Universidad de las Americas

7,162 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad de las Americas in 2026, the 4th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 38,495 were enrolled there in all. Twenty years of it, 2007–2026, followed by the masked student id from school to title.

University · Enrolling in 2026 · main campus region: Metropolitana

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
7,162
2026 · 4 of 50
Total enrolment
38,495
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
84.7%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
46.1%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
44.8%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$5.6 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
5 years
2026
Women
67.8%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
36,354
First year 2026
7,162
Titles 2025
4,196

Largest fields: health and welfare, agriculture and veterinary, business and law.

Enrolled 2026
409
of them in a doctorate
10 · 2%
First year 2026
190
Titles 2025
98

1.1 postgraduate students per 100 undergraduates (universities: 7.3).

Projects 2015–2024
20
Among universities
43 of 49
Fondecyt
15
Here94%
Universities86%
UndergraduateMaster'sDoctoratePost-title

Everyone enrolled in 2026, by level. «Universities» adds up the enrolment of every university and divides afterwards.

Entrants, enrolment and titles

2007–2026

Three counts of the same institution. Undergraduate enrolment is everyone enrolled that year, in any year of their programme; first-year entrants are the people who started; titles are the undergraduate titles and degrees it awarded.

Undergraduate enrolmentFirst-year entrantsUndergraduate titles
010,00020,00030,00040,00020072017202636,3544,1967,162
010,00020,00030,00040,00020072017202636,3544,1967,162

What you can study here

2026 · mifuturo.cl

Every generic programme with a page of its own that took first-year entrants here in 2026, with its campuses and list fee from Mineduc's register, and what SIES publishes on mifuturo.cl for this institution and programme: employment the year after the title, the band of the monthly income in the fourth year, and first-year retention. Each programme's name opens what this institution's own students say about it — who stays, who graduates, how long it takes — next to the programme across the country.

The first-year dropout column is PuroChile's own count on Mineduc's register: of everyone who started the programme here in 2023–2025, the share enrolled at no institution at all the following year — the three cohorts added up, never an average of three rates — beside the same programme across Chile. Changing programme or institution is not dropping out, and some who drop out come back later. “—” is a programme with fewer than 30 entrants here in those years. Across all its undergraduate programmes, 12.5% of the 20,892 people who started here in 2023–2025 were enrolled nowhere the following year; across every university programme, 8.1%.

ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Enfermería1,1026$6.7–7.2 M5.2%5.3%73.9%$1.7–1.8 M92.0%
Psicología9296$5.7–6.5 M8.7%6.8%52.9%$1.1–1.2 M88.9%
Medicina Veterinaria8807$5.9–6.6 M8.7%6.9%63.2%$1.2–1.3 M89.0%
Kinesiología6566$5.7–6.4 M7.4%7.0%45.4%$1.2–1.3 M88.5%
Derecho3635$5.3–5.9 M8.4%7.4%63.6%$1.6–1.7 M92.2%
Ingeniería Comercial2914$4.4–5.3 M17.6%7.3%71.3%$1.6–1.7 M76.2%
Técnico en Administración de Empresas2741$2.6 M36.2%25.6%65.8%$1.0–1.1 M52.8%
Técnico Veterinario2414$3.3–3.6 M20.0%15.9%43.0%n/a74.4%
Traducción e Interpretación2283$4.6–5.1 M8.2%17.3%28.5%n/a86.0%
Terapia Ocupacional2253$4.7–5.6 M9.8%6.6%39.4%$1.2–1.3 M87.4%
Obstetricia y Puericultura1822$6.2 M3.3%3.5%n/an/an/a
Nutrición y Dietética1814$4.7–5.8 M15.5%8.8%37.5%$1.0–1.1 M79.4%
Animación Digital1621$6.1 M8.6%9.5%54.1%n/a92.4%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática1482$3.8–3.9 M17.6%14.8%97.4%n/a76.8%
Ingeniería Industrial1351$4.0 M40.5%22.0%89.4%n/a42.1%
Contador Auditor1282$3.7–3.8 M25.2%14.2%88.0%$1.5–1.6 M68.7%
Fonoaudiología1273$5.0–5.7 M11.6%7.4%36.2%$0.9–1.0 M83.2%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial771$5.6 M7.9%5.0%90.7%n/a93.6%
Administración Gastronómica681$5.2 M5.7%11.4%37.5%n/a87.9%
Arquitectura671$6.5 M13.5%6.7%46.2%n/a74.7%
Agronomía662$5.4 M12.3%7.5%n/an/an/a
Comunicación Audiovisual y/o Multimedia651$5.8 M8.8%11.8%n/an/an/a
Otros Profesionales de Educación631$4.5 M16.6%12.7%n/an/an/a
Técnico Agropecuario602$2.7 M30.5%25.9%n/an/an/a
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas491$3.9 M37.4%20.4%70.0%$1.4–1.5 M44.8%
Trabajo Social441$3.6 M16.5%18.0%46.0%n/a80.3%
Magister en Educación431$4.5 M16.9%11.1%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Enfermería422$2.6 M28.8%20.7%68.6%$0.9–1.0 M73.3%
Construcción Civil381$4.7 M8.6%21.6%81.0%$1.8–1.9 M80.0%
Ingeniería en Conectividad y Redes321$3.0 M31.7%19.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Básicas321$4.6 M3.3%13.6%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Física311$4.4 M11.0%6.9%56.3%$1.0–1.1 M82.5%
Diseño301$4.7 M2.7%4.5%n/an/an/a
Administración Pública291$4.4 M9.5%13.5%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos291$2.7 M—21.5%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos291$3.5 M10.7%6.2%61.6%$0.9–1.0 M76.6%
Magister en Administración y Comercio281$5.3 M13.6%15.8%n/an/an/a
Periodismo251$4.7 M14.9%5.1%63.6%n/a73.8%
Publicidad201$3.0 M27.9%9.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Arte y Arquitectura181$5.4 M—11.8%n/an/an/a
Relaciones Públicas181$3.0 M24.7%16.6%58.1%n/a66.7%
Magister en Ciencias Sociales161$4.5 M0.0%15.6%n/an/an/a
Magister en Salud152$4.4–6.0 M2.9%9.3%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Básica141$3.7 M12.8%5.6%90.0%$1.0–1.1 M85.7%
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial141$4.0 M10.2%4.8%85.4%$1.0–1.1 M85.9%
Magister en Tecnología131$4.2 M—12.0%n/an/an/a
4 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Administración Turística y Hotelera————13.5%45.9%n/an/a
Ingeniería en Minas————20.4%70.0%$1.7–1.8 Mn/a
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles————31.3%70.0%n/an/a
Técnico en Deporte, Recreación y Preparación Física———16.5%22.6%37.4%$0.7–0.8 M85.7%

Employment and income are SIES's own figures for this institution, published only where at least eleven graduates could be matched to a tax return; “n/a” is a figure SIES did not publish. Incomes are gross, in pesos of September 2025.

What it teaches

2026

Everyone enrolled in an undergraduate programme here in 2026, 36,354 enrolments, by CINE-F field and SIES generic programme. Each tile is a programme and its area is its share; click a field's band to open it, or a tile to see that programme across the country.

Health and welfare 31%Agriculture and veterinary 16%Business and law 16%Social sciences 13%Engineering and indust… 12%Arts and humanities 5.8%Services 2.1%Information… 1.7%Enfermería15%Kinesiología6.7%TerapiaOcupacional2.6%Nutrición yDietética2.5%Obstetri…yPuericul…1.7%Fonoau…1.5%TrabajoSocialTécnicoen…Medicina Veterinaria13%TécnicoVeterina…2.2%Agro…Téc…Agr…Derecho6.5%IngenieríaComercial3.1%Técnico enAdministraciónde EmpresasAdministraci…de Empresas eIng.…ContadorAuditor1.5%Admin…Públi…0.7%Relacio…Publ…Psicología12%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial7.3%IngenieríaIndustrial3.1%Arquit…0.9%Constr…CivilTraduccióneInterpreta…3.3%AnimaciónDigital1.7%Comunic…Peda…enEduc…Ped…enEdu…Peda…enEduc…Ped…enEdu…OtrosProfes…de…Adm…Gas…Inge…enPrev…Ingeniería enComputación e…
Health and welfare 31%Agriculture… 16%Business … 16%Social sciences 13%Engineering and in… 12%Art… 5.8%Enfermería15%Kinesiología6.7%TerapiaOcupaci…Nutrici…y…Obstetr…Fono…MedicinaVeterinaria13%Técnico…Derecho6.5%Ingen…Comer…3.1%Técnicoen…Admini…de…Contad…AuditorPsicología12%IngenieríaCivilIndustrialIngenie…Industr…Arqu…Tradu…eInter…3.3%Ani…Dig…Peda…Otro…
hover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $5,602,000 (universities: $5,901,000). It is the published price of each programme averaged over the students enrolled in it, not what each one pays: free tuition (gratuidad), scholarships and loans are not subtracted.

