General Surgery
Five years of broad operative training that is as much perioperative decision-making as it is time in the operating room, and the gateway to most surgical fellowships.
Among the 31 specialties
Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. General Surgery’s marks are joined by the thread — its shape is what makes this specialty unlike the others.
- Training length
- Training length: 5 years. Longer than 21 of the 30 specialties reporting; shorter than 3. Reported range across specialties: 2 years to 7 years.
- Interviews per position
- Interviews per position: 2.7×. More than 6 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 21. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
- Residents in training
- Residents in training: 11,759. More than 27 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 2. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
- Programs
- Programs: 367. More than 28 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 2. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
- States and territories
- States and territories: 48. More than 26 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 4. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
- Starting salary
- Starting salary: $67K. Higher than 9 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 17. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.
Every accredited program
Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs.
367 programs across 48 states
Alabama4
Birmingham
30 positions
15 positions
55 positions
Mobile
34 positions
Arizona7
Glendale
20 positions
18 positions
52 positions
Phoenix
20 positions
29 positions
51 positions
69 positions
Arkansas1
37 positions
California27
29 positions
Los Angeles
38 positions
15 positions
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs
15 positions
Riverside
18 positions
HCA Healthcare/Los Robles Regional Medical Center
Thousand Oaks
15 positions
Pasadena
21 positions
31 positions
17 positions
Bakersfield
12 positions
50 positions
47 positions
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)
San Diego
34 positions
26 positions
French Camp
23 positions
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
20 positions
18 positions
61 positions
22 positions
52 positions
48 positions
52 positions
University of California (San Francisco)
San Francisco
61 positions
30 positions
University of California Davis Health
Sacramento
66 positions
48 positions
54 positions
Colorado5
20 positions
HCA HealthONE/Swedish Medical Center
Englewood
20 positions
35 positions
10 positions
Aurora
80 positions
Connecticut6
St Mary's Hospital (Waterbury)
Waterbury
13 positions
18 positions
Farmington
55 positions
12 positions
New Haven
66 positions
24 positions
Delaware2
15 positions
37 positions
District of Columbia3
Washington
27 positions
Washington
33 positions
68 positions
Florida29
38 positions
28 positions
20 positions
Fort Lauderdale
30 positions
26 positions
45 positions
30 positions
Florida State University College of Medicine
Tallahassee
17 positions
36 positions
HCA Florida Healthcare/Lawnwood Hospital
Fort Pierce
15 positions
HCA Florida Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME - Tampa North/Bayonet Point Hospital
Hudson
18 positions
24 positions
26 positions
16 positions
HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital
Orange Park
21 positions
Lakeland
20 positions
South Miami
10 positions
28 positions
Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Florida
Pembroke Pines
30 positions
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida
Miami Beach
24 positions
Orlando
36 positions
15 positions
29 positions
15 positions
Gainesville
48 positions
33 positions
University of Miami Hospital and Clinics
Fort Lauderdale
15 positions
56 positions
46 positions
Georgia7
30 positions
78 positions
HCA Healthcare/Mercer University School of Medicine/Memorial Health University Medical Center
Savannah
25 positions
Augusta
36 positions
Atlanta
26 positions
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Gainesville
34 positions
21 positions
Hawaii2
Tripler AMC
25 positions
Honolulu
25 positions
Illinois13
Park Ridge
37 positions
12 positions
24 positions
52 positions
43 positions
Olympia Fields
15 positions
68 positions
Springfield
27 positions
Chicago
44 positions
71 positions
42 positions
24 positions
25 positions
Indiana3
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis
15 positions
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
75 positions
Fort Wayne
20 positions
Iowa3
24 positions
MercyOne Des Moines/PHC Consortium
Des Moines
20 positions
41 positions
Kansas3
HCA Healthcare Kansas City/Menorah Medical Center
Overland Park
25 positions
37 positions
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City
30 positions
Kentucky3
58 positions
10 positions
56 positions
Louisiana6
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)
Shreveport
30 positions
77 positions
New Orleans
43 positions
15 positions
New Orleans
37 positions
Shreveport
15 positions
Maine1
Portland
31 positions
Maryland9
Annapolis
20 positions
Baltimore
55 positions
22 positions
Hagerstown
15 positions
Bethesda
46 positions
Baltimore
20 positions
Baltimore
20 positions
Salisbury
22 positions
Baltimore
48 positions
Massachusetts10
Pittsfield
12 positions
72 positions
23 positions
37 positions
Burlington
29 positions
59 positions
67 positions
Boston
30 positions
Springfield
41 positions
Worcester
53 positions
Michigan24
20 positions
46 positions
20 positions
Corewell Health (Farmington Hills)
Farmington Hills
15 positions
38 positions
Detroit
18 positions
54 positions
Garden City
15 positions
Grand Blanc
20 positions
34 positions
20 positions
Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford Macomb Hospital
Clinton Township
25 positions
15 positions
Henry Ford Providence Hospital
Southfield
24 positions
Detroit
27 positions
22 positions
15 positions
McLaren Health Care/Macomb/MSU
Mount Clemens
25 positions
Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital
Ypsilanti
30 positions
14 positions
Ann Arbor
46 positions
26 positions
11 positions
30 positions
Minnesota3
Minneapolis
29 positions
69 positions
Minneapolis
59 positions
Mississippi2
Keesler AFB
24 positions
38 positions
Missouri6
15 positions
10 positions
37 positions
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia
34 positions
29 positions
56 positions
Nebraska2
27 positions
38 positions
Nevada3
28 positions
29 positions
Las Vegas
28 positions
New Hampshire1
36 positions
New Jersey15
Morristown
43 positions
29 positions
27 positions
16 positions
10 positions
37 positions
Teaneck
10 positions
15 positions
25 positions
20 positions
Rutgers Health/Community Medical Center
Toms River
20 positions
70 positions
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick
55 positions
20 positions
Voorhees
25 positions
New Mexico1
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque
42 positions
New York40
Albany
38 positions
Cooperstown
25 positions
24 positions
Brooklyn
24 positions
Smithtown
15 positions
