Complete ranking of medical schools (MD & DO) by residency director scores (**March 2021 Updated USNWR Residency PD scores**)
| Actual Rank | School | PD Research | PD Primary Care | USNWR* | combined PD score | percentile | Step 1 | Step 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCSF | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4 | 9.2 | 100% | 238 | 250 |
| 2 | UPenn | 4.5 | 4.2 | 9 | 8.7 | 98% | 247 | 251 |
| 2 | University of Washington | 4.2 | 4.5 | 7 | 8.7 | 98% | 231 | 245 |
| 2 | Michigan | 4.5 | 4.2 | 15 | 8.7 | 98% | 242 | 250 |
| 5 | Harvard | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1 | 8.5 | 96% | 245 | 250 |
| 5 | JHU | 4.6 | 3.9 | 7 | 8.5 | 96% | 246 | 250 |
| 5 | Stanford | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 8.5 | 96% | 243 | 243 |
| 5 | NYU | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2 | 8.5 | 96% | 244 | 250 |
| 5 | Pitt | 4.3 | 4.2 | 13 | 8.5 | 96% | 232 | 249 |
| 10 | WashU | 4.5 | 3.9 | 11 | 8.4 | 95% | 242 | 250 |
| 10 | UCLA | 4.3 | 4.1 | 21 | 8.4 | 95% | 230 | 244 |
| 12 | Duke | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3 | 8.3 | 94% | 241 | 245 |
| 13 | Vanderbilt | 4.2 | 4 | 13 | 8.2 | 91% | 247 | 250 |
| 13 | Columbia | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4 | 8.2 | 91% | 238 | 244 |
| 13 | Northwestern | 4.2 | 4 | 15 | 8.2 | 91% | 249 | 253 |
| 13 | Emory | 4.1 | 4.1 | 22 | 8.2 | 91% | 239 | 249 |
| 13 | UNC | 4 | 4.2 | 24 | 8.2 | 91% | 233 | 249 |
| 13 | Mayo | 4.3 | 3.9 | 11 | 8.2 | 91% | 240 | 249 |
| 19 | Oregon | 3.8 | 4.2 | 29 | 8 | 89% | 225 | 242 |
| 19 | UChicago | 4.1 | 3.9 | 17 | 8 | 89% | 244 | 252 |
| 19 | Baylor | 4 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 89% | 244 | 252 |
| 19 | UT Southwestern | 4.1 | 3.9 | 26 | 8 | 89% | 239 | 251 |
| 23 | Cornell | 4.2 | 3.7 | 19 | 7.9 | 88% | 236 | 252 |
| 23 | UCSD | 4 | 3.9 | 19 | 7.9 | 88% | 234 | 249 |
| 23 | Yale | 4.1 | 3.8 | 10 | 7.9 | 87% | 244 | 248 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | 3.9 | 3.9 | 33 | 7.8 | 86% | 238 | 248 |
| 26 | Colorado | 3.7 | 4.1 | 27 | 7.8 | 86% | 226 | 245 |
| 26 | UVA | 3.9 | 3.9 | 31 | 7.8 | 86% | 242 | 252 |
| 29 | Iowa | 3.8 | 3.9 | 39 | 7.7 | 85% | 232 | 246 |
| 30 | Brown | 3.7 | 3.9 | 36 | 7.6 | 82% | 234 | 250 |
| 31 | USC Keck | 3.9 | 3.7 | 29 | 7.6 | 82% | 236 | 245 |
| 31 | Case Western | 3.9 | 3.7 | 25 | 7.6 | 82% | 237 | 246 |
| 31 | Minnesota | 3.7 | 3.9 | 42 | 7.6 | 82% | 228 | 243 |
| 31 | Ohio State | 3.8 | 3.8 | 33 | 7.6 | 82% | 236 | 252 |
| 31 | Rochester | 3.6 | 4 | 36 | 7.6 | 82% | 234 | 244 |
| 36 | Dartmouth | 3.7 | 3.8 | 45 | 7.5 | 81% | 237 | 245 |
| 36 | UAB Alabama | 3.7 | 3.8 | 32 | 7.5 | 81% | 227 | 240 |
| 38 | UC Davis | 3.7 | 3.7 | 48 | 7.4 | 78% | 219 | 238 |
| 38 | Utah | 3.7 | 3.7 | 41 | 7.4 | 78% | 239 | 242 |
