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Psychiatry residency in numbers

The number of Psychiatry positions increased by 27% past 5 years. Around 380 programs offer 2260 positions. It is about 5.5% of all available residency positions. The proportion of matched US MDs, DOs, and IMGs (around 61%, 22%, 16% respectively) is stable over the past years. 99% of residency positions are filled during the main match. Psychiatry residency positions were filled by around 6.5% of all matched US MDs, 5% of all matched DOs, and 4% of matched IMGs. Psychiatry is the top choice for many qualified applicants.

PGY-1 Psychiatry residency positions by state

Number of Psychiatry positions by state based on PGY-1 main residency Match

Most competitive Psychiatry residencies - Top 20 ranking

ID / Ranking Program State

4003511147 / 10.0 New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Psychiatry residency program New York

4002431277 / 10.0 Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Massachusetts

4002321081 / 10.0 Johns Hopkins University Maryland

4004121197 / 10.0 University of Pennsylvania Psychiatry residency program Pennsylvania

4000531033 / 10.0 Stanford University California

4003521138 / 10.0 New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)/New York State Psychiatric Institute New York

4003511146 / 10.0 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai —

4001621060 / 10.0 McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Illinois

4002400304 / 10.0 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Massachusetts

4000521030 / 9.5 University of California (San Francisco) California

4000521025 / 9.5 UCLA Medical Center —

4003621167 / 9.5 Duke University Hospital Psychiatry residency program North Carolina

4004131198 / 9.5 UPMC Medical Education Pennsylvania

4001621063 / 9.5 University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Psychiatry residency program Illinois

4002421288 / 9.5 Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Massachusetts

4000821042 / 9.5 Yale-New Haven Medical Center Connecticut

4003500001 / 9.5 Family Health Centers at NYU Langone New York

4003521149 / 9.5 New York University School of Medicine —

4003621166 / 9.0 University of North Carolina Hospitals North Carolina

4004521204 / 9.0 Medical University of South Carolina South Carolina

Top 10 most competitive Psychiatry residencies with %DO > 25

ID / Ranking Program State

4005521226 / 8.5 West Virginia University West Virginia

4001121050 / 8.0 University of Florida Florida

4003600172 / 7.5 Carolinas Medical Center North Carolina

4001100310 / 7.5 University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville Florida

4005500265 / 7.5 Marshall University School of Medicine West Virginia

4003521159 / 7.5 Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital New York

4000122232 / 7.5 University of South Alabama Alabama

4001621064 / 7.5 Loyola University Illinois

4001100008 / 7.5 Florida State University College of Medicine Florida

4003621171 / 7.0 Wake Forest University School of Medicine North Carolina

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Percent MD,DO,IMG Psychiatry PGY-1 residents (main match)

Percent of PGY-1 Psychiatry MDs, DOs and IMGs by year

Psychiatry PGY-1 main residency Match statistics

Year Positions Filled(%) MD DO IMGs
2024 2261 99.5 1368 (60 %) 515 (22 %) 363 (16 %)
2023 2164 99.0 1375 (63 %) 416 (19 %) 351 (16 %)
2022 2047 99.2 1298 (63 %) 411 (20 %) 321 (15 %)
2021 1907 99.8 1246 (65 %) 349 (18 %) 309 (16 %)
2020 1858 98.9 1188 (63 %) 356 (19 %) 293 (15 %)
2019 1715 98.8 1090 (63 %) 329 (19 %) 275 (16 %)
2018 1556 99.0 1025 (65 %) 251 (16 %) 264 (16 %)
2017 1495 99.7 972 (65 %) 216 (14 %) 303 (20 %)
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