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IMG friendly Psychiatry Residency Programs

Psychiatry is the main target for many qualified IMGs

Psychiatry with about 2400 positions offered is friendly enough to be the main target for many IMGs. Around 1700 US MDs and 700 US DOs applied to Psychiatry residency positions. But just around 2000 positions were filled by US graduates with around 400 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.

Top 10 Psychiatry IMG friendly residencies

ID / Ranking Program State

4001100309 Larkin Community Hospital Florida

4003312120 Bergen New Bridge Medical Center New Jersey

4003521135 BronxCare Health System New York

4003511242 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/NYC Health and Hospitals (Elmhurst) —

4003511128 Nassau University Medical Center —

4003500315 One Brooklyn Health System/Interfaith Medical Center —

4003511140 Harlem Hospital Center —

4003500004 United Health Services Hospitals —

4003512153 Richmond University Medical Center —

4003821240 The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Psychiatry residency program Ohio

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

Top Psychiatry IMG friendly by number

  1. New York (89 IMGs)
  2. Florida (57 IMGs)
  3. Texas (40 IMGs)
  4. California (16 IMGs)
  5. Missouri (13 IMGs)
  6. Connecticut (12 IMGs)
  7. Massachusetts (11 IMGs)
  8. New Jersey (11 IMGs)
  9. Louisiana (11 IMGs)
  10. North Carolina (10 IMGs)
  11. Virginia (10 IMGs)
  12. Alabama (9 IMGs)
  13. Michigan (9 IMGs)
  14. Ohio (9 IMGs)
  15. Maryland (8 IMGs)
Most Psychiatry IMG friendly states by number matched PGY-1

Top Psychiatry IMG friendly by percent

  1. Montana (66% IMGs)
  2. North Dakota (50% IMGs)
  3. New Mexico (37% IMGs)
  4. Kansas (35% IMGs)
  5. Florida (33% IMGs)
  6. New York (28% IMGs)
  7. Connecticut (27% IMGs)
  8. Mississippi (26% IMGs)
  9. Puerto Rico (26% IMGs)
  10. Louisiana (25% IMGs)
  11. Missouri (25% IMGs)
  12. Alabama (24% IMGs)
  13. Texas (22% IMGs)
  14. Virginia (21% IMGs)
  15. Tennessee (21% IMGs)
Most Psychiatry IMG friendly states by percent matched PGY-1

Psychiatry PGY-1 main residency Match percent IMGs by year

Percent of Psychiatry IMGs by year

Psychiatry total PGY-1 positions offered and percent of IMGs filled by year

Year Positions IMGs IMGs % US IMG % Non-US IMG %
2026 2516 399 16 7 9
2025 2388 343 13 6 7
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

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