<p>What are the top universities in Canada for an undergraduate degree in Economics or Psychology?</p>
<p>I’m also interested in Canadian Psychology programs. UofT, Mcgill, have good neuroscience/ psychology programs, and apparently Waterloo’s graduate program is also up there.</p>
<p>Economics: University of Toronto, Queen’s University, University of British Columbia, University of Western Ontario. I would also recommend applying to Mount Allison University. It makes up for its lack of research activity and course variety through its overall reputation, small class sizes, and accessible professors.</p>
<p>Psychology: no clue.</p>
<p>UofT, McGill, and UBC have the international reputation. If that is something your looking at too.</p>
<p>ViggyRam is right - U of T, McGill (especially, to my knowledge), and UBC are internationally known. I am not as familliar with U of T and UBC, but I have heard that McGill’s psychology and economics programs are not too strong.</p>
<p>UWO, Dalhousie, and Queen’s are also generally good for undergrad.</p>
<p>Whether a university is “internationally known” depends on the audience. Among employers and academics, the universities I listed have the best reputations for economics, both domestically and internationally.</p>
<p>Some people will say that undergraduate economics education is the same at virtually every respectable university – and to an extent, they are right. You will learn roughly the same theory and econometrics wherever you go. But the economics departments I listed above will tend to have more courses and research opportunities in the cutting-edge applied fields like behavioural economics, health economics, financial economics, and experimental economics.</p>
<p>Richard IVEY HBA is one of the best Business program in Canada.
UT Rotman Commerce is really good too.
York is good.
McGill is good.</p>
<p>The average salary for Richard Ivey is ~100K USD. (google it, “MBA average salaries”)</p>
<p>Well, if we’re talking strictly economics and psychology, then it’s UBC from what I’ve been told from most of my college professors and from various online rankings.</p>
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<li>UBC ranked #1 in Canada for social sciences, presumably includes economics and psychology (2009). [THE</a> - QS World University Rankings 2009 - Social Sciences | Top Universities](<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2009/subject-rankings/social-sciences]THE”>http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2009/subject-rankings/social-sciences)</li>
<li>UBC ranked #1 in Canada for both social sciences (2009) and economics/business (2009). [ARWU</a> Subject 2009 Economics / Business](<a href=“http://www.arwu.org/ARWUSubject2009EconomicsBusiness.jsp]ARWU”>http://www.arwu.org/ARWUSubject2009EconomicsBusiness.jsp)</li>
<li>UBC ranked #1 for economics (2009). [Rankings</a> at IDEAS: Economics Departments](<a href=“http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.econdept.html]Rankings”>Economics rankings: Economics Departments | IDEAS/RePEc)</li>
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<p>If it’s business/commerce, then I would pick Western Ontario’s Ivey School of Business as Canada’s best.</p>
<p>i agree with irunshow…</p>
<p>Western is top in canada, then U of T, then mcgill and queens</p>
<p>you really cant lose with any of those four, i would choose based on atmosphere (western is party, u of T is intense academics, queens is fairly elitist, and mcgill is very high up with u of T for academics)</p>
<p>“The Department of Economics at UBC is one of the worlds best: in a recent ranking based on research publications, UBC ranked in the top 20 worldwide, and number one in Canada. UBC faculty include seven researchers affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, six researchers affiliated with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, two research fellows of the Bank of Canada, two elected fellows of the Econometric Society, four fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, and one of the Distinguished Fellows of the American Economics Association.”</p>
<p>Toronto accepts kids with ~85 average. The students they let in are not up to par with those at Queen’s. </p>
<p>Queen’s has the second highest entering average in Canada, slightly below that of McGill.</p>
<p>Queen’s accepts kids with 80 for Arts, which is how you get into their Economics program.</p>
<p>Oh, sorry, I was talking about their Commerce program.</p>
<p>All schools listed are fine. UBC is ranked 13th in the world in social science (of course look at the methodology to see if these are important factors to you: emphasis on academic peer evaluation, faculty citations). If you are considering graduate work in the area, this is a good one to focus on.</p>
<p>[THE</a> - QS World University Rankings 2009 - Social Sciences | Top Universities](<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2009/subject-rankings/social-sciences]THE”>http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2009/subject-rankings/social-sciences)</p>
<p>Queen’s and UBC are best for economics. Toronto is up there too. UWO is on the decline.</p>