Best Universities for Education Majors 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 Education Majors. A graph of 743K citations received by 99.1K academic papers made by 299 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 Education Majors

#1 in Brazil

#114 in the World

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

2. State University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For Education Majors

#2 in Brazil

#314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1966

3. Sao Paulo State University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Education Majors

#3 in Brazil

#325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1976

4. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Education Majors

#4 in Brazil

#336 in the World

Founded: 1934

5. Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Education Majors

#5 in Brazil

#357 in the World

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

6. Federal University of Santa Catarina

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Education Majors

#6 in Brazil

#399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

7. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Education Majors

#1 in Chile

#443 in the World

Enrollment: 33,971
Founded: 1888

8. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Education Majors

#1 in Mexico

#453 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

9. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Education Majors

#7 in Brazil

#455 in the World

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

10. University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Education Majors

#8 in Brazil

#475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1962

11. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Education Majors

#2 in Mexico

#504 in the World

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

12. University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Education Majors

#2 in Chile

#511 in the World

Founded: 1842

13. Federal University of Sao Carlos

Brazil | Sao Carlos

For Education Majors

#9 in Brazil

#552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1968

14. University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Education Majors

#10 in Brazil

#691 in the World

Founded: 1950

15. Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Education Majors

#11 in Brazil

#697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

16. Federal University of Santa Maria

Brazil | Santa Maria

For Education Majors

#12 in Brazil

#703 in the World

Founded: 1960

17. Federal University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Education Majors

#13 in Brazil

#732 in the World

Founded: 1946

18. Federal University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Education Majors

#14 in Brazil

#747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1912

19. Fluminense Federal University

Brazil | Niteroi

For Education Majors

#15 in Brazil

#762 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

20. University of Buenos Aires

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Education Majors

#1 in Argentina

#771 in the World

Enrollment: 262,932
Founded: 1821

21. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Education Majors

#3 in Mexico

#775 in the World

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

22. State University of Londrina

Brazil | Londrina

For Education Majors

#16 in Brazil

#821 in the World

Founded: 1970

23. Federal University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Education Majors

#17 in Brazil

#822 in the World

Founded: 1933

24. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Education Majors

#18 in Brazil

#876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1941

25. Federal University of Uberlandia

Brazil | Uberlandia

For Education Majors

#19 in Brazil

#937 in the World

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

26. Federal University of Paraiba

Brazil | Joao Pessoa

For Education Majors

#20 in Brazil

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1955

27. Federal University of Espirito Santo

Brazil | Vitoria

For Education Majors

#21 in Brazil

#974 in the World

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

28. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Education Majors

#22 in Brazil

#989 in the World

Founded: 1948

29. Federal University of Bahia

Brazil | Salvador

For Education Majors

#23 in Brazil

#990 in the World

Founded: 1946

30. University of Antioquia

Colombia | Medellin

For Education Majors

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1803

31. National University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Education Majors

#1047 in the World

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

32. Federal University of Ceara

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Education Majors

#24 in Brazil

#1049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1954

33. University of the Andes, Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Education Majors

#1054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Founded: 1949

34. Federal University of Goias

Brazil | Goiania

For Education Majors

#25 in Brazil

#1064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1960

35. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

For Education Majors

#26 in Brazil

#1070 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1958

36. University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley

Brazil | Sao Leopoldo

For Education Majors

#27 in Brazil

#1072 in the World

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

37. State University of Maringa

Brazil | Maringa

For Education Majors

#28 in Brazil

#1144 in the World

Founded: 1970

38. Estacio de Sa University

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Education Majors

#29 in Brazil

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1970

39. Federal University of Para

For Education Majors

#30 in Brazil

#1219 in the World

Founded: 1957

40. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Education Majors

#4 in Mexico

#1229 in the World

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

41. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Education Majors

#5 in Mexico

#1236 in the World

Founded: 1970

42. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Education Majors

#3 in Chile

#1244 in the World

Founded: 1928

43. Federal University of Pelotas

Brazil | Pelotas

For Education Majors

#31 in Brazil

#1251 in the World

Founded: 1969

44. National University of La Plata

Argentina | La Plata

For Education Majors

#2 in Argentina

#1256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1905

45. University of Costa Rica

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Costa Rica | San Jose

For Education Majors

#1 in Costa Rica

#1260 in the World

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

46. Federal University of Alagoas

Brazil | Maceio

For Education Majors

#32 in Brazil

#1275 in the World

Founded: 1961

47. Federal University of Technology - Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Education Majors

#33 in Brazil

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1909

48. Santa Catarina State University

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Education Majors

#34 in Brazil

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

49. Federal University of Ouro Preto

Brazil | Ouro Preto

For Education Majors

#35 in Brazil

#1310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

50. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Education Majors

#6 in Mexico

#1325 in the World

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

51. University of Concepcion

Chile | Concepcion

For Education Majors

#4 in Chile

#1357 in the World

Founded: 1920

52. University of the West Indies, Mona

