Best Universities for Accounting in Latin America

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Latin America ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 334K citations received by 27.1K academic papers made by 129 universities in Latin America was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#1 in Brazil

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 97,964
Founded: 1827

2. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Accounting

#1 in Chile

#389 in the World

Enrollment: 33,971
Founded: 1888

3. University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Accounting

#2 in Chile

#460 in the World

Founded: 1842

4. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Accounting

#2 in Brazil

#528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 67,329
Founded: 1920

5. University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Accounting

#3 in Brazil

#569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1962

6. Federal University of Santa Catarina

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Accounting

#4 in Brazil

#600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

7. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Accounting

#5 in Brazil

#614 in the World

Founded: 1934

8. Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Accounting

#6 in Brazil

#687 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 45,038
Founded: 1927

9. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Accounting

#7 in Brazil

#695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1941

10. State University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For Accounting

#8 in Brazil

#742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1966

11. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Accounting

#1 in Mexico

#755 in the World

Founded: 1970

12. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Accounting

#2 in Mexico

#765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 92,736
Founded: 1943

13. Sao Paulo State University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#9 in Brazil

#807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1976

14. University of the Andes, Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Founded: 1949

15. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Accounting

#3 in Mexico

#889 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

16. National University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 54,284
Founded: 1867

17. Autonomus Institute of Technology of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Accounting

#4 in Mexico

#932 in the World

Founded: 1946

18. University of Buenos Aires

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Accounting

#1 in Argentina

#992 in the World

Enrollment: 262,932
Founded: 1821

19. Federal University of Ceara

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Accounting

#10 in Brazil

#1035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1954

20. Federal University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Accounting

#11 in Brazil

#1095 in the World

Founded: 1946

21. Federal University of Uberlandia

Brazil | Uberlandia

For Accounting

#12 in Brazil

#1105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 25,494
Founded: 1969

22. Mackenzie Presbyterian University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#13 in Brazil

#1130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1952

23. Federal University of Paraiba

Brazil | Joao Pessoa

For Accounting

#14 in Brazil

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1955

24. University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley

Brazil | Sao Leopoldo

For Accounting

#15 in Brazil

#1150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 23,988
Founded: 1969

25. Federal University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Accounting

#16 in Brazil

#1156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1912

26. Torcuato di Tella University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Accounting

#2 in Argentina

#1171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1991

27. University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Accounting

#17 in Brazil

#1195 in the World

Founded: 1950

28. Federal University of Bahia

Brazil | Salvador

For Accounting

#18 in Brazil

#1205 in the World

Founded: 1946

29. University of the Republic

Uruguay | Montevideo

For Accounting

#1 in Uruguay

#1264 in the World

Enrollment: 209,129
Founded: 1833

30. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

For Accounting

#19 in Brazil

#1304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1958

31. Federal University of Lavras

Brazil | Lavras

For Accounting

#20 in Brazil

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1908

32. Federal University of Campina Grande

Brazil | Campina Grande

For Accounting

#21 in Brazil

#1321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 2002

33. Fluminense Federal University

Brazil | Niteroi

For Accounting

#22 in Brazil

#1341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

34. Federal University of Goias

Brazil | Goiania

For Accounting

#23 in Brazil

#1351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1960

35. Federal University of Espirito Santo

Brazil | Vitoria

For Accounting

#24 in Brazil

#1369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,744
Founded: 1954

36. Federal University of Sao Carlos

Brazil | Sao Carlos

For Accounting

#25 in Brazil

#1439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1968

37. Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#26 in Brazil

#1469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

38. Federal University of Santa Maria

Brazil | Santa Maria

For Accounting

#27 in Brazil

#1476 in the World

Founded: 1960

39. Federal University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#28 in Brazil

#1486 in the World

Founded: 1933

40. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Accounting

#1 in Peru

#1487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

41. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Accounting

#5 in Mexico

#1516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 170,000
Founded: 1936

42. Pontifical Javeriana University

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#1518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1623

