Diagnostic Radiology
Reading the imaging the rest of the hospital orders, with little direct patient contact and a workload measured in studies rather than beds.
Among the 31 specialties
Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Diagnostic Radiology’s marks are joined by the thread — its shape is what makes this specialty unlike the others.
- Training length
- Training length: 4 years. Longer than 12 of the 30 specialties reporting; shorter than 9. Reported range across specialties: 2 years to 7 years.
- Interviews per position
- Interviews per position: 3.4×. More than 20 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 7. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
- Residents in training
- Residents in training: 5,698. More than 21 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 8. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
- Programs
- Programs: 201. More than 21 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 9. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
- States and territories
- States and territories: 46. More than 22 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 6. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
- Starting salary
- Starting salary: $67K. Higher than 6 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 21. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.
Every accredited program
Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs.
201 programs across 46 states
Alabama3
Birmingham
16 positions
36 positions
Mobile
20 positions
Arizona3
32 positions
32 positions
36 positions
Arkansas1
39 positions
California20
16 positions
Los Angeles
16 positions
Travis AFB
12 positions
Riverside
20 positions
12 positions
36 positions
24 positions
Panorama City
8 positions
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)
San Diego
28 positions
Riverside University Health System
Moreno Valley
10 positions
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
16 positions
San Jose
22 positions
45 positions
20 positions
48 positions
32 positions
39 positions
University of California (San Francisco)
San Francisco
56 positions
University of California Davis Health
Sacramento
32 positions
44 positions
Colorado1
Aurora
40 positions
Connecticut6
Bridgeport Hospital/Yale University
Bridgeport
16 positions
Hartford
20 positions
12 positions
Farmington
8 positions
New Haven
54 positions
12 positions
Delaware1
24 positions
District of Columbia2
Washington
19 positions
MedStar Health Georgetown University
Washington
24 positions
Florida11
Orlando
24 positions
20 positions
28 positions
24 positions
South Miami
24 positions
24 positions
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida
Miami Beach
20 positions
Gainesville
46 positions
28 positions
44 positions
32 positions
Georgia3
64 positions
HCA Healthcare/Mercer University School of Medicine/Memorial Health University Medical Center
Savannah
16 positions
Augusta
24 positions
Hawaii1
Tripler AMC
22 positions
Illinois10
12 positions
16 positions
28 positions
40 positions
Olympia Fields
20 positions
20 positions
Springfield
20 positions
Chicago
34 positions
23 positions
24 positions
Indiana2
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis
8 positions
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
68 positions
Iowa1
40 positions
Kansas2
16 positions
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City
24 positions
Kentucky2
32 positions
28 positions
Louisiana4
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)
Shreveport
17 positions
20 positions
New Orleans
32 positions
New Orleans
20 positions
Maine1
Portland
20 positions
Maryland3
Baltimore
43 positions
Bethesda
39 positions
Baltimore
40 positions
Massachusetts11
40 positions
40 positions
Burlington
24 positions
Mass General Brigham
Boston
72 positions
40 positions
32 positions
Cambridge
12 positions
Worcester
18 positions
Boston
22 positions
Springfield
24 positions
Worcester
28 positions
Michigan10
12 positions
Dearborn
24 positions
Corewell Health (Farmington Hills)
Farmington Hills
12 positions
40 positions
40 positions
50 positions
Henry Ford Providence Hospital
Southfield
16 positions
12 positions
14 positions
Ann Arbor
44 positions
Minnesota2
52 positions
Minneapolis
44 positions
Mississippi1
28 positions
Missouri4
28 positions
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia
28 positions
28 positions
72 positions
Nebraska2
12 positions
28 positions
Nevada2
20 positions
16 positions
New Hampshire1
24 positions
New Jersey7
Morristown
28 positions
20 positions
Hackensack
10 positions
Rutgers Health/Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch
12 positions
46 positions
12 positions
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick
32 positions
New Mexico1
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque
32 positions
New York24
Albany
20 positions
8 positions
New York
12 positions
32 positions
44 positions
20 positions
Brooklyn
16 positions
36 positions
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow
16 positions
32 positions
40 positions
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York
40 positions
Richmond University Medical Center
Staten Island
8 positions
Rochester
20 positions
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital
Stony Brook
25 positions
32 positions
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse
28 positions
Buffalo
16 positions
40 positions
Valhalla
20 positions
40 positions
16 positions
12 positions
20 positions
North Carolina3
Durham
56 positions
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill
36 positions
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem
40 positions
Ohio8
16 positions
40 positions
Cleveland
40 positions
Dayton
12 positions
Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus
