Psychiatry Match Numbers Increase for 12th Consecutive Year

Psychiatry’s numbers have been increasing yearly since 2011. This year psychiatry was one of just 10 specialties with increases of more than 10% over the last five years.

A total of 1,746 U.S. medical school graduates—1,343 from allopathic schools and 403 from osteopathic schools—matched into psychiatry residency programs this year as part of the 2023 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). It marks the 12th year in a row that psychiatry’s match numbers have increased.

Graph: Number of US Medical School Graduates Opting for Psychiatry Continues Steady Climb

Additionally, 351 U.S. and non-U.S. international medical graduates (IMGs) and 46 other applicants (allopathic and osteopathic graduates from a previous year) also matched into psychiatry, bringing the total to 2,143 medical school graduates. Just 21 psychiatry positions went unfilled.

The annual match, in which the program choices of graduating medical students are paired with those of residency programs seeking trainees, is typically watched as an indicator of workforce size and makeup of the various medical specialties for the coming years. Psychiatry’s numbers have been increasing yearly since 2011. This year psychiatry was one of just 10 specialties with increases of more than 10% over the last five years.

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Author: Mark Moran

Published online 3.30.2023

Psychiatry Match Numbers Increase for 12th Consecutive Year was last modified: April 11th, 2023 by Heidi Rubens Cooper