| 38 | Boston Univeristy BU | 3.6 | 3.8 | 33 | 7.4 | 78% | 238 | 250 |
| 38 | Icahn Mt Sinai | 3.8 | 3.6 | 17 | 7.4 | 78% | 235 | 250 |
| 38 | Indiana | 3.6 | 3.8 | 42 | 7.4 | 78% | 233 | 242 |
| 43 | Georgetown | 3.6 | 3.7 | 55 | 7.3 | 78% | 232 | 243 |
| 43 | NYU LI | 3.5 | 3.8 | unranked | 7.3 | 77% | ||
| 45 | Tufts | 3.5 | 3.7 | 55 | 7.2 | 77% | 234 | 247 |
| 45 | Cincinnati | 3.4 | 3.8 | 42 | 7.2 | 76% | 241 | 248 |
| 46 | McGovern UT Houston | 3.6 | 3.5 | 53 | 7.1 | 74% | ||
| 46 | U Florida | 3.5 | 3.6 | 36 | 7.1 | 74% | 234 | 251 |
| 46 | Jefferson | 3.5 | 3.6 | 55 | 7.1 | 74% | 235 | 242 |
| 46 | Medical College of Wisconsin MCW | 3.4 | 3.7 | unranked | 7.1 | 74% | ||
| 46 | Maryland | 3.5 | 3.6 | 27 | 7.1 | 74% | 232 | 244 |
| 52 | Wake Forest | 3.5 | 3.5 | 48 | 7 | 72% | 231 | 247 |
| 52 | Miami | 3.5 | 3.5 | 45 | 7 | 72% | 232 | 245 |
| 52 | Albert Einstein | 3.3 | 3.7 | 39 | 7 | 72% | 236 | 249 |
| 55 | UC Irvine | 3.5 | 3.4 | 48 | 6.9 | 70% | 231 | 246 |
| 55 | UT San Antonio | 3.3 | 3.6 | 52 | 6.9 | 70% | 231 | 244 |
| 55 | GWU | 3.3 | 3.6 | 60 | 6.9 | 70% | ? | ? |
| 55 | Rush | 3.3 | 3.6 | 64 | 6.9 | 70% | 232 | 249 |
| 59 | UVermont | 3.2 | 3.6 | 66 | 6.8 | 68% | 228 | 245 |
| 59 | Kansas | 3.2 | 3.6 | 75 | 6.8 | 68% | 225 | 245 |
| 59 | Tulane | 3.2 | 3.6 | unranked | 6.8 | 68% | ||
| 59 | UMass | 3.2 | 3.6 | 45 | 6.8 | 68% | 235 | 246 |
| 59 | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Hebert) | 3.3 | 3.5 | unranked | 6.8 | 67% | ||
| 59 | MUSC | 3.3 | 3.5 | unranked | 6.8 | 67% | 229 | 243 |
| 65 | Nebraska | 3.1 | 3.6 | 54 | 6.7 | 63% | 229 | 245 |
| 65 | Connecticut | 3.1 | 3.6 | 61 | 6.7 | 63% | 227 | 244 |
| 65 | Loyola Stritch | 3.2 | 3.5 | unranked | 6.7 | 63% | 219 | 243 |
| 65 | Missouri | 3.1 | 3.6 | 75 | 6.7 | 63% | ? | ? |
| 65 | VCU | 3.2 | 3.5 | 61 | 6.7 | 63% | 230 | 246 |
| 65 | Wayne State | 3.1 | 3.6 | 66 | 6.7 | 63% | 233 | 243 |
| 65 | Illinois | 3.2 | 3.5 | 55 | 6.7 | 63% | 231 | 240 |
| 65 | Penn State | 3.2 | 3.5 | unranked | 6.7 | 63% | ||
| 73 | Louisville | 3.1 | 3.5 | 75 | 6.6 | 61% | 227 | 240 |
| 73 | Creighton | 3 | 3.6 | unranked | 6.6 | 61% | ||
| 73 | Saint Louis University SLU | 3 | 3.6 | 70 | 6.6 | 61% | 229 | 245 |
| 76 | Kentucky | 3.2 | 3.3 | 70 | 6.5 | 60% | 230 | 246 |
| 76 | Oklahoma | 3 | 3.5 | 74 | 6.5 | 60% | 229 | 245 |
| 78 | USF | 3.2 | 3.2 | 48 | 6.4 | 58% | 234 | 242 |
| 78 | LKSOM-Temple | 3 | 3.4 | 61 | 6.4 | 58% | 231 | 244 |
| 78 | Rutgers - RWJMS | 3.1 | 3.3 | 70 | 6.4 | 58% | 233 | 247 |
| 78 | UT Austin (Dell) | 3.1 | 3.3 | unranked | 6.4 | 58% | ||
| 82 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3.3 | 75 | 6.3 | 53% | 229 | 240 |
| 82 | Kaiser | 2.8 | 3.5 | unranked | 6.3 | 53% | ||
| 82 | Arizona Tucson | 3 | 3.3 | 70 | 6.3 | 53% | 227 | 242 |
