IMG profile
Average Stats for a Matched US IMG in 2024:
- Pct. that passed USMLE Step 1 on first attempt 97.5%
- USMLE Step 2 CK score: 236
- Research: 3
- Abstracts/Presentations/Publications: 5
- Work: 3
- Volunteer: 9
Average Stats for a Matched Non-US IMG in 2024:
- Pct. that passed USMLE Step 1 on first attempt 99.6%
- USMLE Step 2 CK score: 237
- Research: 2
- Abstracts/Presentations/Publications: 3
- Work: 5
- Volunteer: 6
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 Pediatrics below:
Frequency and Mean Importance Ratings of Each Factor Considered in Deciding Who to Interview
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE/Dean`s Letter): 90% (4.2)
- Class ranking/quartile: 65% (3.7)
- Letters of recommendation in the specialty: 63% (3.9)
- Audition elective/rotation within your department: 63% (3.7)
- Grades in required clerkships: 54% (3.8)
- Consistency of grades: 52% (4.0)
- Personal prior knowledge of the applicant: 50% (4.0)
- Grades in clerkship in desired specialty: 50% (3.8)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) membership: 48% (3.5)
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) membership: 40% (3.3)
- Evidence of continuous medical education without gaps: 33% (4.0)
- Accreditation status of applicant`s medical school: 33% (4.4)
- Visa status: 31% (3.9)
- Sigma Sigma Phi (osteopathic honor society) membership: 29% (3.4)
- Awards or special honors in clinical clerkships: 27% (3.3)
- Applicant was flagged with Match violation by the NRMP: 27% (4.4)
- Awards or special honors in clerkship in desired specialty: 23% (3.5)
- Ability to work legally in the U.S. without a visa: 23% (3.5)
- Graduate of highly-regarded medical or osteopathic school: 21% (3.3)
- Awards or special honors in basic sciences: 8% (2.5)
- Away rotation in your specialty at another institution: 4% (3.5)
- How applicant`s medical school handled virtual rotations: 2% (2.0)
Frequency and Mean Importance Ratings of Each Factor Considered in Deciding Who to Rank
- Interactions with faculty during interview and visit: 96% (4.8)
- Interpersonal skills: 91% (4.8)
- Feedback from current residents: 83% (4.6)
- Interactions with house staff during interview and visit: 80% (4.7)
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE/Dean`s Letter): 78% (4.1)
- Class ranking/quartile: 57% (3.8)
- Grades in required clerkships: 48% (3.8)
- Evidence of continuous medical education without gaps: 43% (3.5)
- Consistency of grades: 43% (3.6)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) membership: 37% (3.4)
- Grades in clerkship in desired specialty: 35% (3.6)
- Accreditation status of applicant`s medical school: 30% (4.1)
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) membership: 28% (3.1)
- Graduate of highly-regarded medical or osteopathic school: 24% (3.7)
- Sigma Sigma Phi (osteopathic honor society) membership: 20% (3.2)
- Awards or special honors in clinical clerkships: 20% (3.3)
- Awards or special honors in clerkship in desired specialty: 15% (3.1)
- Other post-interview contact: 13% (4.2)
- Applicant facility with meeting platform technology: 11% (4.0)
- Second interview/visit: 4% (3.5)
- Awards or special honors in basic sciences: 4% (2.0)
- How applicant`s medical school handled virtual rotations: 2% (1.0)
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 36%, Seldom 57%, Never 15%
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Non-US IMG: Often 24%, Seldom 61%, Never 15%
% of Programs Ranking IMGs:
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US IMG: Often 50%, Seldom 50%, Never 0%
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Non-US IMG: Often 47%, Seldom 40%, Never 19%
% of Programs Using USMLE to Select IMG Applicants for Interview:
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Step 1: Does not consider 5%, Requires pass only 95%, Prefers but does not require target score 0%, Requires target score 0%
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Step 2 CK: Does not consider 9%, Requires pass only 40%, Prefers but does not require target score 26%, Requires target score 26%
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Step 3: Does not consider 62%, Requires pass only 5%, Prefers but does not require target score 33%, Requires target score 0%
Fast Facts
| Total Training |
3 years |
| Average Residency Salary |
$60,000 |
| Average Physician Salary |
$245,000 |
| Average Physician Work Week |
47 Hours |
| Peak Interview Months |
November-January |
| Key Organizations and Societies |
Academic Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics: Pediatrics as a Profession, American Board of Pediatrics, American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Association of Pediatric Program Directors, Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics |
- If you are still in medical school, be sure to absolutely nail your Pediatrics rotation. How you do clinically can be more important than your USMLE exam scores.
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Match Statistics 2025
Main Residency Match and Post-Match Stats
267
Total Number of Available Programs
145
Post-Match SOAP Unfilled Positions
Post-Match SOAP
| Program Track |
Participating Programs |
Positions Available |
Filled Programs |
Filled Positions |
| Categorical |
44 |
144 |
39 |
139 |
| Preliminary |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Subspecialties
- Adolescent Medicine
- Child Abuse Pediatrics
- Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
- Medical Toxicology
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Endocrinology
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Pediatric Infectious Disease
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Pediatric Rheumatology
- Pediatric Sports Medicine
- Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
