Question 1

How are the best Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 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 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 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 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University currently ranks first among Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 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 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 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	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	100
2	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	97
3	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	91
4	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	90
5	Stanford Health Care	Redwood City, CA	5	89
6	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	88
7	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	4	86
8	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	86
9	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	86
10	Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus	Hialeah, FL	4	86
11	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	85
12	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	80
13	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	80
14	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	80
15	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	79
16	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Clearwater, FL	4	79
17	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	78
18	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	78
19	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	78
20	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	78
21	The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	3	77
22	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	77
23	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Bay Shore, NY	5	77
24	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	77
25	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	77
26	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	2	71
27	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	71
28	Temple University Hospital	Philadelphia, PA	3	70
29	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	70
30	HCA Healthcare Sunrise Health GME	Las Vegas, NV	3	69
31	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	2	69
32	University of Central Florida/HCA Florida Healthcare	Pensacola, FL	3	69
33	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	68
34	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	68
35	Mary Free Bed Hospital	Grand Rapids, MI	4	68
36	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	68
37	University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Hartford, CT	4	68
38	SUNY Upstate Medical University	Syracuse, NY	2	67
39	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	67
40	Louisiana State University School of Medicine	New Orleans, LA	2	67
41	Tower Health	Wyomissing, PA	3	66
42	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	66
43	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	63
44	Hackensack Meridian Health	Edison, NJ	3	61
45	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	60
46	Tufts Medical Center	Boston, MA	3	59
47	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	59
48	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	58
49	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	Brooklyn, NY	1	58
50	University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine	Columbia, MO	3	58

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