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Family Medicine

The widest scope in medicine and the largest number of positions, spanning newborns to hospice with continuity as the core of the work.

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Among the 31 specialties

Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Family 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: 4.2×. More than 23 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 4. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
Residents in training
Residents in training: 18,662. More than 28 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 1. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
Programs
Programs: 820. More than 30 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 0. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
States and territories
States and territories: 52. More than 30 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 0. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
Starting salary
Starting salary: $67K. Higher than 3 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 24. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.

Every accredited program

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

820 programs across 52 states

Alabama12

Alaska1

Arizona18

Arkansas15

California87

Colorado13

Connecticut6

Delaware4

District of Columbia1

Florida39

Georgia20

Hawaii5

Idaho9

Illinois34

Indiana18

Iowa8

Kansas6

Kentucky10

Louisiana14

Maine4

Maryland7

Massachusetts7

Michigan39

Minnesota14

Mississippi8

Missouri16

Montana3

Nebraska5

Nevada7

New Hampshire4

New Jersey24

New Mexico6

New York42

North Carolina21

North Dakota6

Ohio40

Oklahoma13

Oregon9

Pennsylvania57

Puerto Rico6

Rhode Island2

South Carolina19

South Dakota3

Tennessee13

Texas44

Utah5

Vermont2

Virginia17

Washington27

West Virginia8

Wisconsin19

Wyoming3

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

required_training_lengthACGME-accredited Family Medicine residency educational programs
36monthsACGME, effective 2026-07-01
abfm_direct_id_program_matchesCurrent 820-program Family Medicine canonical roster and its linked authorized source layer
804programstheabfm.org, 2026-2027
acgme_ads_live_detail_successesCurrent 820-program Family Medicine canonical roster and its linked authorized source layer
194programsACGME, 2026-2027
acgme_cloud_current_roster_matchesCurrent 820-program Family Medicine canonical roster and its linked authorized source layer
819programsACGME, 2026-2027
current_acgme_roster_program_countPrograms in the ACGME Family Medicine academic-year 2026-2027 public roster on the snapshot date
820programsACGME, 2026-2027
freida_structured_program_matchesCurrent 820-program Family Medicine canonical roster and its linked authorized source layer
807programsfreida.ama-assn.org, 2026-2027
nrmp_current_active_track_countCurrent 820-program Family Medicine canonical roster and its linked authorized source layer
823tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
2026_fill_rate_categorical_plus_combinedAAFP definition: Family Medicine categorical plus selected combined programs
83.7%aafp.org, 2026 Main Residency Match
2026_main_match_fill_rateFamily Medicine positions in the NRMP public news definition
83.6%NRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
2026_main_match_positions_offeredFamily Medicine positions in the NRMP public news definition
5,491positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
2026_main_match_positions_unfilledFamily Medicine positions unfilled when the matching algorithm was processed
899positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
2026_positions_filled_categorical_plus_combinedAAFP definition: Family Medicine categorical plus selected combined programs
4,613positionsaafp.org, 2026 Main Residency Match
2026_positions_offered_categorical_plus_combinedAAFP definition: Family Medicine categorical plus Emergency Medicine-Family Medicine and Psychiatry-Family Medicine combined programs
5,512positionsaafp.org, 2026 Main Residency Match
positions_change_from_2025Year-over-year change in Family Medicine positions offered
134positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
2025_main_match_fill_rate_contextPrior-year Family Medicine fill-rate context
85%NRMP, 2025 Main Residency Match

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.