IMG profile
Average Stats for a Matched US IMG in 2024:
- Pct. that passed USMLE Step 1 on first attempt 97.4%
- USMLE Step 2 CK score: 234
- Research: 3.0
- Abstracts/Presentations/Publications: 6
- Work: 3
- Volunteer: 6
Average Stats for a Matched Non-US IMG in 2024:
- Pct. that passed USMLE Step 1 on first attempt 95.4%
- USMLE Step 2 CK score: 242
- Research: 2
- Abstracts/Presentations/Publications: 4
- Work: 5
- Volunteer: 4
Speciality Factors
In March 2024, the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) conducted its survey of directors of programs participating in the Main Residency Match® to characterize the factors that Program Directors use to select applicants for interviews and rank applicants for the Main Residency Match. See results of the Program Director Survey for Pathology below:
Frequency and Mean Importance Ratings of Each Factor Considered in Deciding Who to Interview
- Letters of Recommendation in the Specialty: 92% (4.6)
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE/Dean`s Letter): 84% (4.0)
- Personal Prior Knowledge of the Applicant: 68% (4.2)
- Class Ranking/Quartile: 64% (3.9)
- Grades in Desired Specialty: 60% (4.4)
- Awards or Special Honors in Clinical Clerkships: 60% (3.4)
- Awards or Special Honors in Desired Specialty: 60% (4.1)
- Audition Elective/Rotation Within Your Department: 60% (4.3)
- Graduate of Highly-Regarded Medical or Osteopathic School: 56% (3.5)
- Grades in Required Clerkships: 56% (4.1)
- Evidence of Continuous Medical Education Without Gaps: 56% (4.6)
- Away Rotation in Your Specialty at Another Institution: 49% (4.1)
- Accreditation Status of Applicant`s Medical School: 48% (4.5)
- Consistency of Grades: 44% (4.4)
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Membership: 40% (4.0)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) Membership: 36% (3.6)
- Visa Status: 32% (3.6)
- Awards or Special Honors in Basic Sciences: 32% (3.5)
- Ability to Work Legally in the U.S. Without a Visa: 28% (4.1)
- Sigma Sigma Phi (Osteopathic Honor Society) Membership: 20% (4.0)
- Applicant Was Flagged with Match Violation by the NRMP: 20% (4.6)
- How Applicant`s Medical School Handled Virtual Rotations: 4% (5.0)
Frequency and Mean Importance Ratings of Each Factor Considered in Deciding Who to Rank
- Interactions with faculty during interview and visit: 92% (5.0)
- Interpersonal skills: 88% (5.0)
- Interactions with house staff during interview and visit: 80% (4.8)
- Feedback from current residents: 76% (4.6)
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE/Dean`s Letter): 48% (4.1)
- Grades in clerkship in desired specialty: 48% (4.5)
- Evidence of continuous medical education without gaps: 48% (4.5)
- Awards or special honors in clerkship in desired specialty: 48% (4.2)
- Consistency of grades: 44% (4.4)
- Class ranking/quartile: 44% (3.8)
- Accreditation status of applicant`s medical school: 44% (4.7)
- Awards or special honors in clinical clerkships: 40% (3.7)
- Grades in required clerkships: 36% (4.4)
- Graduate of highly-regarded medical or osteopathic school: 32% (4.1)
- Awards or special honors in basic sciences: 28% (3.8)
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) membership: 24% (4.3)
- Sigma Sigma Phi (osteopathic honor society) membership: 16% (4.5)
- Other post-interview contact: 12% (4.3)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) membership: 12% (4.5)
- Second interview/visit: 4% (5.0)
- Applicant facility with meeting platform technology: 4% (3.0)
- How applicant`s medical school handled virtual rotations: 4% (5.0)
¹Ratings on a scale from 1 (not at all important) to 5 (very important).
% of Programs Interviewing IMGs:
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US IMG: Often 68%, Seldom 28%, Never 4%
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Non-US IMG: Often 79%, Seldom 21%, Never 0%
% of Programs Ranking IMGs:
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US IMG: Often 72%, Seldom 24%, Never 4%
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Non-US IMG: Often 80%, Seldom 20%, Never 0%
% of Programs Using USMLE to Select IMG Applicants for Interview:
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Step 1: Does not consider 0%, Requires pass only 100%, Prefers but does not require target score 0%, Requires target score 0%
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Step 2 CK: Does not consider 0%, Requires pass only 50%, Prefers but does not require target score 17%, Requires target score 33%
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Step 3: Does not consider 25%, Requires pass only 8%, Prefers but does not require target score 67%, Requires target score 0%
Fast Facts
| Total Training |
4 years |
| Average Residency Salary |
$60,000 |
| Average Physician Salary |
$335,000 |
| Average Physician Work Week |
Not available |
| Peak Interview Months |
October-February |
| Offers the following program training tracks: |
American Board of Pathology, College of American Pathologists, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, American Society for Clinical Pathology, American Society for Investigative Pathology, Association for Molecular Pathology, Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology, Association of Pathology Chairs |
- Some combined programs take 4 years of training while others only require 3 years. Most Pathology residency programs finalize their Rank Order Lists in February. While research looks good on your MyERAS Application, do not see it as mandatory. Many sources call Pathology research “icing on the cake.”
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Match Statistics 2025
Main Residency Match and Post-Match Stats
175
Total Number of Available Programs
3
Post-Match SOAP Unfilled Positions
Post-Match SOAP
| Program Track |
Participating Programs |
Positions Available |
Filled Programs |
Filled Positions |
| PGY-1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Subspecialties
- Blood Banking-Transfusion Medicine
- Chemical Pathology
- Clinical Informatics
- Cytopathology
- Dermatopathology
- Forensic Pathology
- Hematopathology/Hematology
- Medical Microbiology Pathology
- Molecular Genetic Pathology
- Neuropathology
- Pediatric Pathology
- Selective Pathology
Additional Info
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Select Anatomic and Clinical Pathology programs may participate in program signaling (5 signals). Please visit the ERAS application webpage for information, guidance, timelines, and resources on completing the ERAS application.
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Members of the GSA, Careers in Medicine, and Organization of Program Director Associations (OPDA) are collaborating in an effort to increase transparency in the residency application process through use of a Residency Guide template for each specialty. See guidance template here: Pathology_Program-Directors-Association-Guide-for-Residency-Applicants-06.2024.pdf (cmss.org).
