IMG friendly Pediatrics Residency Programs

Pediatrics offers the highest match rate for IMGs

Pediatrics with around 3100 offered positions is one of the friendliest specialties for IMGs. Around 1800 US MDs and 750 US DOs applied for Pediatrics residency. Pediatrics was not the main target for some US MDs and DOs and, as result, around 2100 positions were filled by US graduates with around 900 positions left for IMGs. Around 1100 IMGs applied to pediatrics and around 900 had interviews and participated in the Match. 230 US IMGs and 500 non-US IMGs were matched. The highest match rate among all the specialties (72% for US IMGs and 68% for non-US IMGs) makes Pediatrics the friendliest by the probability of the match. The probability of the match for interviewed applicants starts from 35% (55% US IMGs) for candidates with ~220 Step2 score and increases to near 95% (100% US IMGs) for candidates with Step 2 > 250.

Top 10 Pediatrics IMG friendly residencies

Top Pediatrics IMG friendly states based on PGY-1 main residency Match statistics

Top Pediatrics IMG friendly by number

  1. New York (197 IMGs)
  2. Florida (68 IMGs)
  3. Michigan (57 IMGs)
  4. Texas (55 IMGs)
  5. New Jersey (47 IMGs)
  6. Illinois (37 IMGs)
  7. California (32 IMGs)
  8. Ohio (28 IMGs)
  9. Louisiana (23 IMGs)
  10. Virginia (22 IMGs)
  11. Missouri (16 IMGs)
  12. District of Columbia (14 IMGs)
  13. Pennsylvania (14 IMGs)
  14. Arkansas (13 IMGs)
  15. Maryland (11 IMGs)
Most Pediatrics IMG friendly states by number matched PGY-1

Top Pediatrics IMG friendly by percent

  1. South Dakota (83% IMGs)
  2. North Dakota (75% IMGs)
  3. New Jersey (61% IMGs)
  4. Kansas (60% IMGs)
  5. West Virginia (53% IMGs)
  6. Arkansas (52% IMGs)
  7. Michigan (50% IMGs)
  8. New York (50% IMGs)
  9. Nevada (44% IMGs)
  10. Louisiana (43% IMGs)
  11. Puerto Rico (41% IMGs)
  12. Florida (39% IMGs)
  13. New Hampshire (33% IMGs)
  14. Virginia (32% IMGs)
  15. Iowa (31% IMGs)
Most Pediatrics IMG friendly states by percent matched PGY-1

Pediatrics PGY-1 main residency Match percent IMGs by year

Percent of Pediatrics IMGs by year

Pediatrics total PGY-1 positions offered and percent of IMGs filled by year

Year Positions IMGs IMGs % US IMG % Non-US IMG %
2024 3160 768 26 8 18
2023 3067 659 21 7 14
2022 3039 608 19 7 12
2021 3000 589 19 7 12
2020 2975 608 20 8 12
2019 2913 565 19 8 11
2018 2877 582 20 8 12
2017 2855 505 17 7 10

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