Question 1

How are the best Internal 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 Internal 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 Internal Medicine residency program?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which of these Internal Medicine programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Internal 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	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	100
2	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	100
3	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	99
4	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	99
5	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Baltimore, MD	5	99
6	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	99
7	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	98
8	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	98
9	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	98
10	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	98
11	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	97
12	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	96
13	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	96
14	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Jacksonville, FL	5	96
15	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	93
16	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	92
17	University of Chicago Medical Center	Evanston, IL	5	92
18	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	92
19	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	91
20	Atlantic Health	Morristown, NJ	5	90
21	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	90
22	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	90
23	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	89
24	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Port Jefferson, NY	5	89
25	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	89
26	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	88
27	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	88
28	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	88
29	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	88
30	BayCare Health System	Tampa, FL	4	88
31	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	88
32	Sutter Health	Oakland, CA	5	88
33	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	87
34	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	87
35	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	87
36	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	87
37	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	86
38	University of Tennessee College of Medicine	Memphis, TN	4	86
39	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Provo, UT	5	86
40	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	85
41	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	85
42	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	85
43	Florida State University College of Medicine	Sarasota, FL	5	85
44	Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital	La Jolla, CA	5	85
45	Main Line Health System	Wynnewood, PA	4	84
46	New York-Presbyterian/Queens	Flushing, NY	4	84
47	Piedmont Athens Regional	Athens, GA	4	84
48	Florida International University	Miami, FL	4	84
49	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	83
50	Hackensack Meridian Health	Hackensack, NJ	5	82

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