Question 1

How are the best Pediatrics 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 Pediatrics 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 Pediatrics residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine currently ranks first among Pediatrics 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 Pediatrics program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Pediatrics programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Pediatrics 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 California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	96
2	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	94
3	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	92
4	Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University	Grand Rapids, MI	5	92
5	New York Presbyterian Hospital	New York, NY	5	91
6	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	90
7	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	88
8	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	88
9	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	86
10	Inova Fairfax Hospital Campus	Falls Church, VA	5	84
11	Atlantic Health	Morristown, NJ	5	82
12	Hackensack Meridian Health	Birmingham, AL	5	82
13	Advocate Health Care	Park Ridge, IL	4	82
14	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	81
15	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	81
16	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	80
17	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey, PA	4	80
18	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	78
19	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	78
20	University of Virginia Medical Center	Charlottesville, VA	4	77
21	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	77
22	Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium	Loma Linda, CA	3	77
23	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	76
24	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	76
25	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	75
26	Prisma Health	Greenville, SC	4	74
27	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	74
28	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	74
29	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	74
30	Geisinger Health System	Danville, PA	4	73
31	Osteopathic Medical Education Consortium of Oklahoma, Inc. (OMECO)	Tulsa, OK	4	73
32	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	72
33	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	71
34	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	71
35	St Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus	Easton, PA	5	70
36	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	70
37	Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital	Santa Barbara, CA	5	70
38	Ochsner Clinic Foundation	New Orleans, LA	4	69
39	Kaiser Permanente Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	4	69
40	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine	San Antonio, TX	3	68
41	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Winston Salem, NC	3	68
42	Advocate Health Care	Oak Lawn, IL	3	68
43	Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine (Temple)	Temple, TX	4	66
44	University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, at Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	4	66
45	University of Kansas School of Medicine (Wichita)	Wichita, KS	4	66
46	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	66
47	Prisma Health	Columbia, SC	3	65
48	Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center	Baton Rouge, LA	3	65
49	MaineHealth	Portland, ME	4	64
50	Maimonides Medical Center	Brooklyn, NY	2	63

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