44 positions
24 positions
32 positions
Toledo
16 positions
Oklahoma3
Oklahoma City
17 positions
16 positions
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City
24 positions
Oregon1
25 positions
Pennsylvania12
29 positions
Danville
24 positions
12 positions
36 positions
Allentown
20 positions
16 positions
28 positions
45 positions
24 positions
Philadelphia
28 positions
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia
58 positions
Pittsburgh
60 positions
Puerto Rico1
San Juan
16 positions
Rhode Island1
28 positions
South Carolina1
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
52 positions
Tennessee4
32 positions
24 positions
28 positions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
32 positions
Texas12
Houston
48 positions
28 positions
28 positions
15 positions
20 positions
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
JBSA Fort Sam Houston
40 positions
12 positions
16 positions
60 positions
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
San Antonio
44 positions
34 positions
53 positions
Utah1
Salt Lake City
32 positions
Vermont1
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington
24 positions
Virginia4
Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth)
Portsmouth
28 positions
Norfolk
20 positions
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville
41 positions
36 positions
Washington3
20 positions
Seattle
48 positions
12 positions
West Virginia1
Morgantown
32 positions
Wisconsin3
Milwaukee
20 positions
32 positions
44 positions
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
- Diagnostic Radiology gold program signals availableApplicants to participating Diagnostic Radiology residency programs in the 2027 MyERAS season
- 6signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- Diagnostic Radiology silver program signals availableApplicants to participating Diagnostic Radiology residency programs in the 2027 MyERAS season
- 9signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Diagnostic Radiology roster
- 201programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Advanced Diagnostic Radiology tracksDiagnostic Radiology advanced tracks
- 176tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Categorical Diagnostic Radiology tracksDiagnostic Radiology categorical tracks
- 36tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- NRMP live directory track countRadiology-Diagnostic tracks linked to the current ACGME roster
- 256tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Reserved physician Diagnostic Radiology tracksDiagnostic Radiology reserved physician tracks
- 44tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Applicants ranking at least one Radiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 programApplicants who ranked at least one Radiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 program in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 1,110applicantsNRMP, 2026
- Applicants ranking at least one Radiology-Diagnostic PGY-2 programApplicants who ranked at least one Radiology-Diagnostic PGY-2 program in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 1,741applicantsNRMP, 2026
- Applicants ranking at least one Radiology-Diagnostic physician-reserved programApplicants who ranked at least one Radiology-Diagnostic Physician (R) program in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 112applicantsNRMP, 2026
- Radiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 position fill rateRadiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 94.9%NRMP, 2026
- Radiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 positions filledRadiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 148positionsNRMP, 2026
- Radiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 positions offeredRadiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 156positionsNRMP, 2026
- Radiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 positions unfilled after the matching algorithmRadiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 8positionsNRMP, 2026
- Radiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 programs participating in the 2026 MatchRadiology-Diagnostic PGY-1 programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 34programsNRMP, 2026
- Radiology-Diagnostic PGY-2 programs participating in the 2026 MatchRadiology-Diagnostic advanced PGY-2 programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 173programsNRMP, 2026
- Radiology-Diagnostic physician-reserved programs participating in the 2026 MatchRadiology-Diagnostic Physician (R) programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 21programsNRMP, 2026
- U.S. MD senior preferred-specialty match rate for Diagnostic RadiologyU.S. MD seniors who preferred Diagnostic Radiology in the 2024 Main Residency Match
- 86.4%NRMP, 2024
- USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Diagnostic Radiology specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Diagnostic Radiology specialty (n=625)
- 256pointsNRMP, 2024
- USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Diagnostic Radiology specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Diagnostic Radiology specialty (n=86)
- 241pointsNRMP, 2024
How each measure is made
- Training length
- Most common accredited length across programs in this specialty.
- Residents in training
- Total approved positions across all training years, summed across programs.
- Programs
- Accredited programs currently published in our directory.
- States and territories
- Distinct states with at least one published program.
- Starting salary
- Median first-year resident salary across programs. Resident pay, not attending pay.
- Interviews per position
- Median interviews a program conducts for each position it offers.