IMG friendly Pediatrics Residency Programs

Pediatrics offers the highest match rate for IMGs

Pediatrics with more than 3100 categorical positions offered is one of the friendliest specialties for IMGs. Around 1610 US MDs and 690 US DOs applied for Pediatrics residency. Pediatrics was not the main target for some US MDs and DOs and, as result, around 2000 positions were filled by US graduates with around 1100 positions left for IMGs. Around 1800 IMGs applied to pediatrics and around 900 маtched during the main match. Match rate of 64% for US IMGs and 50% for non-US IMGs makes Pediatrics one of the friendliest for IMGs. The highest match rate into preferred specialty (72% for US IMGs and 68% for non-US IMGs) makes Pediatrics the friendliest by the probability of the match for targeted applicants. The probability of the match for interviewed applicants starts from 54% (65% US IMGs) for candidates with ~220 Step2 score and increases to near 92% (98% US IMGs) for candidates with Step 2 > 250.

Top 10 Pediatrics IMG friendly residencies

ID / Ranking Program State

3201112057 Nicklaus Children's Hospital Florida

3202521110 Children's Hospital of Michigan Pediatrics residency program Michigan

3203521173 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University New York

3203531394 Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center —

3203511146 BronxCare Health System —

3203521157 Maimonides Medical Center/Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn —

3203521175 SUNY Upstate Medical University Pediatrics residency program —

3203511176 Westchester Medical Center —

3203521162 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/NYC Health and Hospitals (Elmhurst) —

3204811229 Driscoll Children's Hospital/Texas A&M College of Medicine Texas

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

Top Pediatrics IMG friendly by number

  1. New York (200 IMGs)
  2. Florida (83 IMGs)
  3. Michigan (71 IMGs)
  4. Texas (68 IMGs)
  5. New Jersey (48 IMGs)
  6. Illinois (46 IMGs)
  7. Ohio (38 IMGs)
  8. Louisiana (29 IMGs)
  9. Missouri (29 IMGs)
  10. California (29 IMGs)
  11. Virginia (21 IMGs)
  12. Pennsylvania (19 IMGs)
  13. Arkansas (18 IMGs)
  14. Arizona (16 IMGs)
  15. Georgia (16 IMGs)
Most Pediatrics IMG friendly states by number matched PGY-1

Top Pediatrics IMG friendly by percent

  1. North Dakota (100% IMGs)
  2. Kansas (100% IMGs)
  3. West Virginia (77% IMGs)
  4. Arkansas (69% IMGs)
  5. South Dakota (66% IMGs)
  6. New Jersey (64% IMGs)
  7. Michigan (58% IMGs)
  8. Louisiana (54% IMGs)
  9. New York (52% IMGs)
  10. Florida (47% IMGs)
  11. Nevada (46% IMGs)
  12. Oklahoma (42% IMGs)
  13. Vermont (42% IMGs)
  14. New Mexico (38% IMGs)
  15. Alabama (32% 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 %
2026 3210 935 30 7 23
2025 3218 877 28 8 20
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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