Programme by programme

By SIES's generic programme, largest intake first. Only programmes that reached 10 entrants here in some year are listed; the rest are added together at the end. The change compares the first three years with the last three and is only given where both average at least 20 entrants.

Generic programme (SIES)First year 2026Enrolled 2026Mean list fee2007–2026Change
Enfermería1,1025,386$7,032,000+141%
Psicología9294,479$6,215,000+161%
Medicina Veterinaria8804,694$6,366,000+346%
Kinesiología6562,430$6,205,000−17%
Derecho3632,365$5,648,000−25%
Ingeniería Comercial2911,128$5,138,000−19%
Técnico en Administración de Empresas274700$2,583,000−45%
Técnico Veterinario241808$3,537,000—
Traducción e Interpretación2281,199$4,947,000+116%
Terapia Ocupacional225944$5,215,000—
Obstetricia y Puericultura182617$6,150,000—
Nutrición y Dietética181910$5,355,000+29%
Animación Digital162632$6,100,000+496%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática148485$3,837,000−59%
Ingeniería Industrial1351,110$4,008,000−36%
Contador Auditor128546$3,736,000−33%
Fonoaudiología127529$5,358,000—
Ingeniería Civil Industrial772,639$5,662,000−61%
Administración Gastronómica68211$5,200,000—
Arquitectura67326$6,500,000−19%
Agronomía66238$5,127,000+62%
Comunicación Audiovisual y/o Multimedia65214$5,800,000+109%
Otros Profesionales de Educación63325$4,504,000—
Técnico Agropecuario60199$2,680,000—
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas49549$3,897,000−78%
14 more, and every other programme
Trabajo Social44310$3,655,000−30%
Técnico en Enfermería42300$2,968,000+240%
Construcción Civil38187$5,010,000−52%
Ingeniería en Conectividad y Redes32140$2,950,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Física31229$4,370,000−91%
Diseño3070$4,730,000−49%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos29166$3,455,000−62%
Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos29185$2,758,000—
Administración Pública29239$3,702,000—
Periodismo25126$4,730,000+30%
Publicidad20100$2,990,000−32%
Relaciones Públicas18138$2,990,000−32%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica14200$3,852,000−87%
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial14206$3,863,000+128%
Every other programme0———
32 programmes it no longer opens
Técnico en Prevención de Riesgos0———
Ingeniería en Minas014$4,144,000—
Técnico en Minería0———
Técnico en Deporte, Recreación y Preparación Física037$2,724,000—
Pedagogía en Idiomas0———
Técnico en Computación e Informática0———
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles03$2,695,000—
Técnico en Administración de Redes y Soporte0———
Técnico en Comercio Exterior0———
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales0———
Música, Canto o Danza0———
Técnico en Análisis de Sistemas0———
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática0———
Técnico en Vitivinicultura y/o Enología0———
Técnico en Administración en Marketing0———
Psicopedagogía0———
Técnico en Producción de Eventos022$2,960,000—
Actuación y Teatro0———
Ingeniería en Comercio Exterior0———
Administración Turística y Hotelera01$4,657,000—
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano0———
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación0———
Técnico en Sonido0———
Ingeniería en Sonido0———
Diseño de Vestuario0———
Pedagogía en Ciencias0———
Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería0———
Diseño Gráfico0———
Técnico en Topografía0———
Ingeniería en Medio Ambiente0———
Diseño de Ambientes e Interiores0———
Ingeniería en Construcción0———

Who studies here

undergraduate · 2026

Its undergraduate enrolment of 2026, each split drawn over the same split for all universities. Every bar is a share of its own total, so the two can be compared whatever their size. How the first year came in is the institution's own declaration to SIES.

