IMG friendly Family medicine Residency Programs
Family medicine is one of the top choices for IMGs
Family medicine is the second most popular specialty among IMGs. Let us find out the reasons why. Latest Match offered about 5490 FM positions. Around 1900 US MDs and 1760 US DOs applied to Family medicine residency. In total it is 3660 positions that potentially can be filled by US graduates. Additionally, family medicine is not the final target for many US MDs and DOs. Finally, around 3000 positions were filled by US graduates with around 2490 positions left for IMGs. 2490 "free" positions are the strong reason to apply to Family medicine. As result, more than 4000 IMGs applied for Family medicine. 1550 IMGs were matched during the main match and the rest during the SOAP. The probability of the match for interviewed applicants starts from 50% (63% US IMGs) for candidates with ~220 Step 2 score and increases to near 75% (80% US IMGs) for candidates with Step 2 > 240. Family medicine offers more chances for IMGs with low scores while more sensitive for time since graduation. Here are best family medicine residencies by number of positions for international medical graduates.
Top 10 Family medicine IMG friendly residencies
Top Family medicine IMG friendly states based on PGY-1 main residency Match statistics
Top Family medicine IMG friendly by number
- California (156 IMGs)
- New York (145 IMGs)
- Pennsylvania (102 IMGs)
- Florida (101 IMGs)
- Michigan (98 IMGs)
- Texas (75 IMGs)
- Illinois (67 IMGs)
- Georgia (49 IMGs)
- Louisiana (46 IMGs)
- Arkansas (44 IMGs)
- Ohio (43 IMGs)
- Tennessee (37 IMGs)
- Indiana (37 IMGs)
- Mississippi (35 IMGs)
- North Carolina (35 IMGs)
Top Family medicine IMG friendly by percent
- Mississippi (72% IMGs)
- North Dakota (71% IMGs)
- Alaska (62% IMGs)
- Arkansas (61% IMGs)
- Louisiana (61% IMGs)
- Hawaii (53% IMGs)
- New York (53% IMGs)
- Puerto Rico (50% IMGs)
- Michigan (49% IMGs)
- Maine (45% IMGs)
- Iowa (45% IMGs)
- Delaware (42% IMGs)
- District of Columbia (41% IMGs)
- Alabama (41% IMGs)
- Florida (41% IMGs)
Family medicine PGY-1 main residency Match percent IMGs by year
Family medicine total PGY-1 positions offered and percent of IMGs filled by year
| Year | Positions | IMGs | IMGs % | US IMG % | Non-US IMG % |
| 2026 | 5491 | 1547 | 32 | 12 | 20 |
| 2025 | 5357 | 1427 | 30 | 13 | 17 |
| 2024 | 5213 | 1454 | 31 | 16 | 15 |
| 2023 | 5088 | 1355 | 29 | 17 | 12 |
| 2022 | 4916 | 1234 | 27 | 17 | 10 |
| 2021 | 4823 | 1224 | 26 | 17 | 9 |
| 2020 | 4662 | 1192 | 27 | 18 | 9 |
| 2019 | 4094 | 1108 | 28 | 19 | 9 |
| 2018 | 3629 | 1065 | 29 | 20 | 9 |
| 2017 | 3356 | 995 | 30 | 20 | 10 |