Question 1

How are the best Radiation Oncology 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 Radiation Oncology 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 Radiation Oncology residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of Pennsylvania Health System currently ranks first among Radiation Oncology 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 Radiation Oncology program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Radiation Oncology programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Radiation Oncology 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	Stanford Health Care	Palo Alto, CA	5	99
3	University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine	San Francisco, CA	5	96
4	Mass General Brigham	Boston, MA	5	94
5	University of Utah Health	Salt Lake City, UT	5	91
6	NYU Grossman School of Medicine	New York, NY	5	91
7	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	St Louis, MO	4	89
8	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, MD	4	89
9	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	5	89
10	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, GA	4	89
11	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas, TX	4	87
12	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	87
13	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	87
14	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	87
15	University of Chicago Medical Center	Chicago, IL	4	86
16	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	4	86
17	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN	4	83
18	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	80
19	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	78
20	Yale-New Haven Hospital	New Haven, CT	3	78
21	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Inc	Milwaukee, WI	4	77
22	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics	Madison, WI	4	77
23	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Richmond, VA	4	77
24	Corewell Health	Royal Oak, MI	3	77
25	Kaiser Permanente Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	4	77
26	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	75
27	Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, PA	3	74
28	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York, NY	3	74
29	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	72
30	Ohio State University Hospital	Columbus, OH	3	72
31	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	71
32	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	69
33	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles, CA	5	69
34	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX	3	68
35	University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.	Cincinnati, OH	3	68
36	Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell	Lake Success, NY	3	68
37	University of Maryland Program	Baltimore, MD	2	68
38	Loyola University Medical Center	Maywood, IL	3	68
39	University of California (Irvine)	Orange, CA	4	63
40	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	62
41	Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	Cleveland, OH	3	62
42	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Bronx, NY	3	62
43	Stony Brook Medicine	Stony Brook, NY	4	62
44	Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	Lebanon, NH	4	62
45	University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center	Iowa City, IA	3	62
46	University of California Davis Health	Sacramento, CA	3	62
47	Indiana University School of Medicine	Indianapolis, IN	2	61
48	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Galveston, TX	3	59
49	Maimonides Medical Center	Brooklyn, NY	2	59
50	University of Rochester Medicine	Rochester, NY	2	59

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