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1 May and Data2021 Main Residency Match Requests for permission to use these data, as well as questions about the content of this publication or any national resident matching Program data, may be directed to nrmp at about the nrmp should be directed to Donna L. Lamb, , , , President and CEO at CitationNational resident matching Program, Results and Data: 2021 Main Residency Match . national resident matching Program, Washington, DC. order copies of this publication, please contact: national resident matching Program2121 K Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20037 Phone: 202-400-2233, Fax: 202-354-4586 Price (Shipping not included)$ - RDMAIN2021 Copyright 2021 national resident matching Program, 2121 K Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20037 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 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.

2 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. 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.

3 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 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.

4 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 .. 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.

5 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 .. 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 .. 36 Figure 6. Percentages of Unmatched MD Seniors and DO Seniors Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2021.

6 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 .. 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.

7 The nrmp is not an application processing service; rather, it provides an impartial venue for matching applicants' and programs ' preferences for each other using an internationally recognized mathematical first Main Residency Match ("the Match") was conducted in 1952 when 10,400 internship positions were available for 6,000 graduating medical school seniors. By 1973, there were 19,000 positions for just over 10,000 graduating seniors. Following the demise of internships in 1975, the number of first-year post-graduate (PGY-1) positions declined to 15,700; however, the number of PGY-1 positions gradually increased through 1994 before declining slowly until 1998. Since that time, the number of PGY-1 positions has only increased. This year, an all-time high 35,194 PGY-1 positions were offered (Figure 1), the nineteenth consecutive annual increase. The total number of positions, at 38,106, also was an all-time trend in the total number of applicants is more dramatic, rising from 6,000 in 1952 to 36,056 in 1999.

8 After a decline of 5,052 applicants from 1999 to 2003, the number has risen each year since the 2004 Match. In 2021, the number of registrants reached an all-time high of 48,700, an increase of 3,741 over more information about the nrmp , please visit: Additional data and reports for the Main Residency Match and the Specialties matching Service (SMS ) are at: and Instructions on how to request nrmp data also are provided. ivResults and Data 2021 Main Residency Match Definitions/OrganizationsACGMEA ccreditation Council for Graduate Medical ApplicantAn applicant who submits a certified rank order list of In PolicyAny program registering for the Match must attempt to fill all positions through the Match or another national matching plan. Applicant TypeThe nrmp classifies applicants for the Main Residency Match into eight types: A 4th-year medical student in a allopathic medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) with a graduation date after July 1 in the year before the Match; also referred to as a MD senior.

9 A 4th-year medical student in a osteopathic medical school accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) with a graduation date after July 1 in the year before the Match; also referred to as a DO senior. Previous Graduate of MD Medical School ( MD Grad): A graduate of a allopathic school of medicine accredited by the LCME with a graduation date before July 1 in the year before the Match. Previous graduates are not sponsored by their medical schools. Previous Graduate of DO Medical School ( DO Grad): A graduate of a osteopathic school of medicine accredited by the COCA with a graduation date before July 1 in the year before the Match. Previous DO graduates are not sponsored by their medical schools. Student/Graduate of Canadian Medical School (Canadian): A senior student or graduate of a Canadian school of medicine accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS).

10 Graduate of Fifth Pathway Program (5th Pathway): A graduate of a Fifth Pathway program. Citizen Student/Graduate of International Medical School ( IMG): A citizen who attended an international medical school. Citizen Student/Graduate of International Medical School ( IMG): A citizen who attended an international medical this report, applicant types are sometimes combined into a smaller number of groups. Foreign-Trained Physicians: citizen and citizen students and graduates of international medical schools. Others: Includes previous graduates of MD and DO, Canadian and Fifth Pathway Any two applicants who register as a couple in the Match. The nrmp allows couples to form pairs of choices on their primary rank order lists, which are considered in rank order when the matching algorithm is processed. Couples match to the most preferred pair of programs where each partner has been offered a & PGY-2 Post-graduate year one and post-graduate year TypeThe nrmp classifies programs for the Main Residency Match into five types: Categorical (C) programs : programs that begin in the PGY-1 year and provide the full training required for specialty board certification.