Question 1

How are the best Internal Medicine/Pediatrics 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 Internal Medicine/Pediatrics 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 Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of North Carolina Hospitals currently ranks first among Internal Medicine/Pediatrics 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 Internal Medicine/Pediatrics program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Internal Medicine/Pediatrics programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Internal Medicine/Pediatrics 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 North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	95
2	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	93
3	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	91
4	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	89
5	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	88
6	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	84
7	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	84
8	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	83
9	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	83
10	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	83
11	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	83
12	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	81
13	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	80
14	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	80
15	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	79
16	Prisma Health	Greenville, SC	4	79
17	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	79
18	Geisinger Health System	Danville, PA	4	78
19	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	76
20	The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	3	75
21	University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine	Kansas City, MO	3	75
22	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	74
23	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	74
24	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	74
25	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	74
26	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	74
27	Indiana University School of Medicine	Indianapolis, IN	2	72
28	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	70
29	University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria	Peoria, IL	2	70
30	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	69
31	UMass Chan Medical School	Worcester, MA	3	69
32	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	68
33	MaineHealth	Portland, ME	4	67
34	Louisiana State University School of Medicine	New Orleans, LA	2	66
35	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	65
36	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	65
37	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Omaha, NE	3	65
38	University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine	Columbia, MO	3	65
39	University of Mississippi School of Medicine	Jackson, MS	2	65
40	Corewell Health	Royal Oak, MI	3	65
41	Tulane University School of Medicine	New Orleans, LA	2	65
42	Loyola University Medical Center	Maywood, IL	3	65
43	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Washington, DC	3	65
44	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	65
45	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	65
46	University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)	Los Angeles, CA	2	65
47	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	New Hyde Park, NY	3	62
48	UMass Chan - Baystate	Springfield, MA	1	61
49	University of Kansas School of Medicine (Wichita)	Wichita, KS	4	60
50	Detroit Medical Center	Detroit, MI	1	58

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