Best Universities for Economics in Latin America

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Latin America ranked based on their research performance in Economics. A graph of 3.26M citations received by 307K academic papers made by 378 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 Economics

#1 in Brazil

#116 in the World

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

2. University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Economics

#1 in Chile

#360 in the World

Founded: 1842

3. State University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For Economics

#2 in Brazil

#371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1966

4. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Economics

#1 in Mexico

#373 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

5. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Economics

#2 in Chile

#392 in the World

Enrollment: 33,971
Founded: 1888

6. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Economics

#3 in Brazil

#414 in the World

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

7. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Economics

#4 in Brazil

#472 in the World

Founded: 1934

8. Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Economics

#5 in Brazil

#482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1927

9. University of Buenos Aires

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Economics

#1 in Argentina

#591 in the World

Enrollment: 262,932
Founded: 1821

10. University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Economics

#6 in Brazil

#594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1962

11. Federal University of Santa Catarina

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Economics

#7 in Brazil

#626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

12. Sao Paulo State University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Economics

#8 in Brazil

#653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1976

13. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Economics

#2 in Mexico

#722 in the World

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

14. Federal University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Economics

#9 in Brazil

#738 in the World

Founded: 1946

15. National University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Economics

#807 in the World

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

16. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Economics

#10 in Brazil

#819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1941

17. University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Economics

#11 in Brazil

#871 in the World

Founded: 1950

18. Federal University of Pelotas

Brazil | Pelotas

For Economics

#12 in Brazil

#874 in the World

Founded: 1969

19. Fluminense Federal University

Brazil | Niteroi

For Economics

#13 in Brazil

#876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

20. University of the Andes, Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Economics

#878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Founded: 1949

21. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Economics

#3 in Mexico

#909 in the World

Founded: 1970

22. Federal University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Economics

#14 in Brazil

#910 in the World

Founded: 1933

23. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Economics

#4 in Mexico

#937 in the World

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

24. Federal University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Economics

#15 in Brazil

#955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1912

25. Federal University of Bahia

Brazil | Salvador

For Economics

#16 in Brazil

#992 in the World

Founded: 1946

26. Federal University of Ceara

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Economics

#17 in Brazil

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1954

27. Federal University of Sao Carlos

Brazil | Sao Carlos

For Economics

#18 in Brazil

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1968

28. Torcuato di Tella University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Economics

#2 in Argentina

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1991

29. National University of La Plata

Argentina | La Plata

For Economics

#3 in Argentina

#1151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1905

30. University of the Republic

Uruguay | Montevideo

For Economics

#1175 in the World

Enrollment: 209,129
Founded: 1833

31. University of Antioquia

Colombia | Medellin

For Economics

#1191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1803

32. Federal University of Paraiba

Brazil | Joao Pessoa

For Economics

#19 in Brazil

#1214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1955

33. University of the West Indies, Mona

For Economics

#1231 in the World

Enrollment: 49,092
Founded: 1948

34. Federal University of Santa Maria

Brazil | Santa Maria

For Economics

#20 in Brazil

#1236 in the World

Founded: 1960

35. Autonomus Institute of Technology of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Economics

#5 in Mexico

#1241 in the World

Founded: 1946

36. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Economics

#6 in Mexico

#1249 in the World

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

37. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Economics

#7 in Mexico

#1269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

38. Pontifical Javeriana University

Colombia | Bogota

For Economics

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1623

39. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

For Economics

#21 in Brazil

#1314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1958

40. Center for Research and Teaching in Economics

Mexico | Mexico City

For Economics

#8 in Mexico

#1316 in the World

Founded: 1974

41. EAFIT University

Colombia | Medellin

For Economics

#1319 in the World

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

42. Federal University of Goias

Brazil | Goiania

For Economics

#22 in Brazil

#1322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1960

43. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Economics

#1 in Peru

#1363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

44. El Rosario University

Colombia | Bogota

For Economics

#1372 in the World

Enrollment: 13,226
Founded: 1653

45. University of Concepcion

Chile | Concepcion

For Economics

#3 in Chile

#1446 in the World

Founded: 1920

46. Adolfo Ibanez University

Chile | Vina del Mar

For Economics

#4 in Chile

#1447 in the World

Founded: 1953

47. Anahuac University of North Mexico

Mexico | Huixquilucan

For Economics

#9 in Mexico

#1459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

48. State University of Maringa

Brazil | Maringa

For Economics

#23 in Brazil

#1462 in the World

Founded: 1970

49. National University of Cordoba

Argentina | Cordoba

For Economics

#4 in Argentina

#1465 in the World

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

50. University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley

Brazil | Sao Leopoldo

For Economics

#24 in Brazil

#1468 in the World

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

51. Federal University of Espirito Santo