| 82 | Rutgers - NJMS | 3 | 3.3 | 66 | 6.3 | 53% | 232 | 241 |
| 82 | Michigan State | 2.8 | 3.5 | unranked | 6.3 | 53% | ||
| 82 | Tennessee | 3 | 3.3 | 93-123 | 6.3 | 53% | 228 | 245 |
| 82 | SUNY Buffalo | 3 | 3.3 | 81 | 6.3 | 53% | 225 | 245 |
| 82 | Eastern Virginia Medical School EVMS | 2.9 | 3.4 | 88 | 6.3 | 53% | 236 | 244 |
| 82 | Missouri - Kansas City | 2.8 | 3.5 | 83 | 6.3 | 53% | 225 | 237 |
| 91 | Stony Brook | 3.1 | 3.1 | 55 | 6.2 | 53% | 230 | 249 |
| 91 | New Mexico | 2.8 | 3.4 | 81 | 6.2 | 52% | 226 | 237 |
| 91 | LSU New Orleans | 2.9 | 3.3 | unranked | 6.2 | 52% | ||
| 94 | UTMB | 3.1 | 3 | unranked | 6.1 | 48% | ||
| 94 | East Carolina (ECU) Brody | 2.7 | 3.4 | 93-123 | 6.1 | 48% | 231 | 243 |
| 94 | SUNY Upstate | 2.9 | 3.2 | 88 | 6.1 | 48% | 230 | 243 |
| 94 | Arkansas | 2.9 | 3.2 | 75 | 6.1 | 48% | 225 | 243 |
| 94 | U South Carolina | 2.8 | 3.3 | 90 | 6.1 | 48% | 230 | 237 |
| 94 | Arizona Phoenix | 2.7 | 3.4 | unranked | 6.1 | 48% | ||
| 100 | Hawaii | 2.7 | 3.3 | 64 | 6 | 46% | 229 | 242 |
| 100 | North Dakota | 2.5 | 3.5 | unranked | 6 | 46% | ||
| 100 | Mississippi | 2.8 | 3.2 | unranked | 6 | 46% | ||
| 100 | Wright State Boonshoft | 2.5 | 3.5 | 93-123 | 6 | 46% | 227 | 231 |
| 104 | RFU Chicago Medical School | 2.6 | 3.3 | unranked | 5.9 | 43% | ||
| 104 | Southern Illinois SIU | 2.6 | 3.3 | unranked | 5.9 | 43% | ||
| 104 | Drexel | 2.7 | 3.2 | 86 | 5.9 | 43% | 231 | 243 |
| 104 | Texas Tech Lubbock | 2.7 | 3.2 | 93-123 | 5.9 | 43% | 230 | 241 |
| 104 | Albany | 2.7 | 3.2 | unranked | 5.9 | 43% | ||
| 104 | Loma Linda | 2.8 | 3.1 | unranked | 5.9 | 43% | ||
| 104 | UC Riverside | 2.8 | 3.1 | 93-123 | 5.9 | 43% | 229 | 243 |
| 111 | Geisinger | 2.6 | 3.2 | unranked | 5.8 | 40% | ||
| 111 | MCG Augusta University | 2.6 | 3.2 | 75 | 5.8 | 40% | 236 | 247 |
| 111 | West Virginia University WVU | 2.7 | 3.1 | 83 | 5.8 | 40% | 232 | 245 |
| 111 | NYMC - New York Medical College | 2.6 | 3.2 | 90 | 5.8 | 40% | 233 | 241 |
| 111 | University of South Carolina--Greenville | 2.6 | 3.2 | unranked | 5.8 | 40% | ||
| 116 | SUNY Downstate | 2.7 | 3 | unranked | 5.7 | 38% | ||
| 116 | Virginia Tech | 2.7 | 3 | 83 | 5.7 | 38% | 237 | 249 |
| 116 | Toledo | 2.5 | 3.2 | 93-123 | 5.7 | 38% | 228 | 247 |
| 116 | Morehouse | 2.5 | 3.2 | unranked | 5.7 | 38% | ||
| 116 | University of Houston College of Medicine | 2.9 | 2.8 | unranked | 5.7 | 37% | ||
| 121 | Florida State FSU | 2.5 | 3.1 | 93-123 | 5.6 | 36% | 227 | 243 |
| 121 | University of North Texas Health Science Center Medical School | 2.4 | 3.2 | 93-123 | 5.6 | 36% | 227 | 238 |
| 123 | Howard | 2.5 | 3 | 93-123 | 5.5 | 33% | 215 | 226 |
| 123 | South Dakota | 2.3 | 3.2 | unranked | 5.5 | 33% | ||
| 123 | LSU Shreveport | 2.5 | 3 | 93-123 | 5.5 | 33% | 220 | 240 |
| 123 | Ohio University DO | 2.3 | 3.2 | 93-123 | 5.5 | 33% | ||