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Flushing
15 positions
Middletown
15 positions
New York
24 positions
96 positions
15 positions
23 positions
Brooklyn
37 positions
18 positions
80 positions
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow
24 positions
39 positions
43 positions
53 positions
20 positions
Flushing
31 positions
15 positions
35 positions
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York
63 positions
15 positions
32 positions
Bronx
24 positions
St John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore
Far Rockaway
20 positions
Stony Brook
48 positions
Stony Brook Medicine/Southampton Hospital
Southampton
20 positions
60 positions
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse
45 positions
Buffalo
53 positions
48 positions
Valhalla
33 positions
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
Brooklyn
20 positions
68 positions
26 positions
20 positions
28 positions
15 positions
North Carolina9
Fayetteville
20 positions
Charlotte
36 positions
Durham
56 positions
34 positions
25 positions
26 positions
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill
53 positions
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem
45 positions
Fort Bragg
15 positions
North Dakota1
Grand Forks
33 positions
Ohio19
53 positions
Cleveland
68 positions
20 positions
Cleveland Clinic Foundation/South Pointe Hospital
Warrensville Heights
10 positions
Cincinnati
14 positions
Dayton
20 positions
15 positions
Grove City
22 positions
Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus
47 positions
Columbus
20 positions
29 positions
St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital/NEOMED
Youngstown
25 positions
22 positions
24 positions
TriHealth (Good Samaritan Hospital)
Cincinnati
31 positions
41 positions
Toledo
32 positions
Cuyahoga Falls
10 positions
Dayton
49 positions
Oklahoma3
25 positions
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City
42 positions
24 positions
Oregon2
80 positions
12 positions
Pennsylvania23
Abington
31 positions
41 positions
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Johnstown
18 positions
Danville
31 positions
Geisinger Health System (Wilkes Barre)
Wilkes Barre
29 positions
25 positions
Allentown
32 positions
29 positions
12 positions
40 positions
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia
30 positions
24 positions
46 positions
Bethlehem
25 positions
Langhorne
12 positions
Philadelphia
50 positions
West Reading
20 positions
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia
69 positions
Harrisburg
32 positions
10 positions
UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh
61 positions
Pittsburgh
25 positions
26 positions
Puerto Rico3
19 positions
24 positions
San Juan
43 positions
Rhode Island1
45 positions
South Carolina6
19 positions
24 positions
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
54 positions
27 positions
34 positions
Spartanburg
23 positions
South Dakota1
20 positions
Tennessee7
15 positions
39 positions
51 positions
15 positions
32 positions
43 positions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
72 positions
Texas27
15 positions
Houston
71 positions
35 positions
55 positions
20 positions
15 positions
26 positions
35 positions
33 positions
19 positions
Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio
San Antonio
20 positions
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
JBSA Fort Sam Houston
38 positions
20 positions
25 positions
15 positions
10 positions
14 positions
31 positions
23 positions
24 positions
64 positions
15 positions
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
San Antonio
69 positions
40 positions
10 positions
83 positions
William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Fort Bliss
20 positions
Utah2
10 positions
Salt Lake City
35 positions
Vermont1
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington
24 positions
Virginia8
32 positions
15 positions
Falls Church
40 positions
Fredericksburg
10 positions
Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth)
Portsmouth
24 positions
Norfolk
42 positions
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville
45 positions
41 positions
Washington5
23 positions
30 positions
Seattle
61 positions
32 positions
10 positions
West Virginia4
32 positions
Marshall Community Health Consortium
Huntington
15 positions
Marshall University School of Medicine
Huntington
23 positions
Morgantown
30 positions
Wisconsin4
20 positions
Marshfield
15 positions
40 positions
48 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
- General Surgery program signals availableApplicants to participating General Surgery residency programs in the 2027 MyERAS season
- 15signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Surgery roster
- 367programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Categorical General Surgery tracksSurgery-General categorical tracks
- 397tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- NRMP live directory track countSurgery-General categorical and preliminary tracks
- 681tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Preliminary General Surgery tracksSurgery-General preliminary tracks
- 284tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Applicants ranking at least one categorical Surgery programAll applicants who ranked at least one Surgery (Categorical) program in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 3,478applicantsNRMP, 2026
- Categorical Surgery position fill rateSurgery (Categorical) PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 99.8%NRMP, 2026
- Categorical Surgery positions filledSurgery (Categorical) PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 1,804positionsNRMP, 2026
- Categorical Surgery positions offeredSurgery (Categorical) PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 1,807positionsNRMP, 2026
- Categorical Surgery positions unfilled after the matching algorithmSurgery (Categorical) PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 3positionsNRMP, 2026
- Categorical Surgery programs participating in the 2026 MatchSurgery (Categorical) programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 383programsNRMP, 2026
- Preliminary Surgery position fill rateSurgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 55%NRMP, 2026
- Preliminary Surgery positions filledSurgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 664positionsNRMP, 2026
- Preliminary Surgery positions offeredSurgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 1,207positionsNRMP, 2026
- Preliminary Surgery programs participating in the 2026 MatchSurgery-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 265programsNRMP, 2026
- USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred General Surgery specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred General Surgery specialty (n=858)
- 253pointsNRMP, 2024
- USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred General Surgery specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred General Surgery specialty (n=181)
- 238pointsNRMP, 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.