IMG Friendly Pediatrics Residency Programs
(By Residency Match data)
Pediatrics offers the highest match rate for IMGs
Pediatrics with near 3000 offered positions is one of the friendliest specialties for IMGs.
Around 2000 US MDs and 600 US DOs applied for Pediatrics residency. Pediatrics was not the main target for some US MDs and DOs and, as result, around 2300 positions were filled by US graduates with around 700 positions left for IMGs.
Around 1000 IMGs applied to pediatrics and around 800 had interviews and participated in the Match.
219 US IMGs and 335 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 starts from 35% (55% US IMGs) for candidates with ~200 Step 1 score and increases to near 95% (100% US IMGs) for candidates with Step 1 > 250.
Top 10 IMG Friendly Pediatrics
ID Program State
3203311133 Monmouth Medical Center New Jersey
3203321364 New York Medical College at St Joseph's Regional Medical Center —
3203331419 Saint Peter's University Hospital —
3203532387 Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center New York
3203531394 Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center —
3203511171 Richmond University Medical Center —
3203511146 Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center —
3203531261 Flushing Hospital Medical Center —
3203511151 Harlem Hospital Center —
3203521416 St Barnabas Hospital —
Top Pediatrics IMG friendly states based on PGY-1 main residency Match data
Top Pediatrics IMG friendly by number
Pediatrics PGY-1 main residency Match percent IMGs by year
Pediatrics total positions and percent IMGs in filled positions by year
| Year |
Positions |
IMGs |
IMGs % |
US IMG % |
Non-US IMG % |
| 2020 |
2975 |
608 |
20 |
8 |
12 |
| 2019 |
2961 |
575 |
19 |
8 |
11 |
| 2018 |
2877 |
582 |
20 |
8 |
12 |
| 2017 |
2855 |
505 |
17 |
7 |
10 |
