Education
Canada’s Best Universities 2023: Faculty With Highest Degree in Their Field
This assessment of faculty looks at how many professors at a university have the highest-level degree in their field
(Photo courtesy of Saint Mary’s University)
These numbers show the percentage of full-time instructional faculty members, as of the fall of 2021, who have a Ph.D., a first professional degree or a terminal degree (other highest-level degree) in their field.
 University | Per cent |
|---|---|
| Montréal | 99.7 |
| Alberta | 99.6 |
| St. Thomas | 99.0 |
| Mount Allison | 98.6 |
| McGill | 98.5 |
| Lethbridge | 98.3 |
| Queen's | 98.2 |
| UBC | 98.0 |
| Laval | 97.6 |
| Guelph | 97.5 |
| Saint Mary's | 96.9 |
| Saskatchewan | 96.8 |
| Carleton | 96.5 |
| Brock | 96.3 |
| UQAM | 96.2 |
| Sherbrooke | 96.0 |
| Western | 96.0 |
| Bishop's | 95.8 |
| Moncton | 95.7 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 95.6 |
| Concordia | 95.2 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 95.1 |
| York | 94.6 |
| Lakehead | 94.5 |
| UPEI | 94.5 |
| McMaster | 93.9 |
| Toronto | 93.4 |
| Victoria | 93.4 |
| Waterloo | 92.7 |
| Dalhousie | 92.6 |
| Windsor | 92.6 |
| Trent | 92.3 |
| Manitoba | 92.0 |
| Memorial | 90.5 |
| Simon Fraser | 90.0 |
| Calgary | 89.9 |
| UNBC | 89.9 |
| Nipissing | 89.5 |
| Ottawa | 88.9 |
| Cape Breton | 88.0 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 87.2 |
| Acadia | 85.9 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 84.5 |
| Laurentian * | 84.3 |
| New Brunswick | 83.2 |
| Ontario Tech | 82.6 |
| Brandon | 79.4 |
| Regina | 79.4 |
| Winnipeg | 76.4 |
*Figure is for fall 2020
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