Best Universities for Economics in North America

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Economics. A graph of 135M citations received by 3.78M academic papers made by 1,445 universities in North America was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Economics

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

2. Stanford University

For Economics

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Economics

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Economics

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

5. University of Chicago

For Economics

#5 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

6. University of Toronto

For Economics

#1 in Canada
#6 in the World
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

7. University of Pennsylvania

For Economics

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

8. Columbia University

For Economics

#9 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

9. University of Washington - Seattle

For Economics

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

10. New York University

For Economics

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

11. Yale University

For Economics

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

12. Cornell University

For Economics

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

13. Johns Hopkins University

For Economics

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

14. University of California - Los Angeles

For Economics

#15 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Economics

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

16. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Economics

#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

17. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Economics

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

18. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Economics

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

19. Princeton University

For Economics

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

20. Ohio State University

For Economics

#24 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

21. University of British Columbia

For Economics

#2 in Canada
#25 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

22. Pennsylvania State University

For Economics

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

23. Duke University

For Economics

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

24. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Economics

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

25. University of Texas at Austin

For Economics

#32 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

26. University of Southern California

For Economics

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

27. Northwestern University

For Economics

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

28. University of Maryland - College Park

For Economics

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

29. Michigan State University

For Economics

#38 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

30. University of California-San Diego

For Economics

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

31. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Economics

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

32. University of Florida

For Economics

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

33. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Economics

#47 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

34. Carnegie Mellon University

For Economics

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

35. University of Pittsburgh

For Economics

#50 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

36. University of California - Davis

For Economics

#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

37. Boston University

For Economics

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,420

38. University of California - San Francisco

For Economics

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,007
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1864

39. McMaster University

For Economics

#3 in Canada
#58 in the World
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

40. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Economics

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

41. University of Virginia

For Economics

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
57%

42. McGill University

For Economics

#4 in Canada
#63 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

43. Purdue University

For Economics

#65 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

44. University of Arizona

For Economics

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

45. University of Alberta

For Economics

#5 in Canada
#67 in the World
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

46. Washington University in St Louis

For Economics

#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

47. University of Rochester

For Economics

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,462

48. Emory University

For Economics

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

49. George Washington University

For Economics

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$46,485

50. Georgetown University

For Economics

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,083

51. Vanderbilt University

For Economics

#81 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,186

52. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Economics

#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

53. University of California - Irvine

For Economics

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

54. University of Iowa

For Economics

#87 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
90%

55. Western University

For Economics

#6 in Canada
#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

56. Iowa State University

For Economics

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

57. University of Calgary

For Economics

#7 in Canada
#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

58. University of Ottawa

For Economics

#8 in Canada
#96 in the World
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

59. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Economics

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

60. University of Utah

For Economics

#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

61. York University

For Economics

#9 in Canada
#110 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

62. Boston College

For Economics

#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,519

63. Florida State University

For Economics

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

64. University of Georgia

For Economics

#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

65. Brown University

For Economics

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,256

66. Dartmouth College

For Economics

#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,322

67. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Economics

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

68. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Economics

#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

70. Syracuse University

For Economics

#121 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$48,215

71. University of Colorado Boulder

For Economics

#122 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

72. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Economics

#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

73. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Economics

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

74. George Mason University

For Economics

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
79%

75. Georgia State University

For Economics

#135 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1060
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
94%

76. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Economics

#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

77. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Economics

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
94%

78. Queen's University

For Economics

#11 in Canada
#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
35,612
Founded
1841

79. University of Montreal

For Economics

#12 in Canada
#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
66,972
Founded
1878

80. University of Kentucky

For Economics

#149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

81. University of Connecticut

For Economics

#151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

82. University of Notre Dame

For Economics

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1508
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,300

83. Temple University

For Economics

#153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$14,837
Enrollment
29,640

84. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Economics

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

85. Case Western Reserve University

For Economics

#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,000

86. Tufts University

For Economics

#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,367

87. University of Miami

For Economics

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

88. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Economics

#167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

89. University at Buffalo

For Economics

#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

90. Simon Fraser University

For Economics

#13 in Canada
#171 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1965

91. University of Kansas

For Economics

#172 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

92. California Institute of Technology

For Economics

#175 in the World
Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

93. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Economics

#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1100
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

94. University of Houston

For Economics

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

95. Colorado State University - Fort Collins

For Economics

#193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$10,160
Enrollment
34,096

96. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

For Economics

#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
93%

97. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Economics

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$16,694

98. University of South Florida

For Economics

#210 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
89%

99. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Economics

#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

100. American University in Washington

For Economics

#216 in the World
Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$39,676