| 123 | Michigan State DO | 2.3 | 3.2 | unranked | 5.5 | 33% | ||
| 123 | Nevada Las Vegas | 2.5 | 3 | unranked | 5.5 | 33% | ||
| 129 | Oklahoma State DO | 2.3 | 3.1 | 93-123 | 5.4 | 28% | ||
| 129 | Mercer | 2.4 | 3 | unranked | 5.4 | 28% | ||
| 129 | Hofstra | 2.5 | 2.9 | 66 | 5.4 | 28% | 238 | 250 |
| 129 | University of New England DO | 2.1 | 3.3 | 93-123 | 5.4 | 28% | ||
| 129 | South Alabama | 2.4 | 3 | unranked | 5.4 | 28% | ||
| 129 | CUNY School of Medicine | 2.5 | 2.9 | unranked | 5.4 | 28% | ||
| 129 | Texas Tech El Paso | 2.4 | 3 | unranked | 5.4 | 28% | ||
| 129 | Northeast Ohio NEOMED | 2.3 | 3.1 | unranked | 5.4 | 28% | ||
| 129 | Meharry | 2.3 | 3.1 | unranked | 5.4 | 28% | ||
| 129 | Cooper | 2.4 | 3 | 93-123 | 5.4 | 28% | 233 | 244 |
| 139 | East Tennessee | 2.2 | 3.1 | 93-123 | 5.3 | 27% | 229 | 244 |
| 139 | KCU DO | 2.2 | 3.1 | unranked | 5.3 | 27% | ||
| 139 | University of Central Florida UCF | 2.4 | 2.9 | 86 | 5.3 | 26% | 253 | 247 |
| 139 | Marshall | 2.3 | 3 | 93-123 | 5.3 | 26% | 218 | 237 |
| 143 | Des Moines University DMU DO | 2 | 3.2 | unranked | 5.2 | 25% | ||
| 143 | PCOM DO | 2.1 | 3.1 | unranked | 5.2 | 25% | ||
| 143 | Quinnipiac | 2.3 | 2.9 | 93-123 | 5.2 | 23% | 236 | 248 |
| 143 | Nevada Reno | 2.3 | 2.9 | 90 | 5.2 | 23% | 232 | 244 |
| 143 | University of Puerto Rico | 2.4 | 2.8 | unranked | 5.2 | 23% | ||
| 148 | AT Still Kirkville DO | 1.9 | 3.2 | unranked | 5.1 | 22% | ||
| 148 | OUWB | 2.1 | 3 | unranked | 5.1 | 22% | ||
| 150 | Seton Hall | 2.2 | 2.7 | unranked | 4.9 | 18% | ||
| 150 | FIU | 2.2 | 2.7 | 93-123 | 4.9 | 18% | 241 | 246 |
| 150 | Midwestern Chicago DO | 2.1 | 2.8 | 93-123 | 4.9 | 18% | ||
| 150 | NYIT DO | 2.2 | 2.7 | unranked | 4.9 | 18% | ||
| 150 | Florida Altantic FAU | 2.2 | 2.7 | 93-123 | 4.9 | 18% | 231 | 249 |
| 150 | Washington State | 2.2 | 2.7 | unranked | 4.9 | 18% | ||
| 150 | Western Michigan | 2.1 | 2.8 | unranked | 4.9 | 18% | ||
| 157 | Central Michigan CMU | 2.1 | 2.7 | unranked | 4.8 | 17% | ||
| 157 | UTRGV | 2.1 | 2.7 | unranked | 4.8 | 17% | ||
| 157 | Edward VCOM DO | 1.9 | 2.9 | 93-123 | 4.8 | 16% | ||
| 157 | LECOM DO | 1.8 | 3 | 93-123 | 4.8 | 16% | ||
| 161 | Western U DO | 2 | 2.7 | 93-123 | 4.7 | 15% | ||
| 162 | West Virginia DO | 2 | 2.7 | 93-123 | 4.7 | 15% | ||
| 162 | Rowan DO | 1.9 | 2.7 | 93-123 | 4.6 | 13% | ||
| 162 | Rocky Vista DO | 1.8 | 2.8 | unranked | 4.6 | 13% | ||
| 162 | Texas Christian University | 2.1 | 2.5 | unranked | 4.6 | 13% | ||
| 162 | Touro California DO | 1.9 | 2.7 | 93-123 | 4.6 | 13% | ||
| 167 | PNWU DO | 1.8 | 2.7 | unranked | 4.5 | 12% | ||
| 167 | AT Still Mesa DO | 1.7 | 2.8 | unranked | 4.5 | 12% | ||
| 167 | Ponce | 2.1 | 2.4 | unranked | 4.5 | 12% | ||
| 170 | Lincoln Memorial Debusk DO | 1.7 | 2.7 | 93-123 | 4.4 | 11% | ||
