About this webpage

This page includes a directory of accredited Costa Rican Universities and Colleges sorted by University town.

Prospective students can start from here to find top undergraduate or postgraduate courses in Costa Rica.

Lecturers and University staff can start from here to search for Costa Rican Colleges and Universities with whom to establish co-operative education programs, student exchanges or simply research education information.

About University rankings

Many national and international websites and newspapers provide annual rankings of Universities and Colleges based on several criteria. For many years, they have undertaken both statistical and reputational ratings / rankings of Colleges and attempted to provide relevant information to prospective students. Increasingly, the importance and validity of University and College rankings is a highly debated issue. Many Universities, including highly ranked ones, are beginning to question both the data and methods used by some ranking services. Of special concern are the aspects of the rankings / ratings which deal with the "difficult to measure" concept of institutional reputation. The aim of this website is to provide an approximate ranking of world-wide Universities and Colleges based on the popularity of their website only. We do not claim to rank Universities by their reputation, quality of education or level of services provided.