Question 1

How are the best Geriatric psychiatry 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 Geriatric psychiatry 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 Geriatric psychiatry residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Pennsylvania Health System currently ranks first among Geriatric psychiatry 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 Geriatric psychiatry program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Geriatric psychiatry programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Geriatric psychiatry 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	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, MD	5	96
2	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	96
3	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	5	93
4	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	93
5	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	93
6	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	88
7	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	5	87
8	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	87
9	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	84
10	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	84
11	Butler Hospital	Providence, RI	4	80
12	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	80
13	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	78
14	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	4	78
15	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	78
16	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	78
17	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	78
18	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	78
19	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	78
20	University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson	Tucson, AZ	4	78
21	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	77
22	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	75
23	Cambridge Health Alliance	Cambridge, MA	4	72
24	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	71
25	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	69
26	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	69
27	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	Albuquerque, NM	3	69
28	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	3	69
29	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	65
30	University of Miami/Jackson Health System	Miami, FL	1	61
31	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	2	59
32	Virtua	Stratford, NJ	2	59
33	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	Brooklyn, NY	1	56
34	SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine	St Louis, MO	1	56
35	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	53
36	Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	East Lansing, MI	3	53
37	Marshall University School of Medicine	Huntington, WV	2	44
38	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine	Little Rock, AR	2	44

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