Age
Here17%42%20–2415%Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here17%42%20–2415%Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here68%Daytime17%Universities87%Daytime
Here68%Daytime17%Universities87%Daytime
DaytimeEveningBlendedDistanceOther
Sex
Here35%Men65%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here35%Men65%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
Kind of programme
Here94%Professional degreesUniversities97%Professional degrees
Here94%Professional degreesUniversities97%Professional degrees
Professional degreesTechnical programmes
How first-year students came in
Here100%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here100%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Special entry for foreign students
Plan
Here85%Regular plan12%Universities91%Regular plan
Here85%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Regular planSpecial planContinuation plan

Where its entrants come from

2024–2026

The comuna of their school, not of their home. First-year entrants of 2024–2026, followed by their masked id to the last time they finished secondary school before starting. Mineduc publishes no home address, and the school is where four years of their education happened. 20,201 of 21,711 (93.0%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

62.5% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Metropolitana62.5%Valparaíso13.3%Biobío10.6%O'Higgins4.4%Maule1.6%Coquimbo1.5%Ñuble1.3%Antofagasta1.1%Araucanía0.9%Los Lagos0.7%Tarapacá0.5%Atacama0.5%Los Ríos0.3%Aysén0.3%Arica y Parinacota0.3%Magallanes0.2%
Metropolitana62.5%Valparaíso13.3%Biobío10.6%O'Higgins4.4%Maule1.6%Coquimbo1.5%Ñuble1.3%Antofagasta1.1%Araucanía0.9%Los Lagos0.7%Tarapacá0.5%Atacama0.5%Los Ríos0.3%Aysén0.3%Arica y Parinacota0.3%Magallanes0.2%
Comuna of the school
Santiago1,2316.1%
Puente Alto1,1645.8%
Maipú1,0755.3%
La Florida7383.7%
Melipilla5452.7%
San Bernardo5412.7%
Concepción5142.5%
Viña del Mar3942.0%
San Miguel3811.9%
Quilicura3731.8%
Ñuñoa3661.8%
La Cisterna3511.7%
234 more comunas

Valparaíso 341 · La Pintana 338 · Talagante 319 · Recoleta 315 · Providencia 272 · El Bosque 270 · Coronel 265 · Colina 262 · Quilpué 255 · Pudahuel 245 · Peñalolén 237 · Rancagua 235 · Renca 231 · San Antonio 222 · Estación Central 221 · Independencia 217 · Quinta Normal 214 · Buin 208 · Peñaflor 198 · Talcahuano 197 · Quillota 195 · Lampa 180 · Paine 180 · Villa Alemana 171 · Padre Hurtado 158 · Los Andes 142 · San Ramón 137 · La Granja 136 · Macul 134 · San Pedro de la Paz 130 · San Felipe 124 · Chiguayante 115 · Conchalí 114 · Las Condes 113 · Antofagasta 110 · La Reina 108 · Lota 107 · Calama 104 · San Fernando 104 · Cerrillos 104 · Los Ángeles 103 · Cañete 96 · Calera 95 · Tomé 95 · Isla de Maipo 95 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 94 · Limache 89 · Curicó 79 · Curacaví 78 · Cerro Navia 77 · Lo Barnechea 77 · Santa Cruz 76 · Chillán 74 · La Ligua 73 · San Vicente 72 · Lo Prado 71 · Lo Espejo 70 · Ovalle 69 · Quintero 69 · San Joaquín 69 · Iquique 61 · Cartagena 60 · Curanilahue 60 · Linares 58 · Huechuraba 57 · Concón 56 · Rengo 56 · Arauco 56 · María Pinto 56 · La Serena 53 · Hualpén 53 · Arica 53 · Copiapó 52 · Graneros 52 · Cabrero 52 · Illapel 50 · Yumbel 50 · Angol 44 · Salamanca 43 · Pirque 42 · Coelemu 41 · Las Cabras 40 · Coyhaique 40 · Los Álamos 39 · Llaillay 38 · Coquimbo 35 · Cabildo 35 · Puerto Montt 35 · Talca 34 · Lebu 34 · Casablanca 33 · Hijuelas 33 · Temuco 33 · Machalí 32 · Punta Arenas 32 · La Cruz 31 · Tiltil 31 · Chimbarongo 30 · Calera de Tango 30 · Santa Juana 29 · Alto Hospicio 27 · Santo Domingo 27 · Osorno 27 · El Monte 27 · Penco 26 · San José de Maipo 26 · Parral 25 · Los Vilos 24 · Coltauco 24 · Castro 24 · Valdivia 24 · Algarrobo 23 · Cauquenes 22 · Vallenar 21 · Vitacura 21 · Olmué 20 · Nacimiento 20 · Quellón 20 · San Pedro 20 · Nogales 19 · San Carlos 19 · Mostazal 18 · Florida 18 · Laja 18 · Villarrica 18 · Bulnes 18 · Requínoa 17 · Hualqui 17 · Calle Larga 16 · El Quisco 16 · Quirihue 16 · Catemu 15 · Santa María 15 · Ancud 15 · Alhué 15 · Pichilemu 14 · Puchuncaví 13 · Petorca 13 · Putaendo 13 · Olivar 13 · San Javier 13 · Yungay 13 · San Nicolás 13 · Zapallar 12 · Doñihue 12 · Constitución 12 · Molina 12 · Aysén 12 · Teno 11 · Contulmo 11 · Panguipulli 11 · Ránquil 11 · El Tabo 10 · Pichidegua 10 · Retiro 10 · Peumo 9 · Litueche 9 · Mulchén 9 · Santa Bárbara 9 · Diego de Almagro 8 · Combarbalá 8 · Malloa 8 · Navidad 8 · Nancagua 8 · Tucapel 8 · Lanco 8 · Trehuaco 8 · Pozo Almonte 7 · Taltal 7 · Chañaral 7 · Papudo 7 · Quinta de Tilcoco 7 · Maule 7 · Pelluhue 7 · Lautaro 7 · Loncoche 7 · Pucón 7 · El Carmen 7 · Isla de Pascua 6 · San Esteban 6 · Longaví 6 · Negrete 6 · Nueva Imperial 6 · Porvenir 6 · Quillón 6 · Tocopilla 5 · Lolol 5 · Palmilla 5 · Colbún 5 · Melipeuco 5 · Cholchol 5 · Collipulli 5 · Traiguén 5 · Victoria 5 · Cochrane 5 · La Unión 5 · Chillán Viejo 5 · Pinto 5 · Pica 4 · Caldera 4 · Vicuña 4 · Canela 4 · Codegua 4 · Marchihue 4 · Paredones 4 · Tirúa 4 · Quilleco 4 · Carahue 4 · Pitrufquén 4 · Los Sauces 4 · Purén 4 · Frutillar 4 · Puerto Varas 4 · Río Negro 4 · Natales 4 · Paillaco 4 · San Pedro de Atacama 3 · Huasco 3 · Monte Patria 3 · Chépica 3 · Peralillo 3 · Licantén 3 · Romeral 3 · Sagrada Familia 3 · San Rosendo 3 · Cunco 3 · Padre las Casas 3 · Renaico 3 · Lago Ranco 3 · San Ignacio 3 · Cobquecura 3 · Ninhue 3 · Portezuelo 3 · San Fabián 3

