Child Neurology
Neurology for developing brains, entered through two years of pediatrics — heavy on epilepsy, neurogenetics, and long relationships with families.
- Training
- 3 years
- Entry
- Direct from medical school
- Apply through
- ERAS
- Match through
- NRMP Main Match
- Accredited programs
- 84
Among the 31 specialties
What sets Child Neurology apart most is interviews per position: 4.8×, more than 26 of 28.
Every rail is one dot per specialty, ordered lowest to highest, so all six read as one profile. Dots stack where specialties share a value. Child Neurology’s is the coloured dot — point anywhere along a rail to name the others.
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- Programs
- Programs: 84. More than 8 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 21. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
- Training length
- Training length: 3 years. Longer than 4 of the 31 specialties reporting; shorter than 18. Reported range across specialties: 2 years to 7 years.
- Interviews per position
- Interviews per position: 4.8×. More than 26 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 1. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
- Residents in training
- Residents in training: 695. More than 7 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 22. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
- States and territories
- States and territories: 38. More than 10 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 19. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
- First-year resident pay
- First-year resident pay: $70K. Higher than 26 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 1. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.
Programs ranges from 5 to 820 across 31 specialties. The middle half sit between 82 and 210.
Training length ranges from 2 years to 7 years across 31 specialties. The middle half sit between 3 years and 5 years.
Interviews per position ranges from 1.0× to 5.0× across 28 specialties. The middle half sit between 2.7× and 3.5×.
Residents in training ranges from 99 to 40,131 across 30 specialties. The middle half sit between 718 and 6,616.
States and territories ranges from 4 to 52 across 31 specialties. The middle half sit between 35 and 46.
First-year resident pay ranges from $60K to $73K across 28 specialties. The middle half sit between $67K and $69K.
Every accredited program
Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs. Open any row for its deadlines, salary, visas, and reported outcomes.
84 across 38 states
Alabama1
Arizona1
Arkansas1
California8
Colorado1
Connecticut1
Delaware1
District of Columbia1
Florida4
Georgia2
Illinois2
Indiana1
Iowa1
Kentucky2
Louisiana1
Maryland2
Massachusetts3
Michigan3
Minnesota2
Mississippi1
Missouri3
Nebraska1
New Jersey2
New Mexico1
New York11
North Carolina3
Ohio4
Oklahoma1
Oregon1
Pennsylvania4
Puerto Rico1
South Carolina1
Tennessee2
Texas4
Utah1
Virginia2
Washington1
Wisconsin2
What the sources report
Published by the bodies that collect them. Each figure carries the year it describes, which is not always the year it was published.
Most recent reported
- 2027 ERAS Child Neurology gold signalsOfficial 2027 ERAS Child Neurology specialty/program page
- 3signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- 2027 ERAS Child Neurology silver signalsOfficial 2027 ERAS Child Neurology specialty/program page
- 6signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- 2027 ERAS Child Neurology total signalsOfficial 2027 ERAS Child Neurology specialty/program page
- 9signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- 2027 ERAS Participating Child Neurology programsOfficial 2027 ERAS Child Neurology specialty/program page
- 72programsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- 2027 ERAS Unregistered Child Neurology programsOfficial 2027 ERAS Child Neurology specialty/program page
- 11programsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- ACGME roster programs not listed on the 2027 ERAS Child Neurology pageOfficial 2027 ERAS Child Neurology specialty/program page
- 1programsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Child Neurology roster
- 84programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Advanced Child Neurology tracksChild Neurology advanced tracks
- 12tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Categorical Child Neurology tracksChild Neurology categorical tracks
- 90tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- NRMP live directory track countChild Neurology tracks linked to the current ACGME roster
- 141tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Reserved physician Child Neurology tracksChild Neurology reserved physician tracks
- 39tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-1 applicants2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-1 positions
- 329applicantsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-1 filled positions2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-1 positions
- 205positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-1 participating programs2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-1 positions
- 83programsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-1 position fill rate2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-1 positions
- 97.2%NRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-1 positions offered2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-1 positions
- 211positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-1 unfilled positions2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-1 positions
- 6positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-2 applicants2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-2 positions
- 79applicantsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-2 filled positions2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-2 positions
- 8positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-2 participating programs2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-2 positions
- 5programsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-2 position fill rate2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-2 positions
- 88.9%NRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-2 positions offered2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-2 positions
- 9positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology PGY-2 unfilled positions2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology PGY-2 positions
- 1positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology Physician (R) applicants2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology Physician (R) positions
- 21applicantsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology Physician (R) filled positions2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology Physician (R) positions
- 13positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology Physician (R) participating programs2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology Physician (R) positions
- 18programsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology Physician (R) position fill rate2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology Physician (R) positions
- 56.5%NRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology Physician (R) positions offered2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology Physician (R) positions
- 23positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 NRMP Child Neurology Physician (R) unfilled positions2026 Main Residency Match Child Neurology Physician (R) positions
- 10positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2024 matched U.S. DO senior mean COMLEX-USA Level 2-CEU.S. senior applicants preferring Child Neurology who consented to research use
- 535pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- 2024 matched U.S. DO senior mean USMLE Step 2 CKU.S. senior applicants preferring Child Neurology who consented to research use
- 244pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- 2024 matched U.S. DO seniorsU.S. senior applicants preferring Child Neurology who consented to research use
- 17applicantsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- 2024 matched U.S. MD senior mean USMLE Step 2 CKU.S. senior applicants preferring Child Neurology who consented to research use
- 248pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- 2024 matched U.S. MD seniorsU.S. senior applicants preferring Child Neurology who consented to research use
- 115applicantsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- 2024 unmatched U.S. DO senior mean COMLEX-USA Level 2-CEU.S. senior applicants preferring Child Neurology who consented to research use
- 486pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- 2024 unmatched U.S. DO senior mean USMLE Step 2 CKU.S. senior applicants preferring Child Neurology who consented to research use
- 246pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- 2024 unmatched U.S. DO seniorsU.S. senior applicants preferring Child Neurology who consented to research use
- 4applicantsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- 2024 unmatched U.S. MD senior mean USMLE Step 2 CKU.S. senior applicants preferring Child Neurology who consented to research use
- 230pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- 2024 unmatched U.S. MD seniorsU.S. senior applicants preferring Child Neurology who consented to research use
- 2applicantsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
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How each measure is made
- Training length
- How many years the accredited residency itself runs. Specialties you enter at PGY-2 need a separately matched preliminary or transitional year before this clock starts, and any fellowship comes after it.Accredited length across programs in this specialty. A few specialties run both lengths — Emergency Medicine has three-year and four-year programs — and are shown as a range.
- Residents in training
- How many residents the specialty holds at once, counting every training year at every program. It is a measure of the field’s size rather than of its annual intake — divide by the training length for a rough sense of how many start each year.Total approved positions across all training years, summed across programs.
- Programs
- How many separately accredited residency programs the specialty has. Each one is its own application, its own interview, and its own line on your rank list.Accredited programs currently published in our directory.
- States and territories
- How many states and territories have at least one program. This is the geography question: a specialty with 400 programs across 20 states is far more concentrated than one with 100 spread across 45.Distinct states with at least one published program.
- First-year resident pay
- What you are paid during your first year of training, before any of it becomes an attending salary. The spread across specialties is narrow — this is not the number that separates them.Median PGY-1 stipend across programs — what you are paid during residency, not what the specialty earns afterwards.
- Interviews per position
- How many applicants a program interviews for each position it offers — at 4×, a program with ten spots interviews about forty people. It is a read on how far the field narrows at the interview stage, not on how many applied.Median interviews a program conducts for each position it offers.