Results and Data

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2 USA. 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 Directors NATIONAL RESIDENT MATCHING PROGRAM. 2121 K Street, NW. Suite 1000. Washington, DC 20037. The NRMP is governed by a 19-member Board of Directors, including: Chair, Chair-Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, and Immediate Past Chair Two graduate medical education program directors Three medical students Three resident physicians, one of whom is an international medical graduate One public member Officers Chair: Steven J. Scheinman, , President and Dean of the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Chair Designate: Donna D. Elliott, , , Vice Dean for Medical Education, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Secretary/Treasurer: Deborah S.

3 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, , , , National Resident Matching Program Board Members, 2019-2020. Zaid I. Almarzooq, , Fellow Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital Keith B. Armitage, , Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Case Medical Center Carol D. 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 Jessica G.

4 Fried, , Resident Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Eriny Hanna, Candidate, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 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. Lillemoe, Resident Physician, Vanderbilt University Ebony White-Manigault, , Candidate, Wayne State University School of Medicine Daniel W. Morrissey, , Public Member Edward S. Salsberg, , Director of Health Workforce Studies, Health Workforce Institute, George Washington University Kenneth B. Simons, , Senior Associate Dean for GME and Accreditation, Medical College of Wisconsin Thomas Wickham, Candidate, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Results and Data 2020 Main Residency Match i Table of Contents NRMP Board of Directors.

5 I About the NRMP .. iv Figure 1. Applicants and 1st Year Positions in The Match, 1952-2020 .. iv v Introduction .. vi Table 1A. Match Summary for MD Seniors, 2020 .. 1. Table 1B. Match Summary for DO Seniors, 2020 .. 4. Table 2. Matches by Specialty and Applicant Type, 2020 .. 6. Table 3. Positions Offered in the Matching Program, 2016-2020 .. 9. Table 4. Applicants in the Matching Program, 2016-2020 .. 12. Figure 2. Number of Active Applicants and Percent Matched to PGY-1 Positions, 2016-2020 .. 13. Figure 3. Positions per All Active and Active Senior Applicant, 1976-2020 .. 15. Table 5. Number of PGY-1 Positions per Active Applicant, 1976-2020 .. 15. Figure 4. PGY-1 Match Rates by Applicant Type, 1990-2020 .. 17. Table 6. PGY-1 Match Rates, 17.

6 Table 7A. Positions Offered and Number Filled by MD Seniors and All Applicants, 2016-2020 .. 19. Table 7B. Positions Offered and Number Filled by DO Seniors and All Applicants, 2016-2020 .. 22. Figure 5. Number of Positions Offered and Filled for Selected Specialties, 2020 .. 24. Table 8. Positions Offered and Percent Filled by MD Seniors and All Applicants, 2016-2020 .. 25. Table 9. All Applicants Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2016-2020 .. 27. Table 10. MD Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2016-2020 .. 29. Table 11. DO Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2016-2020 .. 30. Table 12. Foreign-Trained Physicians Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2016-2020 .. 31. Table MD Seniors and DO Seniors Choices by Specialty, 2020.

7 32. Table IMG and IMG Choices by Specialty, 34. Table Results for MD Seniors and DO Seniors Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2020 .. 35. Table Results for IMG and IMG Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2020 .. 36. Figure 6. Percentages of Unmatched MD Seniors and DO Seniors Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2020 .. 37. Table 15. Matches from MD Seniors' and Independent Applicants' Rank Order Lists, 1997-2020 .. 38. Figure of Matches by Choice and Type of Applicant, 2020 .. 40. Figure of Matches by Choice and Type of Applicant, 41. Table 16. Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987-2020 .. 42. Figure 8. Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987-2020 .. 43. Results and Data 2020 Main Residency Match ii Table of Contents (Continued).

8 Table 17. Average Number of Ranked Applicants Needed to Fill Each Position by Specialty, 2016-2020 .. 44. Table 18. Participating Programs and Positions Filled in SOAP, 2019-2020 .. 45. Table 19. SOAP Applicants Accepting Positions by Type, 2019-2020 .. 48. Figure 9. Offers Extended in SOAP, 2012-2020 .. 48. NRMP Program Results 2020 Main Residency Match .. 49. Results and Data 2020 Main Residency Match iii About the NRMP. The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP ) is a (Figure 1), the eighteenth consecutive annual increase. private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to The total number of positions, at 37,256, also was an optimize the rank-ordered choices of applicants and all-time high. program directors for clinical training in the United States.

9 The NRMP is not an application processing service; rather, The trend in the total number of applicants is more it provides an impartial venue for matching applicants' and dramatic, rising from 6,000 in 1952 to 36,056 in 1999. programs' preferences for each other using an After a decline of 5,052 applicants from 1999 to 2003, internationally recognized mathematical algorithm. the number has risen each year since the 2004 Match. In 2020, the number of registrants reached an all-time high The first Main Residency Match ("the Match") was of 44,959, an increase of 356 over 2019. conducted in 1952 when 10,400 internship positions were available for 6,000 graduating medical school seniors. For more information about the NRMP, please visit: By 1973, there were 19,000 positions for just over 10,000 Additional data and reports for the Main graduating seniors.

10 Following the demise of Residency Match and the Specialties Matching Service . internships in 1975, the number of first-year post-graduate (SMS ) are at: (PGY-1) positions declined to 15,700; however, the match-data/ and number of PGY-1 positions gradually increased through data/. Instructions on how to request NRMP data also are 1994 before declining slowly until 1998. Since that time, provided. the number of PGY-1 positions has only increased. This year, an all-time high 34,266 PGY-1 positions were offered Figure 1 Applicants and 1st Year Positions in the Match, 1952 - 2020. 50,000. 45,000. 40,000. 35,000. Total Applicants 30,000. 25,000. 20,000. Total PGY-1. 15,000 Positions 10,000. 5,000. 0. 1952 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020.