Question 1

How are the best Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical 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 Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical 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 Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Pennsylvania Health System currently ranks first among Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical 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 Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical 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	100
2	Mass General Brigham	Clearwater, FL	5	100
3	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	99
4	Stanford Health Care	Stanford, CA	5	99
5	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	97
6	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	95
7	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	95
8	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	93
9	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	91
10	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	90
11	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Saint Louis, MO	4	90
12	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	90
13	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	90
14	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	89
15	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	89
16	University of California (San Diego) Medical Center	La Jolla, CA	5	88
17	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston, MA	4	87
18	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	86
19	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	86
20	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	86
21	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	85
22	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	85
23	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	84
24	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	81
25	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	81
26	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	80
27	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	80
28	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	79
29	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	79
30	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	78
31	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	78
32	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	78
33	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	77
34	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	76
35	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	76
36	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	76
37	University of Chicago Medical Center	Evanston, IL	5	76
38	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	75
39	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	75
40	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	75
41	Rutgers Health	Livingston, NJ	3	75
42	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	75
43	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	72
44	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	2	71
45	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	71
46	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston Salem, NC	3	71
47	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	69
48	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	69
49	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	69
50	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	69

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