Job prospects Natural Sciences Professor - University in New Brunswick

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Job opportunities in New Brunswick

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for University professors and lecturers (NOC 41200) in New Brunswick for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• The youth population has stabilised over the past couple years due to significant population gains and this suggests that university seats will continue to be filled over the forecast period. Moreover, the province’s universities have seen a significant uptick in the number of international enrollments. However, since program capacities are likely to remain fairly stable, most vacancies will occur through the need to replace retired workers. Exceptions might occur in fields where there has been a clear increase in demand for talent, such as data sciences.
• Most candidates will start their careers as lecturers/instructors before securing full-time employment. Assistant professor is the typical entry-level rank for tenure-track members of faculty. With the exception of smaller satellite campuses, all universities are located in the southern portion of the province, where labour demand will necessarily be stronger.
• Candidates seeking to lecture in professionally regulated fields such as engineering or medicine, will need to have the corresponding licenses and/or professional certifications required of the profession.

Here are some key facts about University professors and lecturers in New Brunswick:

• Approximately 1,900 people work in this occupation.
• University professors and lecturers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 92% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 8% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 81% of university professors and lecturers work all year, while 19% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 53% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 47% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: n/a
  • bachelor's degree: less than 5% compared to 16% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: more than 95% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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