For Education Majors

#1377 in the World

Enrollment: 49,092
Founded: 1948

53. Francisco Jose de Caldas District University

Colombia | Bogota

For Education Majors

#1385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

54. University of the Republic

Uruguay | Montevideo

For Education Majors

#1429 in the World

Enrollment: 209,129
Founded: 1833

55. Federal University of Sergipe

Brazil | Sao Cristovao

For Education Majors

#36 in Brazil

#1432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1963

56. Southern University of Chile

Chile | Valdivia

For Education Majors

#5 in Chile

#1442 in the World

Founded: 1954

57. University of Veracruz

Mexico | Xalapa

For Education Majors

#7 in Mexico

#1462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1944

58. Pontifical Catholic University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Education Majors

#37 in Brazil

#1466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1959

59. University of La Sabana

Colombia | Chia

For Education Majors

#1495 in the World

Founded: 1980

60. National Pedagogical University, Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Education Majors

#8 in Mexico

#1508 in the World

Founded: 1978

61. University of Santiago de Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Education Majors

#6 in Chile

#1519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1849

62. Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Brazil | Juiz de Fora

For Education Majors

#38 in Brazil

#1523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1960

63. National University of Rosario

Argentina | Rosario

For Education Majors

#3 in Argentina

#1533 in the World

Founded: 1968

64. University of Ribeirao Preto

Brazil | Ribeirao Preto

For Education Majors

#39 in Brazil

#1551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1924

65. Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

Brazil | Campo Grande

For Education Majors

#40 in Brazil

#1554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

66. Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For Education Majors

#41 in Brazil

#1566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1941

67. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Education Majors

#1 in Peru

#1582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

68. State University of Ceara

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Education Majors

#42 in Brazil

#1603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

69. Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Seropedica

For Education Majors

#43 in Brazil

#1621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1910

70. Andres Bello University

Chile | Santiago

For Education Majors

#7 in Chile

#1628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1988

71. Autonomous University of Puebla

Mexico | Delicias

For Education Majors

#9 in Mexico

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1587

72. National University of Cordoba

Argentina | Cordoba

For Education Majors

#4 in Argentina

#1666 in the World

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

73. Mackenzie Presbyterian University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Education Majors

#44 in Brazil

#1671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1952

74. Federal University of Piaui

Brazil | Teresina

For Education Majors

#45 in Brazil

#1677 in the World

Founded: 1973

75. University of America in Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Education Majors

#1698 in the World

Founded: 1958

76. Federal Foundation University of Rio Grande

Brazil | Rio Grande

For Education Majors

#46 in Brazil

#1707 in the World

Founded: 1969

77. Federal University of Vicosa

Brazil | Vicosa

For Education Majors

#47 in Brazil

#1717 in the World

Founded: 1922

78. Pontifical Javeriana University

Colombia | Bogota

For Education Majors

#1759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1623

79. Federal University of Mato Grosso

Brazil | Cuiaba

For Education Majors

#48 in Brazil

#1779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1970

80. Cesar Vallejo University

Peru | Trujillo

For Education Majors

#2 in Peru

#1781 in the World

Founded: 1991

81. Federal Rural University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Education Majors

#49 in Brazil

#1786 in the World

Founded: 1912

82. Lutheran University of Brazil

Brazil | Canoas

For Education Majors

#50 in Brazil

#1803 in the World

Founded: 1972

83. University of Holguin

For Education Majors

#1 in Cuba

#1805 in the World

Founded: 1968

84. Federal University of Amazonas

Brazil | Manaus

For Education Majors

#51 in Brazil

#1806 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1909

85. Brasil University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Education Majors

#52 in Brazil

#1807 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1989

86. Catholic University of the Maule

For Education Majors

#8 in Chile

#1810 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1991

87. University of the Valley

Colombia | Cali

For Education Majors

#1816 in the World

Founded: 1945

88. Technical University of Loja

For Education Majors

#1818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1971

89. Nove de Julho University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Education Majors

#53 in Brazil

#1828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1972

90. Catholic University of Temuco

For Education Majors

#9 in Chile

#1830 in the World

Founded: 1959

91. Bahia State University

Brazil | Salvador

For Education Majors

#54 in Brazil

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1983

92. Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia

Colombia | Tunja

For Education Majors

#1840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

93. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Education Majors

#10 in Mexico

#1853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

94. University of La Frontera

For Education Majors

#10 in Chile

#1860 in the World

Founded: 1981

95. Ibero-American University, Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Education Majors

#11 in Mexico

#1871 in the World

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

96. State University of Ponta Grossa

Brazil | Ponta Grossa

For Education Majors

#55 in Brazil

#1893 in the World

Founded: 1970

97. National Major San Marcos University

For Education Majors

#3 in Peru

#1922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 32,399
Founded: 1551

98. Sao Francisco University

Brazil | Braganca Paulista

For Education Majors

#56 in Brazil

#1939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 9,622
Founded: 1976

99. Western Parana State University

Brazil | Cascavel

For Education Majors

#57 in Brazil

#1970 in the World

Founded: 1994

100. Federal University of Campina Grande

Brazil | Campina Grande

For Education Majors

#58 in Brazil

#1981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 2002

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Latin America

Anthropology303

Broadcast Journalism34

Classics and Ancient History117

Communications and Public Relations179

Criminology and Criminal Justice81

Early Childhood Education37

Forensic Science42

Gender Studies160

Human Rights Law85

Intellectual Property and Patent Law33

International Law35

International Relations and Diplomacy39

Journalism and Digital Media67

Law Enforcement22

Library and Information science196

Media Studies64

Military science26

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution33

Occupational Safety and Health42

Political Economy61

Political Science431

Public Policy / Administration105

Radio and Television broadcasting28

Special Education20

Sports / Exercise science106

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies253

Urban and Regional planning77