Psychiatry Residency
Psychiatry residency in numbers
The number of Psychiatry positions increased by 68% over the past 10 years. More than 350 programs offer 2516 positions. It is around 5.6% of all available residency positions. The proportion of matched US MDs, DOs, and IMGs is around 58%, 23%, 15% respectively. This proportion have not changed significantly 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
- New York (322)
- California (275)
- Florida (192)
- Texas (176)
- Pennsylvania (124)
- Massachusetts (102)
- Michigan (85)
- Ohio (84)
- North Carolina (83)
- Illinois (77)
- New Jersey (74)
- Georgia (54)
- Missouri (51)
- Virginia (49)
- Connecticut (44)
- Alabama (43)
- Louisiana (43)
- South Carolina (39)
- Maryland (39)
- Arizona (35)
- Tennessee (33)
- Oklahoma (32)
- Nevada (30)
- District of Columbia (29)
- Indiana (29)
- Minnesota (27)
- West Virginia (26)
- Washington (25)
- Wisconsin (24)
- Colorado (23)
- Iowa (22)
- Arkansas (19)
- Kentucky (18)
- New Hampshire (16)
- New Mexico (16)
- Oregon (16)
- Utah (15)
- Mississippi (15)
- Puerto Rico (15)
- Kansas (14)
- Nebraska (13)
- Maine (11)
- Rhode Island (10)
- Hawaii (10)
- South Dakota (8)
- Idaho (8)
- North Dakota (6)
- Vermont (6)
- Delaware (6)
- Montana (3)
Most competitive Psychiatry residencies - Top 20 ranking
ID / Ranking Program State
4004121197 / 10.0 University of Pennsylvania Health System Psychiatry residency program Pennsylvania
Top 10 most competitive Psychiatry residencies with %DO > 25
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Percent MD,DO,IMG Psychiatry PGY-1 residents (main match)
Psychiatry PGY-1 main residency Match statistics
| Year | Positions | Filled(%) | MD | DO | IMGs |
| 2026 | 2516 | 97.4 | 1464 (58 %) | 587 (23 %) | 399 (15 %) |
| 2025 | 2388 | 99.7 | 1473 (61 %) | 564 (23 %) | 343 (14 %) |
| 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 %) |