48 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 63 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here30%Public (municipal or S…62%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here30%Public (municip…62%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here47%The next year25%A year later13%16%Universities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here47%The next year25%A year later16%Universities54%The next year25%A year later
The next yearA year later2–4 years later5 years or more

How they chose it

DEMRE · 2021–2026

Centralised admission only. DEMRE's register of the universities in the national admission system: every preference of every regular applicant, and who enrolled through it. Direct admission — the way most people enter an institute or a CFT, and some university programmes — is not in it. In 2026, 4,224 applicants put a programme of Universidad de las Americas as their first choice and 26,495 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here45%1st choice21%2nd13%11%Universities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here45%1st choice21%Universities56%1st choice19%
1st choice2nd3rd4th–5th6th–10th11th–20th

The order of the programme they enrolled in, on the list they applied with.

Share who had it first, by year
Universidad de las AmericasUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%44.8%
02040608020212024202655.6%44.8%
Weighted score of its regular entrants · 2026
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%under 500500–549550–599600–649650–699700–749750–799800–849850–899900–949950+
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%under 500500–549550–599600–649650–699700–749750–799800–849850–899900–949950+
HereUniversities

PAES scale, which starts in 2023; the years before are another test on another scale and are not drawn. Each bar is a share of its own entrants.

Route of entry · 2026
Here90%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places12%
Here90%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places
Regular placesAcademic Excellence places+MC places (gender)Teaching-degree routesSpecial admission

Who is still here a year later

cohorts 2007–2025

Each year's first-year entrants, followed into the next year's register: still enrolled here (in any programme), enrolled at another institution, or not enrolled anywhere. It is SIES's first-year retention, counted on the published register; a cohort under 30 people has no rate.

Universidad de las AmericasUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%84.7%
025507510020072016202585.8%84.7%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here85%Still here11%Universities86%Still here
Here85%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Still hereAt another institutionNot enrolled

Who graduates, and when

titles 2007–2025

Each cohort of first-year entrants followed into the register of titles: the share with an undergraduate title from this institution, by years since they started. A recent cohort has a short line, not a low one — the register only goes to 2025. A title is any undergraduate title or degree, including the intermediate ones some programmes award on the way; the register does not tell them apart.