Brazil | Vitoria

For Economics

#25 in Brazil

#1510 in the World

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

52. University of Costa Rica

Costa Rica | San Jose

For Economics

#1 in Costa Rica

#1511 in the World

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

53. Federal University of Uberlandia

Brazil | Uberlandia

For Economics

#26 in Brazil

#1519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1969

54. Federal University of Vicosa

Brazil | Vicosa

For Economics

#27 in Brazil

#1540 in the World

Founded: 1922

55. Pontifical Catholic University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Economics

#28 in Brazil

#1562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1959

56. University of Santiago de Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Economics

#5 in Chile

#1578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1849

57. University of America in Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Economics

#1600 in the World

Founded: 1958

58. Brasil University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Economics

#29 in Brazil

#1616 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1989

59. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Economics

#30 in Brazil

#1631 in the World

Founded: 1948

60. University of the Valley

Colombia | Cali

For Economics

#1654 in the World

Founded: 1945

61. Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University

For Economics

#2 in Peru

#1681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 16,000
Founded: 1961

62. Federal University of Para

For Economics

#31 in Brazil

#1700 in the World

Founded: 1957

63. Federal University of Technology - Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Economics

#32 in Brazil

#1702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1909

64. Diego Portales University

Chile | Santiago

For Economics

#6 in Chile

#1733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

65. Southern University of Chile

Chile | Valdivia

For Economics

#7 in Chile

#1755 in the World

Founded: 1954

66. Colegio de Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Economics

#10 in Mexico

#1785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1940

67. Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Brazil | Juiz de Fora

For Economics

#33 in Brazil

#1794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1960

68. Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Economics

#34 in Brazil

#1804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

69. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Economics

#8 in Chile

#1822 in the World

Founded: 1928

70. Federal University of Lavras

Brazil | Lavras

For Economics

#35 in Brazil

#1828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1908

71. Central University of Venezuela

Venezuela | Caracas

For Economics

#1 in Venezuela

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1721

72. University of Ribeirao Preto

Brazil | Ribeirao Preto

For Economics

#36 in Brazil

#1844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1924

73. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Economics

#11 in Mexico

#1846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

74. Federico Santa Maria Technical University

Chile | Valparaiso

For Economics

#9 in Chile

#1959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1931

75. University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Economics

#10 in Chile

#1992 in the World

Founded: 1911

76. Federal University of ABC

Brazil | Santo Andre

For Economics

#37 in Brazil

#1996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 2005

77. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Economics

#12 in Mexico

#2002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

78. Federal Foundation University of Rio Grande

Brazil | Rio Grande

For Economics

#38 in Brazil

#2017 in the World

Founded: 1969

79. Catholic University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Economics

#39 in Brazil

#2039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1974

80. University of Talca

For Economics

#11 in Chile

#2045 in the World

Founded: 1981

81. State University of Londrina

Brazil | Londrina

For Economics

#40 in Brazil

#2047 in the World

Founded: 1970

82. National University of the South

Argentina | Bahia Blanca

For Economics

#5 in Argentina

#2082 in the World

Founded: 1956

83. Federal University of Itajuba

Brazil | Itajuba

For Economics

#41 in Brazil

#2092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1913

84. University of the Andes

Venezuela | Merida

For Economics

#2 in Venezuela

#2096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1810

85. Mackenzie Presbyterian University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Economics

#42 in Brazil

#2124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1952

86. University of San Andres

Argentina | Victoria

For Economics

#6 in Argentina

#2143 in the World

Founded: 1988

87. Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela

Venezuela | Caracas

For Economics

#3 in Venezuela

#2147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1967

88. Ibero-American University, Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Economics

#13 in Mexico

#2151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1943

89. Federal University of Alagoas

Brazil | Maceio

For Economics

#43 in Brazil

#2159 in the World

Founded: 1961

90. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Economics

#14 in Mexico

#2211 in the World

Enrollment: 44,503
Founded: 1945

91. University of Fortaleza

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Economics

#44 in Brazil

#2267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1973

92. Nove de Julho University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Economics

#45 in Brazil

#2268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1972

93. Catholic University of the North

Chile | Antofagasta

For Economics

#12 in Chile

#2281 in the World

Founded: 1956

94. National University of Rosario

Argentina | Rosario

For Economics

#7 in Argentina

#2312 in the World

Founded: 1968

95. Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Economics

#46 in Brazil

#2323 in the World

Founded: 1958

96. Autonomous University of Puebla

Mexico | Delicias

For Economics

#15 in Mexico

#2336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1587

97. Federal University of Sergipe

Brazil | Sao Cristovao

For Economics

#47 in Brazil

#2343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1963

98. University of Havana

For Economics

#1 in Cuba

#2351 in the World

Founded: 1728

99. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Mexico | Toluca

For Economics

#16 in Mexico

#2361 in the World

Founded: 1956

100. Federal Rural University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Economics

#48 in Brazil

#2396 in the World

Founded: 1912

Economics subfields in Latin America

Actuarial Science21

Agricultural Economics43

Development Studies330

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics155

Environmental Economics64

International Economics42

International Relations and Diplomacy39

International Trade54

Investment Banking and Stock trading43

Political Economy54