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Emergency Medicine

Undifferentiated patients on the clock — broad, procedural, shift-based, and the specialty where the schedule genuinely ends when the shift does.

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A small number of EM programs still accept ERAS applications; confirm per program.

Among the 31 specialties

Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Emergency Medicine’s marks are joined by the thread — its shape is what makes this specialty unlike the others.

Training length
Training length: 3 years. Longer than 4 of the 30 specialties reporting; shorter than 18. Reported range across specialties: 2 years to 7 years.
Interviews per position
Interviews per position: 4.6×. More than 24 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 3. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
Residents in training
Residents in training: 10,847. More than 25 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 4. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
Programs
Programs: 299. More than 25 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 5. 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 12 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 15. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.

Every accredited program

Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs.

299 programs across 46 states

Alabama2

Arizona6

Arkansas3

California26

Colorado1

Connecticut2

Delaware2

District of Columbia2

Florida26

Georgia5

Illinois13

Indiana2

Iowa2

Kansas2

Kentucky2

Louisiana4

Maine1

Maryland2

Massachusetts6

Michigan26

Minnesota3

Mississippi3

Missouri5

Nebraska1

Nevada3

New Hampshire1

New Jersey12

New Mexico1

New York32

North Carolina7

Ohio18

Oklahoma5

Oregon1

Pennsylvania22

Puerto Rico2

Rhode Island2

South Carolina5

South Dakota1

Tennessee5

Texas20

Utah1

Vermont1

Virginia7

Washington2

West Virginia2

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

Current ACGME roster programs present in the ABEM pass-rate reportCurrent 2026-2027 ACGME Emergency Medicine roster
231programsabem.org, ABEM report published 2025
ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Emergency Medicine roster
299programsACGME, 2026-2027
Categorical Emergency Medicine tracksEmergency Medicine categorical tracks
313tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Emergency Medicine program signals availableApplicants to Emergency Medicine programs in the 2026-2027 ResidencyCAS cycle
5signalscordem.org, 2026-2027
NRMP live directory track countEmergency Medicine categorical tracks
313tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Preliminary Emergency Medicine tracksEmergency Medicine preliminary tracks
0tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Applicants ranking at least one Emergency Medicine programAll applicants who ranked at least one Emergency Medicine program in the 2026 Main Residency Match
3,616applicantsNRMP, 2026
Emergency Medicine PGY-1 position fill rateEmergency Medicine PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
95.6%NRMP, 2026
Emergency Medicine PGY-1 positions filledEmergency Medicine PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
3,058positionsNRMP, 2026
Emergency Medicine PGY-1 positions offeredEmergency Medicine PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
3,198positionsNRMP, 2026
Emergency Medicine PGY-1 positions unfilled after the matching algorithmEmergency Medicine PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
140positionsNRMP, 2026
Emergency Medicine programs participating in the 2026 Main Residency MatchEmergency Medicine programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
303programsNRMP, 2026
Mean contiguous Emergency Medicine ranks for matched U.S. MD seniorsConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Emergency Medicine specialty (n=1,027)
15.4ranksNRMP, 2024
Mean contiguous Emergency Medicine ranks for unmatched U.S. MD seniorsConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Emergency Medicine specialty (n=20)
4.5ranksNRMP, 2024
Mean research experiences for matched U.S. MD seniors preferring Emergency MedicineConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Emergency Medicine specialty (n=1,027)
2.8experiencesNRMP, 2024
USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Emergency Medicine specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Emergency Medicine specialty (n=1,027)
248pointsNRMP, 2024
USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Emergency Medicine specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Emergency Medicine specialty (n=20)
234pointsNRMP, 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.