Dermatology
Skin, hair, and nails, overwhelmingly in clinic, mixing pattern recognition at speed with a steady procedural and cosmetic component.
- Training
- 3 years
- Entry
- Direct from medical school
- Apply through
- ERAS
- Match through
- NRMP Main Match
- Accredited programs
- 144
Among the 31 specialties
What sets Dermatology apart most is first-year resident pay: $66K, higher than 2 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. Dermatology’s is the coloured dot — point anywhere along a rail to name the others.
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- Programs
- Programs: 144. More than 18 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 12. 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: 3.3×. More than 14 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 9. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
- Residents in training
- Residents in training: 1,870. More than 12 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 17. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
- States and territories
- States and territories: 42. More than 15 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 15. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
- First-year resident pay
- First-year resident pay: $66K. Higher than 2 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 25. 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.
144 across 42 states
Alabama1
Arizona4
Arkansas1
California11
Colorado1
Connecticut2
District of Columbia3
Florida11
Georgia3
Illinois7
Indiana1
Iowa1
Kansas1
Kentucky1
Louisiana2
Maryland3
Massachusetts4
Michigan7
Minnesota3
Mississippi1
Missouri5
Nebraska1
New Hampshire1
New Jersey3
New Mexico1
New York12
North Carolina4
Ohio7
Oklahoma1
Oregon2
Pennsylvania8
Puerto Rico2
Rhode Island1
South Carolina1
Tennessee2
Texas13
Utah1
Vermont1
Virginia5
Washington1
West Virginia1
Wisconsin3
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.
Measured over time
- Main Match PGY-2 positions2022–2026 · Dermatology PGY-2 tracks in the Main Residency Match
- 546positionsMain Match PGY-2 positions: 2022, 492; 2023, 499; 2024, 517; 2025, 524; 2026, 546.NRMP, 2026
Most recent reported
- Gold program signalsDermatology applicants in the 2027 MyERAS application season
- 3signalsAAMC, 2027 MyERAS application season
- Silver program signalsDermatology applicants in the 2027 MyERAS application season
- 25signalsAAMC, 2027 MyERAS application season
- ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Dermatology roster
- 144programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Advanced Dermatology tracksDermatology advanced tracks
- 163tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Categorical Dermatology tracksDermatology categorical tracks
- 16tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- NRMP live directory track countDermatology tracks linked to the current ACGME roster
- 210tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Reserved physician Dermatology tracksDermatology reserved physician tracks
- 31tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- 2026 Main Match PGY-1 filled positionsDermatology PGY-1 tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 31positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match PGY-1 positionsDermatology PGY-1 tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 31positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match PGY-1 programsDermatology PGY-1 tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 15programsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match PGY-1 total applicantsApplicants ranking at least one Dermatology PGY-1 track in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 299applicantsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match PGY-2 fill rateDermatology PGY-2 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 99.8%NRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match PGY-2 filled positionsDermatology PGY-2 tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 545positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match PGY-2 positionsDermatology PGY-2 tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 546positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match PGY-2 programsDermatology PGY-2 tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 156programsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match PGY-2 total applicantsApplicants ranking at least one Dermatology PGY-2 track in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 1,103applicantsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match physician-reserved applicantsApplicants ranking at least one Dermatology physician-reserved track in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 122applicantsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match physician-reserved positionsDermatology physician-reserved tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 25positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- 2026 Main Match physician-reserved programsDermatology physician-reserved tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 18programsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Matched PGY-2 non-U.S. IMGsDermatology PGY-2 matched applicants in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 4matchedNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Matched PGY-2 U.S. DO graduatesDermatology PGY-2 matched applicants in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 10matchedNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Matched PGY-2 U.S. DO seniorsDermatology PGY-2 matched applicants in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 30matchedNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Matched PGY-2 U.S. IMGsDermatology PGY-2 matched applicants in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 9matchedNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Matched PGY-2 U.S. MD graduatesDermatology PGY-2 matched applicants in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 58matchedNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Matched PGY-2 U.S. MD seniorsDermatology PGY-2 matched applicants in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 434matchedNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE scoreUnmatched U.S. DO seniors preferring Dermatology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 556pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE scoreMatched U.S. DO seniors preferring Dermatology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 612pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- Step 2 CK scoreUnmatched U.S. DO seniors preferring Dermatology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 246pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- Step 2 CK scoreMatched U.S. DO seniors preferring Dermatology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 250pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- Step 2 CK scoreMatched U.S. MD seniors preferring Dermatology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 257pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- Step 2 CK scoreUnmatched U.S. MD seniors preferring Dermatology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 250pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- U.S. DO seniors matchedU.S. DO seniors preferring Dermatology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 34applicantsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- U.S. DO seniors unmatchedU.S. DO seniors preferring Dermatology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 37applicantsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- U.S. MD seniors matchedU.S. MD seniors preferring Dermatology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 314applicantsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- U.S. MD seniors unmatchedU.S. MD seniors preferring Dermatology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 126applicantsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
Specialties that measure like this one
Nearest on the six measures above — length, competitiveness, scale, geography, pay. Not a claim that the work is similar, and not a recommendation.
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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.