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Reader’s Digest University Guide

 Published in March 2010

 General ranking of best 100 universities
 Located in all 32 Mexican states
 Rankings per region (6)
 Rankings per study field (10)
 Ranking 15 most demanded study fields
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Introduction by Nuffic Neso Mexico

The Reader’s Digest University ranking is a very interesting ranking since it considers higher education
institutions in the whole country, in contrary to the other two rankings that focus on a specific region. Some HEI,
such as Tec de Monterrey (ITESM) will be among the top universities in any region since they are very
widespread. Others, mainly the public autonomous universities, are only represented in one region. The mixture
between public and private institutions in the top 10 universities (four public and six private institutions)
demonstrate that the quality is not necessarily better in one or the other.

General ranking - Top ten universities

1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
2. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
3. Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN)
4. Universidad Iberoamericano (UIA)
5. Universidad del Valle de México (UVM)
6. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
7. Universidad Anáhuac
8. Universidad La Salle (ULSA)
9. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM)
10. Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG)

Regional rankings – Top five universities

Pacific
1. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
2. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
3. Universidad del Valle de México
4. Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic
5. Universidad Iberoamericana

North
1. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
2. Universidad del Valle de México
3. Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
4. Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua
5. Universidad Anáhuac

“Bajío” (midwestern part of Mexico)

1. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
2. Universidad de Guadalajara
3. Universidad del Valle de México
4. Universidad Autónoma de Colima
5. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
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Center
1. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
2. Universidad del Valle de México
3. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
4. Universidad Anáhuac
5. Universidad Iberoamericana

Mexico City and metropolitan area

1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
3. Instituto Politécnico Nacional
4. Universidad del Valle de México
5. Universidad Iberoamericana

Southeast
1. Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
2. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
3. Universidad Anáhuac
4. Universidad del Valle de México
5. Universidad Marista

Best university per Study field

Natural sciences and agriculture
1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Exact sciences
1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Health sciences
1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Social sciences and liberal arts

1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Education
1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Construction
1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Arts & humanities

1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Economics and business administration

1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Communication and marketing

1. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

Technology
1. Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

Top 15 of most demanded study fields

1. Business Administration
2. Accounting
3. Industrial Engineering
4. Marketing
5. Electromechanical Engineering
6. System Engineering
7. Civil Engineering
8. Tourism
9. Chemical Engineering
10. Architecture
11. Psychology
12. Graphic Design
13. Medicine
14. Communications
15. International Business

Methodology
The rankings are entirely based on surveys, realized by the company IPSOS.

16,184 surveys where held, divided into the following categories:

 2,191 professors
 9,718 students
 3,795 alumni
 480 human resource managers and ´head hunters´

For the professors, students and alumni the survey was held online and through other digital mediums. For the
business community (HRM and head hunters) the surveys were held telephonically. They consisted of the areas:
infrastructure, prestige/image and the evaluation of professors. Furthermore the variables used where:

 Careers
 Number of students
 Number of professors (full-time/part-time)
 Agreements with other universities
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 Infrastructure
 Registration fee

The calculation for the weight of the different categories was determined by praising the different answers. For
the processing of the information the statistical program SPSS was used.