Source: NRMP 2024 Match Data and FREIDA

Specialties
# of Positions Available
# of Non-US IMGs Matched
% of Non-US IMGs Matched
# of unfilled Positions
Internal Medicine
10,261
3109
31.8%
494
​Family Medicine
5,213
706
15.4%
636
Psychiatry
2,261
185
8.2%
12
Pediatrics
3,078
500
17.7%
251
Surgical (prelim)
1,152
200
​33.2%
549
Pathology
628
171
27.5%
7
​Neurology
878
204
23.3%
1
Not surprisingly, Internal Medicine had the most number of positions offered to IMGs making it the most IMG friendly residency.

Top IMG friendly states Psychiatry

Let’s explore state by state for Psychiatry, specifically:
State
​Total Positions Offered (Psych)
# of Non US IMGs Matched (Psych)
​% of Psych Positions filled by Non US IMGs
New York
309
49
16%
Texas
160
16
10%
Florida
154
15
9.7%
Ohio
73
10
14%
Michigan
85
8
9.4%
Connecticut
39
7
18%
​Massachusetts
97
6
6.2%
New Jersey
79
5
6.3%
Louisiana
42
5
12%
​Alabama
20
3
15%

New York

​Program Name
​% of IMGs
BronxCare Health System Program​
NA
St. Barnabas Hospital Program
NA
Lincoln Medical and Mental health Center
100%
One Brooklyn health System/Interfaith medical Center program. 
NA
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Program 
93%
Nassau University Medical Center Program
NA
​St John’s Episcopal Hospital South Shore Program
94%

Texas

​Program Name
​% of IMGs
​Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre/Permian Basin
78%

Florida

​Program Name
​% of IMGs
Larkin Community Hospital
85%
​Citrus Health Network Inc
NA
​Mount Sinai Medical Centre of Florida Inc
54%

Ohio

​Program Name
​% of IMGs
The MetroHealth System /Case western Reserve University Program​
​75%

Michigan

​Program Name
​% of IMGs
Central Michigan University College
49%
​Detroit Wayne County Health Authority (Authority Health) GME Consortium Program
NA

Connecticut

​Program Name
% of IMGs
Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital
7.4%
Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program​
3.5%
Quinnipiac University Frank H Netter University
NA
Eastern Connecticut Health Network Program - Manchester,CT
NA

Massachusetts

​Program Name
​% of IMGs
St Elizabeth’s Medical Center Program
NA
Berkshire Medical Center
NA

New Jersey

​Program Name
​% of IMGs
​Rutgers Health/Trinitas Regional Medical Center Program
85%
New Bridge Medical Center
92%

Louisiana​

Program Name
​% of IMGs
Louisiana State University (Shreveport) Program
NA
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
NA

Alabama

​Program Name
​% of IMGs
North Alabama Medical Centre Program
NA
​USA Health Program
NA
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