Question 1

How are the best Urology 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 Urology 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 Urology residency program?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which of these Urology programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Urology 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 Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	99
3	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	98
4	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	98
5	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	98
6	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	98
7	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	98
8	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	98
9	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Phoenix, AZ	5	98
10	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	97
11	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	92
12	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	92
13	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Jacksonville, FL	5	92
14	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	92
15	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	92
16	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	91
17	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	90
18	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	89
19	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	88
20	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	88
21	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	88
22	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	88
23	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	88
24	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	88
25	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	86
26	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	83
27	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	83
28	University of Tennessee College of Medicine	Memphis, TN	4	83
29	Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University Health	Providence, RI	4	83
30	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	83
31	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	83
32	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	83
33	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	83
34	Ochsner Clinic Foundation	New Orleans, LA	4	83
35	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	83
36	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	83
37	University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)	Los Angeles, CA	4	83
38	Temple University Hospital	Philadelphia, PA	3	81
39	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
40	Hackensack Meridian Health	Hackensack, NJ	5	81
41	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	79
42	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	79
43	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	79
44	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	79
45	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	79
46	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	79
47	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Akron, OH	5	77
48	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	75
49	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	74
50	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston Salem, NC	3	74

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