Titled here, % of the cohort, by years since entry
Cohort 2007Cohort 2011Cohort 2015Cohort 2019Cohort 2021Universities 2015
0204060091846%33%
0204060091846%33%

Horizontal axis: years since entry (0 is the year they started).

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here46%Titled here13%40%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here46%Titled here40%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

4,722 people started here in 2015. "Titled elsewhere" is a title from any other institution and no title from this one: someone who changed institution and finished there.

The undergraduate titles it awarded in 2025
Health and welfare 29%Business and law 21%Engineering and industry 18%Agriculture and veterinary 12%Social sciences 10.0%Arts and … 3.1%Services 3.1%Education 2.5%Informati… 1.8%Enfermería11%Kinesiolo…3.9%TerapiaOcupacio…3.7%Técnico enEnfermería3.3%Trabajo Social3.3%NutriciónyDietética2.3%Fonoaudiolo…1.7%Administrac…de Empresase Ing.…4.7%IngenieríaComercial4.5%Derecho3.7%Técnico enAdministración deEmpresas3.6%ContadorAuditor2.4%Adminis…PúblicaTécnico…Ingeniería CivilIndustrial11%IngenieríaIndustrial5.2%Técnicoen…Arquit…Ingeni…Constr…MedicinaVeterinaria7.3%TécnicoVeterinario3.8%Técnico…Psicología9.2%Tradu…eInter…1.3%Animaci…DigitalComunica…Técni…enDepor…1.2%OtrosProfesio…Pedago…enEducac…1.1%Peda…enEduc…Ingenieríaen…
Health and welfare 29%Business and law 21%Engineering… 18%Agriculture and … 12%Social sciences 10.0%Enferme…11%Kinesio…3.9%TerapiaOcupac…3.7%Técnico enEnfermeríaTrabajoSocialNutri…yDieté…Fonoau…1.7%Administ…deEmpresas…4.7%Ingenie…Comerci…4.5%Derec…3.7%TécnicoenAdminist…Contador…IngenieríaCivilIndustrial11%IngenieríaIndustrial5.2%Técn…MedicinaVeterinaria7.3%TécnicoVeteri…3.8%Psicología9.2%Tra…e…Ped…en…Pedag…Ingenie…
hover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

How long it really takes

titles 2023–2025

Undergraduate titles of 2023–2025 in regular plans: the time from the start of the semester they entered (March or August) to the date of the title, in semesters, against the formal length the institution declares. Special and continuation plans are left out, because they take in people with earlier studies whose clock did not start at entry. 10,602 of 12,703 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here57%Within the formal length23%1–2 semesters more9.1%3–4 semesters …Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here57%Within the formal length23%Universities33%Within the formal…31%1–2 semesters mo…16%
Within the formal length1–2 semesters more3–4 semesters more5–6 semesters more7–10 semesters more11 semesters or more
Programme by programme
Generic programme (SIES)TitlesFormal, yearsReal, yearsOn timeReal in Chile
Enfermería1,4715.05.952%6.0
Psicología1,1375.26.059%5.7
Medicina Veterinaria7935.06.333%7.2
Técnico en Administración de Empresas7742.02.763%3.3
Terapia Ocupacional5695.05.852%5.7
Técnico en Enfermería5432.52.965%3.0
Kinesiología4965.05.951%6.1
Técnico Veterinario4152.53.158%3.2
Ingeniería Industrial3814.53.391%5.0
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas3674.03.387%5.0
Trabajo Social3235.05.563%5.0
Traducción e Interpretación3134.84.963%6.0
Nutrición y Dietética2875.05.949%6.2
Ingeniería Comercial2855.04.578%6.1
Contador Auditor2554.04.275%5.3
Fonoaudiología2385.06.045%6.1
Derecho2075.19.43%8.4
Otros Profesionales de Educación2014.04.077%4.9
Técnico en Deporte, Recreación y Preparación Física1482.52.971%3.3
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial1415.05.484%5.2

Programmes with at least ten titles in the three years. Years are means over every title, formal and real alike; "on time" is the share titled within the formal length. The last column is the same generic programme at every institution in Chile.

Where its campuses are

7 communes · 2026

Where it teaches, not where its students are from. First-year entrants of 2026 by the commune of the campus they enrolled at.

