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2 All rights reserved. Permission to use, copy and/or distribute any documentation and/or related images from this publication shall be expressly obtained from the NRMP. NRMP Board of DirectorsNATIONAL RESIDENT MATCHING PROGRAM2121 K Street, NWSuite 1000 Washington, DC 20037 Composition of the 19-member Board of Directors includes: Chair, Chair-Designate, Secretary/Treasurer, and Immediate Past Chair One Designated Institutional Official One Osteopathic Physician Two graduate medical education program directors Three medical students, one of whom is enrolled in a US DO medical school Three resident physicians, one who is a US DO graduate and one who is an international medical graduate One public memberOfficers Chair: Steven J.

3 Scheinman, , President and Dean of the Geisinger Commonwealth medical College Chair Designate: Donna D. Elliott, , , Vice Dean for medical education , University of SouthernCalifornia Keck School of Medicine Secretary/Treasurer: Deborah S. Clements, , Chair, Family and Community Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Immediate Past Chair: Susan Guralnick, , Associate Dean of graduate medical education , University of California, Davis President and Chief Executive Officer: Donna L. Lamb, DHSc., MBA., BSN., National Resident Matching ProgramBoard Members, 2020-2021 Keith B.

4 Armitage, , Vice Chair for education , Department of Medicine, University Hospital CaseMedical Center Ricardo J. Bello, , Resident Physician, UMass Memorial medical Center, Worcester, MA Carol Berkowitz, , , , Executive Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA medical Center E. Sander Connolly, Jr., , Vice Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Holly J. Humphrey, , , President, The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Michael G. Kavan, , Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Creighton University School of Medicine Cathy Lazarus, , Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Records, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Heather A.

5 Lillemoe, , Resident Physician, Vanderbilt University Ebony White-Manigault, , Candidate, Wayne State University School of Medicine Sydney N. Miller, Candidate, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Alvin E. Roth, , Professor of Economics, Stanford University Edward S. Salsberg, , Director of Health Workforce Studies, Health Workforce Institute, George Washington University Kenneth B. Simons, , Senior Associate Dean for GME and accreditation , Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, medical College of Wisconsin Morgan B. Swanson, Candidate, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Christopher Traner, , Clinical Fellow, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT Donna L.

6 Lamb, DHSc, MBA, BSN, ex-officio memberiResults and Data 2021 Main Residency Match NRMP Board of Directors .. i About the NRMP .. iv Figure 1. Applicants and 1st Year Positions in The Match, 1952-2021 .. iv Definitions .. v Introduction .. vi Table 1A. Match Summary for MD Seniors, 2021 .. 1 Table 1B. Match Summary for DO Seniors, 2021 .. 4 Table 2. Matches by Specialty and Applicant Type, 2021 .. 6 Table 3. Positions Offered in the Matching Program, 2017-2021 .. 9 Table 4. Applicants in the Matching Program, 2017-2021 .. 12 Figure 2. Number of Active Applicants and Percent Matched to PGY-1 Positions, 2017-2021.

7 13 Figure 3. Positions per All Active and Active Senior Applicant, 1976-2021 .. 15 Table 5. Number of PGY-1 Positions per Active Applicant, 1976-2021 .. 15 Figure 4. PGY-1 Match Rates by Applicant Type, 1990-2021 .. 17 Table 6. PGY-1 Match Rates, 1992-2021 .. 17 Table 7A. Positions Offered and Number Filled by MD Seniors and All Applicants, 2017-2021 .. 19 Table 7B. Positions Offered and Number Filled by DO Seniors and All Applicants, 2017-2021 .. 22 Figure 5. Number of Positions Offered and Filled for Selected Specialties, 2021 .. 24 Table 8. Positions Offered and Percent Filled by MD Seniors and All Applicants, 2017-2021.

8 25 Table 9. All Applicants Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2017-2021 .. 27 Table 10. MD Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2017-2021 .. 29 Table 11. DO Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2017-2021 .. 30 Table 12. Foreign-Trained Physicians Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2017-2021 .. 31 Table MD Seniors and DO Seniors Choices by Specialty, 2021 .. 32 Table IMG and IMG Choices by Specialty, 2021 .. 34 Table Results for MD Seniors and DO Seniors Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2021 .. 35 Table Results for IMG and IMG Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2021.

9 36 Figure 6. Percentages of Unmatched MD Seniors and DO Seniors Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2021 .. 37 Table 15. Matches from MD Seniors' and Independent Applicants' Rank Order Lists, 1997-2021 .. 38 Figure 7. Percent of Matches by Choice and Type of Applicant, 2021 .. 40 Table 16. Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987-2021 .. 41 Figure 8. Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987-2021 .. 42 Table of ContentsiiResults and Data 2021 Main Residency Match Table of Contents (Continued)Table 17. Average Number of Ranked Applicants Needed to Fill Each Position by Specialty, 2017-2021.

10 43 Table 18. Participating Programs and Positions Filled in SOAP, 2020-2021 .. 46 Table 19. SOAP Applicants Accepting Positions by Type, 2020-2021 .. 47 Figure 9. Offers Extended in SOAP, 2012-2021 .. 47 NRMP Program Results 2021 Main Residency Match .. 48 iiiResults and Data 2021 Main Residency Match About the NRMPT otal ApplicantsTotal PGY-1 Positions010, 00020, 00030, 00040, 00050, 00060, 00019521960197019801990200020102021 Figure 1 Applicants and 1st Year Positions in the Match, 1952 - 2021 The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP ) is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to optimize the rank-ordered choices of applicants and program directors for clinical training in the United States.