Best Universities for Accounting in Latin America

Updated: March 15, 2026

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 359K citations received by 27.4K academic papers made by 130 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

#149 in the World

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

2. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Accounting

#1 in Chile

#400 in the World

Enrollment: 33,971
Founded: 1888

3. University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Accounting

#2 in Chile

#475 in the World

Founded: 1842

4. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Accounting

#2 in Brazil

#532 in the World

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

5. University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Accounting

#3 in Brazil

#565 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

#617 in the World

Founded: 1934

8. Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Accounting

#6 in Brazil

#686 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

#710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1941

10. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Accounting

#1 in Mexico

#754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1943

11. State University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For Accounting

#8 in Brazil

#755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1966

12. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Accounting

#2 in Mexico

#762 in the World

Founded: 1970

13. University of the Andes, Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Founded: 1949

14. Sao Paulo State University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#9 in Brazil

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1976

15. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Accounting

#3 in Mexico

#887 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

16. National University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#922 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

#942 in the World

Founded: 1946

18. University of Buenos Aires

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Accounting

#1 in Argentina

#1011 in the World

Enrollment: 262,932
Founded: 1821

19. Federal University of Ceara

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Accounting

#10 in Brazil

#1048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1954

20. Federal University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Accounting

#11 in Brazil

#1092 in the World

Founded: 1946

21. Federal University of Uberlandia

Brazil | Uberlandia

For Accounting

#12 in Brazil

#1106 in the World

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

22. Federal University of Paraiba

Brazil | Joao Pessoa

For Accounting

#13 in Brazil

#1120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1955

23. Mackenzie Presbyterian University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#14 in Brazil

#1138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1952

24. Federal University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Accounting

#15 in Brazil

#1147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1912

25. University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley

Brazil | Sao Leopoldo

For Accounting

#16 in Brazil

#1187 in the World

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

26. Torcuato di Tella University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Accounting

#2 in Argentina

#1197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1991

27. Federal University of Bahia

Brazil | Salvador

For Accounting

#17 in Brazil

#1214 in the World

Founded: 1946

28. University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Accounting

#18 in Brazil

#1224 in the World

Founded: 1950

29. University of the Republic

Uruguay | Montevideo

For Accounting

#1 in Uruguay

#1281 in the World

Enrollment: 209,129
Founded: 1833

30. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

For Accounting

#19 in Brazil

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1958

31. Federal University of Lavras

Brazil | Lavras

For Accounting

#20 in Brazil

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1908

32. Fluminense Federal University

Brazil | Niteroi

For Accounting

#21 in Brazil

#1348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

33. Federal University of Campina Grande

Brazil | Campina Grande

For Accounting

#22 in Brazil

#1349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 2002

34. Federal University of Goias

Brazil | Goiania

For Accounting

#23 in Brazil

#1366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1960

35. Federal University of Espirito Santo

Brazil | Vitoria

For Accounting

#24 in Brazil

#1372 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

#1459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1968

37. Federal University of Santa Maria

Brazil | Santa Maria

For Accounting

#26 in Brazil

#1481 in the World

Founded: 1960

38. Federal University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#27 in Brazil

#1492 in the World

Founded: 1933

39. Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#28 in Brazil

#1494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

40. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Accounting

#1 in Peru

#1495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

41. Pontifical Javeriana University

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#1525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1623

42. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Accounting

#5 in Mexico

#1539 in the World

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

43. El Rosario University

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#1556 in the World

Enrollment: 13,226
Founded: 1653

44. University of Concepcion

Chile | Concepcion

For Accounting

#3 in Chile

#1628 in the World

Founded: 1920

45. National University of La Plata

Argentina | La Plata

For Accounting

#3 in Argentina

#1638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1905

46. Austral University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Accounting

#4 in Argentina

#1644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1991

47. University of Ribeirao Preto

Brazil | Ribeirao Preto

For Accounting

#29 in Brazil

#1668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1924

48. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Accounting

#30 in Brazil

#1671 in the World

Founded: 1948

49. EAFIT University

Colombia | Medellin

For Accounting

#1677 in the World

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

50. Federal University of Vicosa

Brazil | Vicosa

For Accounting

#31 in Brazil

#1709 in the World

Founded: 1922

51. Diego Portales University

Chile | Santiago

For Accounting

#4 in Chile

#1726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

52. Federal University of Itajuba

Brazil | Itajuba

For Accounting

#32 in Brazil

#1731 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1913

53. University of the Valley

Colombia | Cali

For Accounting

#1759 in the World

Founded: 1945

54. Adolfo Ibanez University

Chile | Vina del Mar

For Accounting

#5 in Chile

#1788 in the World

Founded: 1953

55. University of Antioquia

Colombia | Medellin

For Accounting

#1801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1803

56. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Accounting

#6 in Mexico

#1830 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

57. University of Santiago de Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Accounting

#6 in Chile

#1899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1849

58. Center for Research and Teaching in Economics

Mexico | Mexico City

For Accounting

#7 in Mexico

#1965 in the World

Founded: 1974

59. State University of Maringa

Brazil | Maringa

For Accounting

#33 in Brazil

#1996 in the World

Founded: 1970

60. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Accounting

#8 in Mexico

#2016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 339,508
Founded: 1792

61. University of the West Indies, Mona

For Accounting

#1 in Jamaica

#2026 in the World

Enrollment: 49,092
Founded: 1948

62. University of America in Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#2036 in the World

Founded: 1958

63. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Accounting

#7 in Chile

#2046 in the World

Founded: 1928

64. Federal University of Technology - Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Accounting

#34 in Brazil

#2056 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1909

65. National University of Cordoba

Argentina | Cordoba

For Accounting

#5 in Argentina

#2108 in the World

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

66. Nove de Julho University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#35 in Brazil

#2123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1972

67. Externado University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Accounting

#2149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1886

68. University of Mendoza

Argentina | Mendoza

For Accounting

#6 in Argentina

#2157 in the World

Founded: 1959

69. Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Brazil | Juiz de Fora

For Accounting

#36 in Brazil

#2165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1960

70. Pontifical Catholic University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Accounting

#37 in Brazil

#2172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1959

71. University of Cartagena

Colombia | Cartagena

For Accounting

#10 in Colombia

#2263 in the World

Founded: 1827

72. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Accounting

#9 in Mexico

#2269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 61,152
Founded: 1974

73. University of Talca

For Accounting

#8 in Chile

#2275 in the World

Founded: 1981

74. Federal University of Para

For Accounting

#38 in Brazil

#2282 in the World

Founded: 1957

75. University of Fortaleza

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Accounting

#39 in Brazil

#2302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1973

76. Northern University

Colombia | Barranquilla

For Accounting

#11 in Colombia

#2360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1966

77. Federal University of ABC

Brazil | Santo Andre

For Accounting

#40 in Brazil

#2386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 2005

78. University of San Andres

Argentina | Victoria

For Accounting

#7 in Argentina

#2394 in the World

Founded: 1988

79. Federal Foundation University of Rio Grande

Brazil | Rio Grande

For Accounting

#41 in Brazil

#2399 in the World

Founded: 1969

80. ICESI University

Colombia | Cali

For Accounting

#12 in Colombia

#2407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1979

81. Federal University of Pelotas

Brazil | Pelotas

For Accounting

#42 in Brazil

#2410 in the World

Founded: 1969

82. CEMA University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Accounting

#8 in Argentina

#2420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1995

83. Brasil University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Accounting

#43 in Brazil

#2435 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1989

84. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Accounting

#10 in Mexico

#2451 in the World

Enrollment: 44,503
Founded: 1945

85. National University of the South

Argentina | Bahia Blanca

For Accounting

#9 in Argentina

#2452 in the World

Founded: 1956

86. Federico Santa Maria Technical University

Chile | Valparaiso

For Accounting

#9 in Chile

#2460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1931

87. Santa Catarina State University

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Accounting

#44 in Brazil

#2482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

88. Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Seropedica

For Accounting

#45 in Brazil

#2492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1910

89. Catholic University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Accounting

#46 in Brazil

#2516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1974

90. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Accounting

#11 in Mexico

#2521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

91. Regional Community University of Chapeco

Brazil | Chapeco

For Accounting

#47 in Brazil

#2526 in the World

Founded: 1970

92. University of the Andes, Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Accounting

#10 in Chile

#2538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1989

93. University of Havana

For Accounting

#1 in Cuba

#2568 in the World

Founded: 1728

94. State University of Londrina

Brazil | Londrina

For Accounting

#48 in Brazil

#2571 in the World

Founded: 1970

95. ESPOL Polytechnic University

Ecuador | Guayaquil

For Accounting

#2576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1958

96. Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez

Mexico | Ciudad Juarez

For Accounting

#12 in Mexico

#2581 in the World

Founded: 1973

97. Southern University of Chile

Chile | Valdivia

For Accounting

#11 in Chile

#2592 in the World

Founded: 1954

98. Western Parana State University

Brazil | Cascavel

For Accounting

#49 in Brazil

#2595 in the World

Founded: 1994

99. University of Las Americas, Puebla

Mexico | San Andres Cholula

For Accounting

#13 in Mexico

#2596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1940

100. University of Costa Rica

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Costa Rica | San Jose

For Accounting

#1 in Costa Rica

#2606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 30,436
Founded: 1940