Question 1

How are the best Infectious disease 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 Infectious disease 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 Infectious disease residency program?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which of these Infectious disease programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Infectious disease 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, PA	5	99
2	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	99
3	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	99
4	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	98
5	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	97
6	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	95
7	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	95
8	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	95
9	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	95
10	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	92
11	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	90
12	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	90
13	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	90
14	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	89
15	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	88
16	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	88
17	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	87
18	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	86
19	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	84
20	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	82
21	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	82
22	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	82
23	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	82
24	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	82
25	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Birmingham, AL	5	82
26	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	81
27	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	81
28	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	81
29	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	81
30	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Manhasset, NY	4	81
31	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	81
32	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	80
33	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	79
34	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	78
35	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	78
36	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	76
37	Temple University Hospital	Philadelphia, PA	3	76
38	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	76
39	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	76
40	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Omaha, NE	3	76
41	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	75
42	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	75
43	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	75
44	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	73
45	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	73
46	Geisinger Health System	Danville, PA	4	73
47	New York-Presbyterian/Queens	Flushing, NY	4	73
48	New York Medical College	Newark, NJ	4	73
49	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	73
50	Ochsner Clinic Foundation	New Orleans, LA	4	73

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