IMG friendly Psychiatry Residency Programs
(By Residency Match data)
Psychiatry is the main target for many qualified IMGs
Psychiatry with 1858 offered positions is friendly enough to be the main target for many IMGs.
Around 1400 US MDs and 450 US DOs applied to Psychiatry residency positions. But just around 1500 positions were filled by US graduates with around 350 positions left for IMGs.
Around 900 IMGs applied to psychiatry and around 700 had interviews and participated in the Match.
155 US IMGs and 123 non-US IMGs were matched. The match rate is 40% for US IMGs and non-US IMGs.
The probability of the match for interviewed applicants starts from 30% for candidates with ~200 Step 1 score and increases to near 65% (80% US IMGs) for candidates with Step 1 > 260.
Top 10 Psychiatry IMG friendly residencies
ID Program State
4001100309 Larkin Community Hospital Florida
4003312120 Bergen Regional Medical Center New Jersey
4003511242 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Elmhurst) New York
4003511140 Harlem Hospital Center —
4003500315 Interfaith Medical Center —
4003511128 Nassau University Medical Center —
4003521154 SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn —
4003521135 BronxCare Health System —
4003521162 New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center —
4003521143 Maimonides Medical Center —
Top Psychiatry IMG friendly states based on PGY-1 main residency Match data
Top Psychiatry IMG friendly by number
Psychiatry PGY-1 main residency Match percent IMGs by year
Psychiatry total positions offered and percent of IMGs filled by year
| Year |
Positions |
IMGs |
IMGs % |
US IMG % |
Non-US IMG % |
| 2020 |
1858 |
293 |
15 |
8 |
7 |
| 2019 |
1740 |
279 |
15 |
8 |
7 |
| 2018 |
1556 |
264 |
16 |
8 |
8 |
| 2017 |
1495 |
303 |
20 |
11 |
9 |
