Question 1

How are the best Emergency Medicine residency programs ranked?

Accepted Answer

MatchPath ranks programs by the MatchPath Program Score — a transparent, objective composite of the teaching hospital's CMS Overall Star Rating (quality), the program's size relative to other Emergency Medicine programs (ACGME-approved positions), its teaching hospital's NIH research funding (where available), and its accreditation standing. It is not a reputation survey; the exact weights are published and every program shows the signals behind its score.

Question 2

What is the best Emergency Medicine residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, New York Presbyterian Hospital currently ranks first among Emergency Medicine programs. The full ranked list above shows each program's score and the factors behind it, so you can see why.

Question 3

Is this an official residency ranking?

Accepted Answer

No. There is no official ACGME, NRMP, or government ranking of residency programs. The MatchPath Program Score is our own transparent composite of objective, public data (CMS hospital quality, ACGME positions and accreditation) — published so you can see exactly what drives each position. It reflects the teaching hospital's measured quality and the program's scale, not a subjective judgment of the training.

Question 4

Does a program's rank mean it's the right fit for me?

Accepted Answer

Not on its own. The score weighs objective signals every applicant can verify, but fit also depends on your specialty goals, location, IMG-friendliness, visa needs, and salary. Use the ranking as a starting shortlist, then compare programs side by side.

Question 5

How is this different from the Doximity or U.S. News residency rankings?

Accepted Answer

Reputation rankings like Doximity are built from surveys of physicians' opinions. The MatchPath Program Score uses no opinions — only objective, public data (CMS hospital quality, ACGME positions and accreditation), with the weights published and every input shown. You can audit exactly why a Emergency Medicine program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Emergency Medicine programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Emergency Medicine program list by "IMG-friendly" to rank by reported IMG acceptance rate, then check each program's IMG percentage, visa sponsorship, and Step 2 CK expectation. All of it is free to view.

#	Program	Location	CMS	Score
1	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	100
2	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	98
3	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	98
4	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	97
5	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	97
6	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	95
7	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	92
8	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	92
9	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Manhasset, NY	4	90
10	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	89
11	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	88
12	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	87
13	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	87
14	St Luke's University Hospital	Bethlehem, PA	5	87
15	Hackensack Meridian Health	Hackensack, NJ	5	87
16	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	87
17	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	87
18	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	86
19	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	86
20	John Peter Smith Hospital (Tarrant County Hospital District)	Fort Worth, TX	4	84
21	Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine	Kalamazoo, MI	4	84
22	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	84
23	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	83
24	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	82
25	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	82
26	St Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus	Easton, PA	5	82
27	Atlantic Health	Morristown, NJ	5	82
28	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	82
29	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	82
30	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	81
31	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	81
32	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	80
33	Wellspan Health	York, PA	4	80
34	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	80
35	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	80
36	Denver Health Medical Center	Denver, CO	3	80
37	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	80
38	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	79
39	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	79
40	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	78
41	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlo, VA	4	78
42	Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine	Fairborn, OH	3	78
43	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	78
44	HealthPartners Institute	St Paul, MN	4	78
45	Boston University Medical Center	Boston, MA	3	78
46	Orlando Health	Orlando, FL	3	78
47	Florida State University College of Medicine	Sarasota, FL	5	78
48	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	77
49	Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix	Phoenix, AZ	3	77
50	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	76

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