	31.4
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)	29.9
Universidad Sanatiago de Chile (Chile)	27.2
UNESP (Brazil)	26.8
Universidad Austral (Argentina)	-

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Release date

June 2023

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LAC

Survey time period

As of June 2023

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Only among the universities with available information

Supplementary notes

The overall QS score is based on six key indicators, namely academic reputation (40%), employer reputation (10%), faculty/student ratio (20%), citations per faculty (20%), international faculty ratio/International student ratio (5% each). For a more in-depth look on the ranking framework and methodology, please click here.
The figures provided were taken from the QS World University Rankings.

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