By region
Metropolitana5,499Biobío839Valparaíso824
Metropolitana5,499Biobío839Valparaíso824

Postgraduate

2007–2026

First year of a master's or a doctorate, and everyone enrolled in one. At this level the register classifies into broad fields, not programmes.

Postgraduate entrantsPostgraduate enrolment
0200400600200720172026409190
0200400600200720172026409190
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 98%Magister en CienciasBásicas23%Magister en Educación21%Magister enCienciasSociales12%Magister en Administracióny Comercio11%Magister en Agropecuaria9.0%Magister enSalud8.3%Magister enArte yArquitectu…6.8%Magister en Tecnología6.6%
Master's 98%Magister enCiencias Básicas23%Magister enEducación21%Magister enCienciasSociales12%Magister enAdministra…y Comercio11%Magister enAgropecuar…9.0%Magister enSalud8.3%Magister enArte yArquitectu…6.8%Magister enTecnología6.6%
hover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Where its postgraduate students did their undergraduate degree

Postgraduate entrants of 2024–2026, followed back to their most recent undergraduate title. 415 of 514 (80.7%) have one in the register, which starts in 2007; the rest graduated earlier or abroad, which is not the same as having no degree. Of those found, 30.1% graduated here (universities: 29.0% stay at their own).

Left, where each entrant took their last undergraduate title; right, the postgraduate field they started here. Ribbon width is people. Only the eight largest institutions are named; the rest, and any contributing fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».

Universidad de las Americas124 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas19 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian19 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello15 peopleUniversidad Mayor10 peopleUniversidad de Viña del Mar10 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion8 peopleUniversidad Austral de Chile8 peopleIP DUOC UC7 peopleOther institutions195 peopleNo title in the register99 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales47 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio57 peopleMagister en Educación139 peopleMagister en Agropecuaria63 peopleMagister en Salud50 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas92 peopleMagister en Arte y Arquitectura31 peopleMagister en Tecnología27 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Sociales4 peopleDoctorado en Agropecuaria4 people
Universidad de …124 peopleUniversidad San…19 peopleUniversidad San…19 peopleUniversidad And…15 peopleUniversidad May…10 peopleUniversidad de …10 peopleUniversidad de …8 peopleUniversidad Aus…8 peopleIP DUOC UC7 peopleOther instituti…195 peopleNo title in the…99 peopleMagister en Cie…47 peopleMagister en Adm…57 peopleMagister en Edu…139 peopleMagister en Agr…63 peopleMagister en Sal…50 peopleMagister en Cie…92 peopleMagister en Art…31 peopleMagister en Tec…27 peopleDoctorado en Ci…4 peopleDoctorado en Ag…4 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad de las Americas (itself)12524.3%
Universidad Santo Tomas265.1%
Universidad San Sebastian244.7%
Universidad Andres Bello183.5%
Universidad Mayor163.1%
Universidad de Concepcion142.7%
Universidad Austral de Chile122.3%
IP DUOC UC112.1%
Universidad de Viña del Mar101.9%
Universidad de Chile81.6%
Universidad de Valparaiso81.6%
Universidad Catolica de Temuco81.6%
Other institutions13526.3%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)9919.3%

Where its graduates go on to a postgraduate degree

People with an undergraduate title from here in 2010–2021, followed forward to the first master's or doctorate they started, anywhere, up to 2026. 2,609 of 42,606 (6.1%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 3.7% of them here.

Left, the field of the undergraduate title they took here; right, the institution where they started a master's or a doctorate in Chile. Ribbon width is people. Only the ten largest destinations are named; the rest, and any receiving fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».

