Question 1

How are the best Maternal-fetal medicine 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 Maternal-fetal medicine 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 Maternal-fetal medicine residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Pennsylvania Health System currently ranks first among Maternal-fetal medicine 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 Maternal-fetal medicine program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Maternal-fetal medicine programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Maternal-fetal medicine 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 Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	99
2	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	99
3	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	95
4	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	95
5	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	95
6	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	95
7	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	95
8	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	New Hyde Park, NY	4	90
9	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	90
10	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	87
11	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	86
12	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	86
13	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	86
14	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	86
15	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	85
16	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NM	5	84
17	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	84
18	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	84
19	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	83
20	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	81
21	UPMC Medical Education	Pittsburgh, PA	3	81
22	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	81
23	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	81
24	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	81
25	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	81
26	Inova Fairfax Hospital Campus	Falls Church, VA	5	80
27	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	80
28	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	78
29	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	77
30	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	76
31	Old Dominion University	Norfolk, VA	3	76
32	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	76
33	The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	3	76
34	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston-Salem, NC	3	76
35	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	76
36	University of Chicago Medical Center	Evanston, IL	4	76
37	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	76
38	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	75
39	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	75
40	University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School	Austin, TX	4	75
41	University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine	Knoxville, TN	4	75
42	Prisma Health	Greenville, SC	4	75
43	Geisinger Health System	Danville, PA	4	75
44	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	75
45	Mountain Area Health Education Center	Asheville, NC	4	75
46	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	75
47	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	75
48	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	74
49	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	72
50	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	72

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