Question 1

How are the best Sports medicine (Family 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 Sports medicine (Family 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 Sports medicine (Family medicine) residency program?

Accepted Answer

By the MatchPath Program Score, University of California (San Diego) Medical Center currently ranks first among Sports medicine (Family 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 Sports medicine (Family medicine) program sits where it does.

Question 6

Which of these Sports medicine (Family medicine) programs are IMG-friendly?

Accepted Answer

The score itself doesn't factor in IMG acceptance — filter the Sports medicine (Family 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 California (San Diego) Medical Center	San Diego, CA	5	100
2	University of North Carolina Hospitals	Chapel Hill, NC	5	99
3	Atlantic Health	Morristown, NJ	5	99
4	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Aurora, CO	5	99
5	Inova Fairfax Hospital Campus	Fairfax, VA	5	93
6	Intermountain Health	Provo, UT	5	93
7	Houston Methodist Hospital	Houston, TX	5	93
8	University of Pennsylvania Health System	Philadelphia, PA	5	93
9	St Luke's University Hospital	Bethlehem, PA	5	93
10	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Kansas City, KS	5	93
11	Florida International University	Miami, FL	5	93
12	John Peter Smith Hospital (Tarrant County Hospital District)	Arlington, TX	4	90
13	Houston Methodist Hospital	Sugar Land, TX	5	90
14	University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Lexington, KY	4	90
15	Cone Health	Greensboro, NC	4	88
16	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	4	88
17	University of Florida College of Medicine	Gainesville, FL	4	88
18	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center	Santa Monica, CA	4	88
19	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Cleveland, OH	5	85
20	Prisma Health	Greenville, SC	4	84
21	AnMed	Anderson, SC	4	84
22	Wellspan Health	York, PA	4	84
23	Mountain Area Health Education Center	Boone, NC	4	84
24	University of Michigan Health-West	Wyoming, MI	4	84
25	Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency	Augusta, ME	4	84
26	Advocate Health Care	Park Ridge, IL	4	84
27	University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine	Clearwater, FL	4	84
28	Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus	Hialeah, FL	4	84
29	Kaiser Permanente Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	4	84
30	Eisenhower Medical Center	Rancho Mirage, CA	4	84
31	HCA Healthcare LewisGale Hospital-Montgomery/VCOM	Blacksburg, VA	3	81
32	Henry Ford Health	Detroit, MI	3	81
33	MaineHealth	Portland, ME	4	81
34	AdventHealth Florida	Orlando, FL	3	81
35	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston, TX	3	79
36	University of Kansas School of Medicine (Wichita)	Wichita, KS	3	79
37	Stanford Health Care	San Jose, CA	3	79
38	Kaiser Permanente Southern California	Fontana, CA	3	79
39	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago, IL	5	78
40	University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, WA	3	74
41	Bon Secours Richmond Health System	Midlothian, VA	3	74
42	CHRISTUS Health	San Antonio, TX	3	74
43	Texas Institute for Graduate Medical Education and Research (TIGMER)	San Antonio, TX	3	74
44	Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine	Bryan, TX	3	74
45	University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler	Tyler, TX	3	74
46	University of Tennessee College of Medicine-Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	3	74
47	Self Regional Healthcare	Greenwood, SC	3	74
48	Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	Charleston, SC	3	74
49	Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium	Erie, PA	3	74
50	OhioHealth	Columbus, OH	3	74

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