43. El Rosario University

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#1530 in the World

Enrollment: 13,226
Founded: 1653

44. University of Concepcion

Chile | Concepcion

For Accounting

#3 in Chile

#1589 in the World

Founded: 1920

45. National University of La Plata

Argentina | La Plata

For Accounting

#3 in Argentina

#1613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1905

46. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Accounting

#29 in Brazil

#1616 in the World

Founded: 1948

47. Austral University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Accounting

#4 in Argentina

#1626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1991

48. University of Ribeirao Preto

Brazil | Ribeirao Preto

For Accounting

#30 in Brazil

#1645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1924

49. EAFIT University

Colombia | Medellin

For Accounting

#1678 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 2,868
Founded: 1960

50. Federal University of Vicosa

Brazil | Vicosa

For Accounting

#31 in Brazil

#1690 in the World

Founded: 1922

51. University of the Valley

Colombia | Cali

For Accounting

#1718 in the World

Founded: 1945

52. Federal University of Itajuba

Brazil | Itajuba

For Accounting

#32 in Brazil

#1722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1913

53. Diego Portales University

Chile | Santiago

For Accounting

#4 in Chile

#1730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

54. Adolfo Ibanez University

Chile | Vina del Mar

For Accounting

#5 in Chile

#1771 in the World

Founded: 1953

55. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Accounting

#6 in Mexico

#1812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

56. University of Antioquia

Colombia | Medellin

For Accounting

#1820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1803

57. University of Santiago de Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Accounting

#6 in Chile

#1874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1849

58. Center for Research and Teaching in Economics

Mexico | Mexico City

For Accounting

#7 in Mexico

#1948 in the World

Founded: 1974

59. State University of Maringa

Brazil | Maringa

For Accounting

#33 in Brazil

#1985 in the World

Founded: 1970

60. University of the West Indies, Mona

For Accounting

#1 in Jamaica

#1990 in the World

Enrollment: 49,092
Founded: 1948

61. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Accounting

#8 in Mexico

#1994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

62. University of America in Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#2005 in the World

Founded: 1958

63. Federal University of Technology - Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Accounting

#34 in Brazil

#2037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1909

64. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Accounting

#7 in Chile

#2052 in the World

Founded: 1928

65. National University of Cordoba

Argentina | Cordoba

For Accounting

#5 in Argentina

#2104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 178,288
Founded: 1613

66. Nove de Julho University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#35 in Brazil

#2107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1972

67. Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Brazil | Juiz de Fora

For Accounting

#36 in Brazil

#2120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1960

68. University of Mendoza

Argentina | Mendoza

For Accounting

#6 in Argentina

#2121 in the World

Founded: 1959

69. Externado University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#2146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1886

70. Pontifical Catholic University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Accounting

#37 in Brazil

#2178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1959

71. University of Cartagena

Colombia | Cartagena

For Accounting

#10 in Colombia

#2228 in the World

Founded: 1827

72. University of Talca

For Accounting

#8 in Chile

#2239 in the World

Founded: 1981

73. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Accounting

#9 in Mexico

#2258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 61,908
Founded: 1974

74. Federal University of Para

For Accounting

#38 in Brazil

#2276 in the World

Founded: 1957

75. University of Fortaleza

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Accounting

#39 in Brazil

#2343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1973

76. CEMA University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Accounting

#7 in Argentina

#2350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1995

77. Northern University

Colombia | Barranquilla

For Accounting

#11 in Colombia

#2357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1966

78. University of San Andres

Argentina | Victoria

For Accounting

#8 in Argentina

#2358 in the World

Founded: 1988

79. Federal Foundation University of Rio Grande

Brazil | Rio Grande

For Accounting

#40 in Brazil

#2368 in the World

Founded: 1969

80. ICESI University

Colombia | Cali

For Accounting

#12 in Colombia

#2373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1979

81. Federal University of Pelotas

Brazil | Pelotas

For Accounting

#41 in Brazil

#2376 in the World

Founded: 1969

82. National University of the South

Argentina | Bahia Blanca

For Accounting

#9 in Argentina

#2385 in the World

Founded: 1956

83. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Accounting

#10 in Mexico

#2391 in the World

Enrollment: 44,503
Founded: 1945

84. Federal University of ABC

Brazil | Santo Andre

For Accounting

#42 in Brazil

#2410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 2005

85. Brasil University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#43 in Brazil

#2425 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1989

86. Santa Catarina State University

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Accounting

#44 in Brazil

#2447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

87. Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Seropedica

For Accounting

#45 in Brazil

#2454 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1910

88. Federico Santa Maria Technical University

Chile | Valparaiso

For Accounting

#9 in Chile

#2463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1931

89. University of Havana

For Accounting

#1 in Cuba

#2505 in the World

Founded: 1728

90. University of the Andes, Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Accounting

#10 in Chile

#2517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1989

91. Catholic University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Accounting

#46 in Brazil

#2518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1974

92. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Accounting

#11 in Mexico

#2520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

93. Regional Community University of Chapeco

Brazil | Chapeco

For Accounting

#47 in Brazil

#2523 in the World

Founded: 1970

94. Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez

Mexico | Ciudad Juarez

For Accounting

#12 in Mexico

#2534 in the World

Founded: 1973

95. State University of Londrina

Brazil | Londrina

For Accounting

#48 in Brazil

#2543 in the World

Founded: 1970

96. University of Las Americas, Puebla

Mexico | San Andres Cholula

For Accounting

#13 in Mexico

#2552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1940

97. Western Parana State University

Brazil | Cascavel

For Accounting

#49 in Brazil

#2575 in the World

Founded: 1994

98. ESPOL Polytechnic University

Ecuador | Guayaquil

For Accounting

#2579 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1958

99. Southern University of Chile

Chile | Valdivia

For Accounting

#11 in Chile

#2585 in the World

Founded: 1954

100. University of La Sabana

Colombia | Chia

For Accounting

#13 in Colombia

#2592 in the World

Founded: 1980