IMG profile
Average Stats for a Matched US IMG in 2024:
- Pct. that passed USMLE Step 1 on first attempt 97.6%
- USMLE Step 2 CK score: 234
- Research: 3
- Abstracts/Presentations/Publications: 5
- Work: 4
- Volunteer: 8
Average Stats for a Matched Non-US IMG in 2024:
- Pct. that passed USMLE Step 1 on first attempt 94.7%
- USMLE Step 2 CK score: 235
- Research: 2
- Abstract/Presentations/Publications: 2
- Work: 4
- Volunteer: 5
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 Psychiatry below:
Frequency and Mean Importance Ratings of Each Factor Considered in Deciding Who to Interview
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)/Dean`s Letter: 88% (4.2)
- Letters of recommendation in the specialty: 84% (4.0)
- Grades in clerkship in desired specialty: 70% (4.2)
- Personal prior knowledge of the applicant: 63% (3.9)
- Grades in required clerkships: 63% (4.1)
- Evidence of continuous medical education without gaps: 59% (4.1)
- Class ranking/quartile: 57% (4.0)
- Awards or special honors in clinical clerkships: 52% (3.4)
- Audition elective/rotation within your department: 52% (4.1)
- Awards or special honors in clerkship in desired specialty: 46% (3.8)
- Ability to work legally in the U.S. without a visa: 43% (4.6)
- Accreditation status of applicant`s medical school: 43% (4.5)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) membership: 39% (3.8)
- Consistency of grades: 39% (4.0)
- Graduate of highly-regarded medical or osteopathic school: 34% (3.6)
- Visa status: 30% (4.0)
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) membership: 30% (3.7)
- Applicant was flagged with Match violation by the NRMP: 29% (4.9)
- Away rotation in your specialty at another institution: 16% (3.5)
- Awards or special honors in basic sciences: 16% (2.8)
- Sigma Sigma Phi (osteopathic honor society) membership: 9% (4.6)
- How applicant`s medical school handled virtual rotations: 9% (3.5)
Frequency and Mean Importance Ratings of Each Factor Considered in Deciding Who to Rank
- Interpersonal skills: 93% (4.9)
- Interactions with faculty during interview and visit: 91% (4.9)
- Interactions with house staff during interview and visit: 87% (4.8)
- Feedback from current residents: 76% (4.8)
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)/Dean`s Letter: 56% (4.1)
- Grades in required clerkships: 44% (3.9)
- Grades in clerkship in desired specialty: 42% (4.0)
- Evidence of continuous medical education without gaps: 40% (4.2)
- Class ranking/quartile: 40% (4.0)
- Awards or special honors in clinical clerkships: 38% (3.6)
- Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) membership: 27% (3.8)
- Consistency of grades: 27% (3.9)
- Awards or special honors in clerkship in desired specialty: 27% (4.1)
- Graduate of highly-regarded medical or osteopathic school: 24% (3.9)
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) membership: 22% (3.2)
- Accreditation status of applicant`s medical school: 20% (4.2)
- Other post-interview contact: 18% (3.5)
- Applicant facility with meeting platform technology: 11% (3.7)
- Sigma Sigma Phi (osteopathic honor society) membership: 9% (3.2)
- Second interview/visit: 9% (3.0)
- Awards or special honors in basic sciences: 7% (3.2)
- How applicant`s medical school handled virtual rotations: 2% (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 35%, Seldom 45%, Never 20%
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Non-US IMG: Often 16%, Seldom 52%, Never 32%
% of Programs Ranking IMGs:
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US IMG: Often 36%, Seldom 36%, Never 27%
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Non-US IMG: Often 13%, Seldom 45%, Never 42%
% 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 4%, Requires pass only 36%, Prefers but does not require target score 16%, Requires target score 44%
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Step 3: Does not consider 45%, Requires pass only 10%, Prefers but does not require target score 40%, Requires target score 35%
Fast Facts
| Total Training |
4 years |
| Average Residency Salary |
$60,000 |
| Average Physician Salary |
$288,000 |
| Average Work Week |
46.5 Hours |
| Peak Interview Months |
October-February |
| Key Organizations and Societies |
American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American College of Psychiatrists, American Academy for Emergency Psychiatry, American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychoanalytic Association, Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, Association of Women Psychiatrists, Society of Biological Psychiatry |
- Psychiatry is one of the few medical specialties that truly cares more about you as a person and professional than about your USMLE exams.
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Match Statistics 2025
Main Residency Match and Post-Match Stats
404
Total Number of Available Programs
8
Post-Match SOAP Unfilled Positions
Post-Match SOAP
| Program Track |
Participating Programs |
Positions Available |
Filled Programs |
Filled Positions |
| PGY-1 |
6 |
12 |
5 |
8 |
Subspecialties
- Addiction Psychiatry
- Brain Injury Medicine
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry/Psychosomatic Medicine
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Geriatric Psychiatry
