Question 1

How are the best 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 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 Psychiatry residency program?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which of these Psychiatry programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the 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.

1	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	99
2	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	99
3	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	99
4	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	99
5	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	99
6	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	98
7	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	98
8	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	98
9	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	97
10	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	96
11	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	94
12	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Port Jefferson, NY	5	90
13	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	90
14	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	90
15	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	4	89
16	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	89
17	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	88
18	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	88
19	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	87
20	John Peter Smith Hospital (Tarrant County Hospital District)	Fort Worth, TX	4	87
21	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	86
22	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	86
23	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	85
24	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	85
25	University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School	Austin, TX	4	85
26	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	85
27	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	85
28	Southern Winds Hospital	Hialeah, FL	4	85
29	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	82
30	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	81
31	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	81
32	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	81
33	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	81
34	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	81
35	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	81
36	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	81
37	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	79
38	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	79
39	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	79
40	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	78
41	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	78
42	University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson	Tucson, AZ	3	78
43	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	76
44	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	76
45	Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine	Fairborn, OH	3	76
46	Indiana University School of Medicine	Indianapolis, IN	3	76
47	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	76
48	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	76
49	Butler Hospital	Providence, RI	4	75
50	Hackensack Meridian Health	Brick, NJ	3	75

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