Question 1

How are the best Child Neurology 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 Neurology 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 Neurology residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Utah Health currently ranks first among Child Neurology 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 Neurology program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Child Neurology programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Child Neurology 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	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	96
2	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	91
3	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	91
4	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	90
5	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	88
6	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	88
7	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	88
8	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	86
9	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	82
10	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	79
11	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	79
12	Geisinger Health System	Danville, PA	4	79
13	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	79
14	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	79
15	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Clearwater, FL	4	79
16	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	HOUSTON, TX	3	77
17	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	74
18	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	73
19	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	69
20	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	69
21	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	69
22	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	69
23	Boston University Medical Center	Boston, MA	3	69
24	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	69
25	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	69
26	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	69
27	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	69
28	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	64
29	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	64
30	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	63
31	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	61
32	University of Mississippi School of Medicine	Jackson, MS	2	60
33	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	brooklyn, NY	1	51
34	Westchester Medical Center	Valhalla, NY	1	48
35	University of Oklahoma College of Medicine	Oklahoma City, OK	2	44
36	Rutgers Health	Newark, NJ	1	36
37	Medical College of Georgia	Augusta, GA	1	36

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