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Residency Match Season 2024 - Highlights

Overall Match Statistics

Total Positions in 2024 Main Residency Match: 41,503 (record high)
Total PGY-1 Positions: 38,494 (record high)
Total PGY-1 Positions filled: 35,984 (93.5% filled) (record high)

Match Rates for IMGs (2020-2024)

In 2024, over 9,000 international medical graduates (IMGs) matched into U.S. medical residencies, an increase of 657 from the previous year, making up more than one-quarter of all matched applicants.
The table below showcases the comparative IMG Match Rates for the last 5 years:

Match Year	Number of IMG Match Participants	Number of IMGs Matched into a U.S. Residency	Percentage of IMGs Matched into a U.S. Residency
2024	14,722	9,045	61.2%
2023	13,432	8,388	62.4%
2022	12,912	7,670	59.4%
2021	13,238	7,508	56.7%
2020	12,074	7,376	61.1%