Question 1

How are the best Emergency medical services 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 Emergency medical services 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 Emergency medical services residency program?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which of these Emergency medical services programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Emergency medical services 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	94
2	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	94
3	St Luke's University Hospital	Bethlehem, PA	5	94
4	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	94
5	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	89
6	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	89
7	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	88
8	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	84
9	Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine	Roanoke, VA	4	84
10	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	84
11	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	84
12	HealthPartners Institute	St Paul, MN	4	84
13	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	84
14	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	4	84
15	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	84
16	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	84
17	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Brooklyn, NY	3	81
18	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	80
19	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	80
20	Denver Health Medical Center	Denver, CO	3	80
21	Atlantic Health	Morristown, NJ	5	78
22	MaineHealth	Portand, ME	4	76
23	Prisma Health	Columbia, SC	3	75
24	OhioHealth	Columbus, OH	3	75
25	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	75
26	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	75
27	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston Salem, NC	3	75
28	UMass Chan Medical School	Worcester, MA	3	75
29	Orlando Health	Orlando, FL	3	75
30	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	75
31	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	75
32	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	74
33	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	72
34	University of New Mexico School of Medicine	Albuquerque, NM	2	71
35	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	67
36	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	66
37	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	2	66
38	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	2	66
39	Albany Med Health System	Albany, NY	2	66
40	Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital	Camden, NJ	2	66
41	University of Mississippi School of Medicine	Jackson, MS	2	66
42	Hennepin Healthcare	Minneapolis, MN	3	66
43	Arrowhead Regional Medical Center	Colton, CA	2	66
44	West Virginia University School of Medicine	Morgantown, WV	2	63
45	Rutgers Health	Newark, NJ	1	63
46	Louisiana State University School of Medicine	New Orleans, LA	2	63
47	Detroit Medical Center	Detroit, MI	1	61
48	Medical College of Georgia	Augusta, GA	1	61
49	Old Dominion University	Norfolk, VA	3	56
50	University of Tennessee College of Medicine-Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	3	56

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