In an academic context, which is a "higher" title: "Professor" or "Dr."?

[Blue3]

Professor is just another name for teacher in college, to replace Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms. Anyone who teaches is a professor.

[Blue3]

Professor is just another name for teacher in college, to replace Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms. Anyone who teaches is a professor.

Not uniformly true. "Professor" is the college equivalent to "teacher", but "Doctor" is a title reserved for people with doctorates (obviously.) There are professors without doctorates, hence the title of just "professor."

To answer the question, I wouldn't consider either a "higher" title, but Doctor is probably a greater distinction than just professor.

But anyone with a doctorate is still called "Professor" in the classroom.

[Blue3]

most professors have doctorates.

Do we have any stats to back that up? I remember hearing about 10% of professors in the US have a PhD.

[Blue3]

Thanks.