LONDON, June 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

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The annual QS University Rankings: Latin America, featuring an enhanced methodology have been released on http://www.Topuniversities.com by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds, shining a spotlight on the region's 300 finest universities.

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Brazil's best universities remain the benchmark for the entire region, taking two of the top-three spots. Ecuador and Argentina make noteworthy progress, while Peru and Panama struggle.

• Universities from twenty different countries;
• The most-featured nation is Brazil, with 76 featured institutions. Mexico comes second in the region with 45, while Colombia out-performs Argentina and Chile, with 41 featured institutions.
• Chile, Mexico, and Colombia all see two universities in the regional top 10;
• 19 of 34 Argentinean universities rise up the rankings;
• Venezuela is now home to a top-20 higher education institution.
  

   
                               QS University Rankings: Latin America 2016
    2016               2015               Institution                              Country
    1                  1                  Universidade de São Paulo                Brazil
    2                  2                  Unicamp                                  Brazil
    3                  3                  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile
    4                  6                  UNAM                                     Mexico
    5                  5                  Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro   Brazil
    6                  4                  Universidad de Chile                     Chile
    7                  9                  Tecnológico de Monterrey                 Mexico
    8                  7                  Universidad de Los Andes Colombia        Colombia
    9                  10                 Universidade de Brasilia                 Brazil
    10                 13                 Universidad Nacional de Colombia         Colombia
                  (c) QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2016 http://www.TopUniversities.com/

The full methodology can be viewed here.

The below table enumerates all twenty countries with featured universities. It also notes their best performing institution, the number of universities they see in the published rankings this year, and the number of universities they see feature in the regional top 100 and top 50:

   
         QS University Rankings: Latin America (Regional Overview)


                              Total Number  Number of     Number of
                  Best        of Featured   top-100       top-50
    Country       Position    Institutions  institutions  institutions
    Argentina     11th        34            19            7
    Bolivia       108th       3             0             0
    Brazil        1st         76            24            17
    Chile         3rd         30            15            9
    Colombia      8th         41            12            5
    Costa Rica    18th        4             2             2
    Cuba          59th        5             1             0
    Dominican
    Republic      151st-160th 4             0             0
    Ecuador       57th        9             2             0
    El Salvador   201st-250th 2             0             0
    Guatemala     171st-180th 4             0             0
    Honduras      171st-180th 2             0             0
    Mexico        4th         45            14            6
    Nicaragua     201st-250th 2             0             0
    Panama        109th       7             0             0
    Paraguay      79th        3             1             0
    Peru          21st        16            3             1
    Puerto Rico   52nd        2             1             1
    Uruguay       39th        4             2             1
    Venezuela     18th        7             4             2
                   (c) QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2016
                      http://www.TopUniversities.com/

The full QS Latin America University Rankings can be viewed here.

SOURCE QS Quacquarelli Symonds