IMG friendly Pathology-anatomic and clinical Residency Programs
Pathology is one of the friendliest for non-US IMGs
Pathology, with about 630 residency positions offered is one of the friendliest specialties for IMGs. Around 300 US MDs and 159 US DOs applied to Pathology residency. Pathology was not the main target for some US MDs and DOs and, as a result, around 350 positions were filled by US graduates with around 250 positions left for IMGs. Around 550 IMGs applied to pathology and around 500 had interviews and participated in the Match. 50 US IMGs and 170 non-US IMGs were matched. Year by year pathology attracts more U.S. graduates and the number of matched non-US IMGs is decreasing. No longer pathology is top friendliest by the probability of the match for non-US IMGs but 33% of filled positions is still high enough to attract IMG applicants. The probability of the match for interviewed applicants starts from 45% (35% US IMGs) for candidates with ~220 Step 2 score and increases to near 85% for candidates with Step 2 > 250. Pathology is not too popular among US IMGs, especially among candidates with highs scores. But at the same time, a lot of highly qualified non-US IMGs are looking for pathology residency and enjoy a high match rate.
Top 10 Pathology-anatomic and clinical IMG friendly residencies
Top Pathology-anatomic and clinical IMG friendly states based on PGY-1 main residency Match statistics
Top Pathology-anatomic and clinical IMG friendly by number
- New York (40 IMGs)
- Texas (20 IMGs)
- Massachusetts (19 IMGs)
- Ohio (13 IMGs)
- Florida (10 IMGs)
- Missouri (10 IMGs)
- Pennsylvania (9 IMGs)
- Illinois (9 IMGs)
- District of Columbia (8 IMGs)
- Minnesota (6 IMGs)
- Louisiana (6 IMGs)
- California (6 IMGs)
- Michigan (5 IMGs)
- Alabama (5 IMGs)
- Colorado (4 IMGs)
Top Pathology-anatomic and clinical IMG friendly by percent
- Mississippi (100% IMGs)
- District of Columbia (88% IMGs)
- New Hampshire (75% IMGs)
- Hawaii (66% IMGs)
- Missouri (66% IMGs)
- Indiana (60% IMGs)
- New Jersey (57% IMGs)
- Alabama (55% IMGs)
- Minnesota (54% IMGs)
- Louisiana (54% IMGs)
- Kentucky (50% IMGs)
- Rhode Island (50% IMGs)
- New York (49% IMGs)
- Ohio (48% IMGs)
- Colorado (44% IMGs)
Pathology-anatomic and clinical PGY-1 main residency Match percent IMGs by year
Pathology-anatomic and clinical total PGY-1 positions offered and percent of IMGs filled by year
| Year | Positions | IMGs | IMGs % | US IMG % | Non-US IMG % |
| 2026 | 636 | 220 | 33 | 7 | 26 |
| 2025 | 622 | 225 | 36 | 9 | 27 |
| 2024 | 628 | 232 | 36 | 9 | 27 |
| 2023 | 613 | 248 | 40 | 10 | 30 |
| 2022 | 631 | 274 | 44 | 10 | 34 |
| 2021 | 611 | 301 | 50 | 11 | 39 |
| 2020 | 603 | 286 | 48 | 9 | 39 |
| 2019 | 591 | 270 | 47 | 11 | 36 |
| 2018 | 601 | 257 | 44 | 12 | 32 |
| 2017 | 601 | 272 | 49 | 10 | 39 |