| 170 | Midwestern AZ DO | 1.8 | 2.6 | 93-123 | 4.4 | 11% | ||
| 172 | Marian DO | 1.6 | 2.7 | unranked | 4.3 | 10% | ||
| 172 | Touro DO | 1.7 | 2.6 | unranked | 4.3 | 9% | ||
| 172 | California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine | 1.7 | 2.6 | unranked | 4.3 | 9% | ||
| 175 | Nova DO | 1.7 | 2.5 | 93-123 | 4.2 | 7% | ||
| 175 | Nova MD | 1.7 | 2.5 | unranked | 4.2 | 7% | ||
| 175 | Liberty DO | 1.7 | 2.5 | unranked | 4.2 | 7% | ||
| 175 | Carle Illinois | 1.9 | 2.3 | unranked | 4.2 | 7% | ||
| 179 | Pikeville DO | 1.5 | 2.6 | 93-123 | 4.1 | 6% | ||
| 179 | Campbell DO | 1.7 | 2.4 | unranked | 4.1 | 6% | ||
| 181 | Califonia University of Science and Medicine | 1.7 | 2.3 | unranked | 4 | 4% | ||
| 181 | William Carey DO | 1.5 | 2.5 | 94-122 | 4 | 4% | ||
| 181 | San Juan Bautista | 1.7 | 2.3 | unranked | 4 | 4% | ||
| 184 | Alabama DO | 1.6 | 2.3 | unranked | 3.9 | 3% | ||
| 184 | California Northstate | 1.6 | 2.3 | unranked | 3.9 | 3% | ||
| 186 | Idaho DO | 1.5 | 2.2 | unranked | 3.7 | 2% | ||
| 186 | Arkansas DO | 1.6 | 2.1 | unranked | 3.7 | 2% | ||
| 186 | Universidad Central del Caribe | 1.6 | 2.1 | unranked | 3.7 | 2% | ||
| 189 | Burrell DO | 1.5 | 2.1 | unranked | 3.6 | 1% | ||
| 189 | Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine | 1.4 | 2.2 | unranked | 3.6 | 1% | ||
| 191 | Incarnate Word DO | 1.5 | 2 | unranked | 3.5 | 0% | ||
| Some notes: |
- Like last year, I have assigned equal weight to research and primary care rankings and simply added them together to make the total score.
- Every school on USNWR is covered, including those that have "Ranking Not Published (RNP)" designations.
- Though the residency director ratings may be better than the aggregate USNWR rankings, there are reasons to be skeptical. How are program directors polled on these rankings? It is hard to imagine many PDs sitting down and forming a rank list of 185 institutions with any kind of significant reproducibility or resolution. More transparency in the methodology of these ratings would be useful.
- Please let me know if there are typos or other errors and I will fix them ASAP.
- I added step 1 and step 2 scores when they were available (still updating this fwiw)
also for the record, I stand by what I said on SDN - While speculation about this may yield interesting results, I'd like to remind people that USNWR rankings have faced very legitimate criticisms and this study (Gollehon NS, Stansfield RB, Gruppen LD, et al. Assessing Residents' Competency at Baseline: How Much Does the Medical School Matter?. J Grad Med Educ. 2017;9(5):616–621. doi:10.4300/JGME-D-17-00024.1) showed that "Our results suggest that residents' medical school of origin is weakly correlated with clinical competency as measured by a standardized OSCE."
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