Medical Genetics & Genomics
Diagnosis and management of inherited disease, increasingly defined by sequencing — a small field with an unusually large share of research time.
Among the 31 specialties
Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Medical Genetics & Genomics’s marks are joined by the thread — its shape is what makes this specialty unlike the others.
- Training length
- Training length: 2 years. Longer than 0 of the 30 specialties reporting; shorter than 26. Reported range across specialties: 2 years to 7 years.
- Interviews per position
- Interviews per position: 2.0×. More than 2 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 25. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
- Residents in training
- Residents in training: 178. More than 2 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 27. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
- Programs
- Programs: 44. More than 6 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 24. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
- States and territories
- States and territories: 28. More than 6 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 24. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
- Starting salary
- Starting salary: $70K. Higher than 22 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 5. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.
Every accredited program
Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs.
44 programs across 28 states
Alabama1
6 positions
Arizona1
Phoenix
4 positions
California6
8 positions
6 positions
2 positions
4 positions
University of California (San Francisco)
San Francisco
4 positions
University of California Davis Health
Sacramento
4 positions
Colorado1
Aurora
2 positions
Connecticut1
New Haven
4 positions
District of Columbia1
Washington
2 positions
Florida1
3 positions
Georgia1
3 positions
Illinois1
2 positions
Indiana1
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
4 positions
Iowa1
2 positions
Maryland2
Baltimore
6 positions
9 positions
Massachusetts1
9 positions
Michigan1
Ann Arbor
6 positions
Minnesota1
2 positions
Missouri1
6 positions
Nebraska1
3 positions
New York4
4 positions
2 positions
4 positions
2 positions
North Carolina2
Durham
4 positions
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill
4 positions
Ohio3
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland
4 positions
2 positions
3 positions
Oregon1
4 positions
Pennsylvania2
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
6 positions
Pittsburgh
4 positions
South Carolina1
Greenwood
4 positions
Tennessee1
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
2 positions
Texas3
Houston
9 positions
4 positions
2 positions
Utah1
Salt Lake City
2 positions
Washington1
Seattle
5 positions
Wisconsin2
4 positions
2 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
- Accredited Medical Genetics and Genomics training lengthACGME Medical Genetics and Genomics residency curriculum
- 24monthsACGME, effective 2026-07-01
- Minimum prerequisite direct patient careResidents entering an ACGME Medical Genetics and Genomics residency
- 12monthsACGME, effective 2026-07-01
- AAMC ERAS specialty-page program countAll dated Medical Genetics and Genomics rows on the AAMC ERAS 2027 specialty page
- 45programsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- Current ACGME roster programs listed as ERAS ParticipatingCurrent ACGME roster programs reconciled to the dated AAMC ERAS 2027 specialty page
- 33programsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- Current ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official current ACGME Medical Genetics and Genomics roster
- 44programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Average first-year interviewsReporting Medical Genetics and Genomics programs in FREIDA
- 5.9interviewsfreida.ama-assn.org, 2024 academic year
- Average resident/fellow compensationReporting Medical Genetics and Genomics programs in FREIDA
- 74,051.97USDfreida.ama-assn.org, 2024 academic year
- Average vacation daysReporting Medical Genetics and Genomics programs in FREIDA
- 48daysfreida.ama-assn.org, 2024 academic year
- Average weekly duty hoursReporting Medical Genetics and Genomics programs in FREIDA
- 50hours per weekfreida.ama-assn.org, 2024 academic year
- FREIDA accredited program countFREIDA Medical Genetics and Genomics specialty summary
- 46programsfreida.ama-assn.org, 2024 academic year
- Programs requiring Step 1 score for interviewReporting Medical Genetics and Genomics programs in FREIDA
- 33.3%freida.ama-assn.org, 2024 academic year
- Total active residentsFREIDA Medical Genetics and Genomics specialty summary
- 59residentsfreida.ama-assn.org, 2024 academic year
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.