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World's Best Universities: Latin America

The U.S. News World's Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, evaluated schools in countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and more, and identified these to be the top universities in Latin America in 2011. See the methodology.

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Rank School Overall Score Latin American Academic Reputation Score Latin American Employer Review Score Faculty-Student Ratio Score Staff with Ph.D. Score Papers per Faculty Score Citations per Paper Score
#1 100.0 100.0 100.0 59.2 100.0 100.0 80.9
#2 99.6 100.0 100.0 61.3 89.8 91.7 97.6
#3 94.7 100.0 83.3 53.6 99.8 100.0 70.6
#4 94.0 100.0 100.0 50.6 99.2 93.6
#5 92.1 100.0 100.0 77.7 58.0 41.0 88.9
#6 84.7 96.8 95.4 62.0 61.3 63.4
#7 83.0 98.6 100.0 78.9 43.6 27.1
#8 82.1 100.0 100.0 45.7 96.6
#9 79.5 96.6 93.5 59.2 60.7
#10 79.1 90.2 20.4 58.4 99.0 97.6 77.8
#11 78.2 88.4 58.9 98.6 76.4 42.7
#12 75.5 92.7 34.0 68.0 90.7 83.5
#13 75.3 81.9 99.8 98.5 34.4 100.0
#14 75.2 88.1 50.3 98.2 99.9 71.8
#15 73.5 94.4 36.9 94.7 95.3
#16 72.6 82.4 14.5 66.9 99.6 99.2 41.4
#17 72.2 97.6 100.0 77.1 49.6
#18 71.6 96.4 64.3 28.9 31.8 85.4
#19 70.1 99.6 18.7 53.7 99.7 69.7
#20 69.2 92.9 56.1 29.8 39.4 64.9
#21 68.9 99.0 64.6 48.1 46.0 59.8
#22 68.4 79.4 62.9 57.1 50.6 55.4
#23 63.5 83.7 92.1 60.8
#24 63.2 70.4 97.5 83.4 53.7
#25 62.6 90.0 14.9 79.8 44.2 41.0
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