Question 1

How are the best Child and adolescent psychiatry residency programs ranked?

Accepted Answer

MatchPath ranks programs by the MatchPath Program Score — a transparent, objective composite of the teaching hospital's CMS Overall Star Rating (quality), the program's size relative to other Child and adolescent psychiatry programs (ACGME-approved positions), its teaching hospital's NIH research funding (where available), and its accreditation standing. It is not a reputation survey; the exact weights are published and every program shows the signals behind its score.

Question 2

What is the best Child and adolescent psychiatry residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, New York Presbyterian Hospital currently ranks first among Child and adolescent psychiatry programs. The full ranked list above shows each program's score and the factors behind it, so you can see why.

Question 3

Is this an official residency ranking?

Accepted Answer

No. There is no official ACGME, NRMP, or government ranking of residency programs. The MatchPath Program Score is our own transparent composite of objective, public data (CMS hospital quality, ACGME positions and accreditation) — published so you can see exactly what drives each position. It reflects the teaching hospital's measured quality and the program's scale, not a subjective judgment of the training.

Question 4

Does a program's rank mean it's the right fit for me?

Accepted Answer

Not on its own. The score weighs objective signals every applicant can verify, but fit also depends on your specialty goals, location, IMG-friendliness, visa needs, and salary. Use the ranking as a starting shortlist, then compare programs side by side.

Question 5

How is this different from the Doximity or U.S. News residency rankings?

Accepted Answer

Reputation rankings like Doximity are built from surveys of physicians' opinions. The MatchPath Program Score uses no opinions — only objective, public data (CMS hospital quality, ACGME positions and accreditation), with the weights published and every input shown. You can audit exactly why a Child and adolescent psychiatry program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Child and adolescent psychiatry programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Child and adolescent psychiatry program list by "IMG-friendly" to rank by reported IMG acceptance rate, then check each program's IMG percentage, visa sponsorship, and Step 2 CK expectation. All of it is free to view.

#	Program	Location	CMS	Score
1	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	100
2	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	98
3	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	98
4	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	95
5	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	95
6	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	89
7	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	89
8	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	87
9	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	81
10	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
11	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	81
12	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	80
13	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	80
14	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	80
15	Prisma Health	Greenville, SC	4	80
16	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	80
17	Citrus Health Network, Inc.	Hialeah, FL	4	80
18	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	80
19	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	80
20	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	76
21	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	76
22	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	76
23	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	76
24	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	73
25	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	73
26	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	73
27	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	73
28	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	73
29	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	73
30	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	73
31	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	73
32	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	73
33	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	73
34	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	2	72
35	University of Vermont Medical Center	Burlington, VT	3	71
36	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	71
37	Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	East Lansing, MI	3	71
38	University of Kansas School of Medicine (Wichita)	Wichita, KS	3	71
39	University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville	Jacksonville, FL	3	71
40	Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix	Mesa, AZ	3	71
41	Cambridge Health Alliance	Cambridge, MA	4	68
42	University of Maryland Program	Baltimore, MD	2	68
43	MaineHealth	Portland, ME	4	68
44	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	65
45	John Peter Smith Hospital (Tarrant County Hospital District)	Fort Worth, TX	4	65
46	Tufts Medical Center	Boston, MA	3	64
47	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	63
48	University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine	Columbia, MO	3	63
49	UMass Chan Medical School	Worcester, MA	3	63
50	MedStar Health Georgetown University	Washington, DC	3	63

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