Education923 peopleBusiness and law589 peopleHealth and welfare434 peopleSocial sciences254 peopleEngineering and industry197 peopleInformation technology73 peopleArts and humanities52 peopleAgriculture and veterinary47 peopleServices40 peopleUniversidad Finis Terrae58 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso59 peopleUniversidad del Desarrollo79 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello807 peopleUniversidad Central de Chile198 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion60 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian118 peopleUniversidad Mayor215 peopleOther institutions733 peopleUniversidad Adolfo Ibañez82 peopleUniversidad de las Americas93 peopleUniversidad de Chile107 people
Education923 peopleBusiness and law589 peopleHealth and welf…434 peopleSocial sciences254 peopleEngineering and…197 peopleInformation tec…73 peopleArts and humani…52 peopleAgriculture and…47 peopleServices40 peopleUniversidad Fin…58 peoplePontificia Univ…59 peopleUniversidad del…79 peopleUniversidad And…807 peopleUniversidad Cen…198 peopleUniversidad de …60 peopleUniversidad San…118 peopleUniversidad May…215 peopleOther instituti…733 peopleUniversidad Ado…82 peopleUniversidad de …93 peopleUniversidad de …107 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Andres Bello80730.9%
Universidad Mayor2168.3%
Universidad Central de Chile1997.6%
Universidad San Sebastian1214.6%
Universidad de Chile1074.1%
Universidad de las Americas (itself)963.7%
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez843.2%
Universidad del Desarrollo813.1%
Universidad Finis Terrae632.4%
Universidad de Concepcion612.3%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso612.3%
Universidad de Viña del Mar602.3%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad de las Americas as principal institution — the one that answers for the project. Each figure is a count of awarded projects: not publications, not money, not people, and a project with partners counts once, here. The year is the year it was decided.

Projects awarded · 2015–2024
20
43 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
15
2015–2024
Applied research
15%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
45%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

05101520062016202511
05101520062016202511

By OECD area · 2015–2024

0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
HereUniversities

By ANID programme · 2015–2024

051015Fondecyt15Fondef2Other programmes1PCI1Fonis1
051015Fondecyt15Fondef2Other programmes1PCI1Fonis1

What it is specialised in: Fondecyt's study groups

Its Fondecyt projects of 2015–2024, by the panel each was evaluated in. Specialisation is Balassa's revealed advantage: the group's share here over its share in Chile; above 1, it weighs more here than in the country. It is computed only for institutions with at least 40 projects in the window, and this one has 15: its shares are shown, its specialisation is not.

Study groupIts projects declare mostlyProjects%
Educationpedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica533.3
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura213.3
Animal health and productionsalud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias16.7
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica16.7
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural16.7
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia16.7
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico16.7
Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia16.7
Psychologypsicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia16.7
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica16.7

The newest competitions · 2025–2026

From the 2025 competitions ANID classifies every project by OECD discipline (the second level of the Frascati Manual), and Fondecyt evaluates in new groups. These 24 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

0246Ciencias de la educacion5Agricultura, silvicultura, pesca2Ciencias agricolas2Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente2Historia y arqueologia2Lenguaje y literatura2Antropologia1Ciencias quimicas1Comunicacion y medios1Geografia economica y social1
0246Ciencias de la educacion5Agricultura, silvicultura, pesca2Ciencias agricolas2Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente2Historia y arqueologia2Lenguaje y literatura2Antropologia1Ciencias quimicas1Comunicacion y medios1Geografia economica y social1

ANID's historical register of awarded projects (CC0), cut at 31 December 2025. Institutions are matched to the SIES by name, with an explicit table for ANID's other spellings; foundations, centres and faculties with a legal personality of their own count as their own institution. Research across Chile →

The names it registers its programmes under

39 names · 2026

The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.

05001,0001,500Enfermeria1,102Psicologia929Medicina Veterinaria880Kinesiologia656Derecho363Ingenieria Comercial291Tecnico de Nivel Superior en Administracion de Empresas274Tecnico de Nivel Superior Veterinario241Traduccion E Interpretacion en Ingles228Terapia Ocupacional225Obstetricia y Puericultura182Nutricion y Dietetica181Animacion Digital162Ingenieria en Informatica148Ingenieria Industrial135
05001,0001,500Enfermeria1,102Psicologia929Medicina Veterinaria880Kinesiologia656Derecho363Ingenieria Comercial291Tecnico de Nivel Superior en Administracion de Empresas274Tecnico de Nivel Superior Veterinario241Traduccion E Interpretacion en Ingles228Terapia Ocupacional225Obstetricia y Puericultura182Nutricion y Dietetica181Animacion Digital162Ingenieria en Informatica148Ingenieria Industrial135

24 more names, together 1,165 entrants.

Similar institutions

Other universities with a first-year intake of similar size in 2026.

Mineduc's higher-education registers (SIES): enrolment 2007–2026 and titles 2007–2025; Mineduc's register of secondary-school leavers; and DEMRE's admission register, republished by Mineduc. They are joined person by person through the masked student id Mineduc publishes in all of them for that purpose. First-year entrants are one row per person who started that year; someone who started at two institutions counts at one. Every figure is a count of records; shares and means are taken after adding. The name is the register's own and is written as it writes it. Every university.