Psychiatry with more than 2260 positions offered is friendly enough to be the main target for many IMGs. Around 1560 US MDs and 670 US DOs applied to Psychiatry residency positions. But just around 1800 positions were filled by US graduates with around 450 positions left for IMGs. Around 900 IMGs applied to psychiatry and around 700 had interviews and participated in the Match. 178 US IMGs and 185 non-US IMGs were matched. The match rate is about 40% for US IMGs and non-US IMGs. The probability of the match for interviewed applicants starts from 30% for candidates with ~220 Step 2 score and increases to near 65% for candidates with Step 2 > 260.
Year | Positions | IMGs | IMGs % | US IMG % | Non-US IMG % |
2024 | 2261 | 363 | 15 | 7 | 8 |
2023 | 2164 | 351 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
2022 | 2047 | 321 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
2021 | 1907 | 309 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
2020 | 1858 | 293 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
2019 | 1715 | 275 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
2018 | 1556 | 264 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
2017 | 1495 | 303 | 20 | 11 | 9 |