Neurology
Localizing lesions by examination and then managing chronic disease — stroke, epilepsy, and neurodegeneration — across inpatient and clinic settings.
Among the 31 specialties
Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Neurology’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: 3.3×. More than 14 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 9. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
- Residents in training
- Residents in training: 4,841. More than 19 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 10. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
- Programs
- Programs: 204. More than 22 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 8. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
- States and territories
- States and territories: 47. More than 25 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 5. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
- Starting salary
- Starting salary: $67K. Higher than 7 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 20. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.
Every accredited program
Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs.
204 programs across 47 states
Alabama2
40 positions
Mobile
20 positions
Arizona5
36 positions
15 positions
8 positions
40 positions
24 positions
Arkansas2
24 positions
8 positions
California19
16 positions
Los Angeles
15 positions
Riverside
16 positions
HCA Healthcare/Los Robles Regional Medical Center
Thousand Oaks
16 positions
16 positions
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles
24 positions
24 positions
20 positions
Riverside University Health System
Moreno Valley
8 positions
Stockton
16 positions
36 positions
12 positions
Rancho Cucamonga
12 positions
40 positions
15 positions
28 positions
University of California (San Francisco)
San Francisco
59 positions
University of California Davis Health
Sacramento
40 positions
24 positions
Colorado2
HCA HealthONE/Swedish Medical Center
Englewood
24 positions
Aurora
40 positions
Connecticut2
Hartford
28 positions
New Haven
39 positions
District of Columbia3
Washington
20 positions
Washington
6 positions
MedStar Health Georgetown University
Washington
32 positions
Florida18
Orlando
16 positions
Deerfield Beach
12 positions
12 positions
12 positions
16 positions
12 positions
17 positions
South Miami
16 positions
16 positions
18 positions
Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Florida
Pembroke Pines
16 positions
Orlando
8 positions
Hialeah
8 positions
16 positions
Gainesville
32 positions
12 positions
45 positions
48 positions
Georgia3
29 positions
Augusta
32 positions
Atlanta
12 positions
Hawaii1
16 positions
Illinois8
12 positions
28 positions
30 positions
36 positions
Springfield
20 positions
Chicago
30 positions
32 positions
20 positions
Indiana1
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
30 positions
Iowa1
36 positions
Kansas1
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City
32 positions
Kentucky2
32 positions
24 positions
Louisiana4
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)
Shreveport
20 positions
16 positions
New Orleans
24 positions
New Orleans
20 positions
Maine1
Portland
16 positions
Maryland4
Baltimore
30 positions
Bethesda
20 positions
Salisbury
8 positions
Baltimore
29 positions
Massachusetts5
40 positions
28 positions
57 positions
Boston
21 positions
Worcester
27 positions
Michigan9
24 positions
16 positions
40 positions
Garden City
8 positions
32 positions
10 positions
Grand Rapids
16 positions
Ann Arbor
27 positions
20 positions
Minnesota3
Abbott- Northwestern Hospital/Allina Health System
Minneapolis
12 positions
33 positions
Minneapolis
24 positions
Mississippi1
20 positions
Missouri4
24 positions
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia
24 positions
12 positions
52 positions
Nebraska2
8 positions
28 positions
Nevada2
12 positions
Las Vegas
8 positions
New Hampshire1
20 positions
New Jersey6
24 positions
12 positions
36 positions
Mullica Hill
16 positions
20 positions
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick
20 positions
New Mexico1
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque
24 positions
New York19
Albany
32 positions
Middletown
12 positions
48 positions
15 positions
45 positions
30 positions
36 positions
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York
60 positions
9 positions
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital
Stony Brook
28 positions
44 positions
18 positions
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse
36 positions
Buffalo
32 positions
36 positions
Valhalla
32 positions
27 positions
18 positions
15 positions
North Carolina5
Charlotte
16 positions
Durham
21 positions
Greenville
12 positions
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill
28 positions
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem
24 positions
North Dakota1
12 positions
Ohio9
52 positions
Cleveland
48 positions
Dayton
12 positions
20 positions
Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus
24 positions
The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
8 positions
40 positions
Toledo
24 positions
20 positions
Oklahoma2
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Tulsa
16 positions
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City
32 positions
Oregon1
24 positions
Pennsylvania13
21 positions
16 positions
Geisinger Health System Program (Wilkes-Barre)
Wilkes-Barre
16 positions
12 positions
Allentown
18 positions
20 positions
44 positions
16 positions
Philadelphia
21 positions
West Reading
24 positions
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia
42 positions
12 positions
UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh
36 positions
Puerto Rico1
San Juan
16 positions
Rhode Island1
21 positions
South Carolina3
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
32 positions
24 positions
24 positions
South Dakota1
12 positions
Tennessee5
18 positions
27 positions
9 positions
8 positions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
32 positions
Texas16
Houston
48 positions
24 positions
16 positions
16 positions
36 positions
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
9 positions
20 positions
16 positions
16 positions
24 positions
48 positions
12 positions
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
San Antonio
48 positions
36 positions
8 positions
44 positions
Utah1
Salt Lake City
24 positions
Vermont1
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington
20 positions
Virginia5
16 positions
Mary Washington Healthcare
Fredericksburg
12 positions
Norfolk
16 positions
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville
28 positions
24 positions
Washington2
8 positions
Seattle
30 positions
West Virginia3
Charleston Area Medical Center
Charleston
12 positions
Marshall University School of Medicine
Huntington
15 positions
Morgantown
32 positions
Wisconsin2
26 positions
28 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
- Neurology program signals available per applicantApplicants to participating Neurology residency programs in the 2027 MyERAS season
- 8signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Neurology roster
- 204programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Advanced Neurology tracksNeurology advanced tracks
- 47tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Categorical Neurology tracksNeurology categorical tracks
- 177tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- NRMP live directory track countNeurology tracks linked to the current ACGME roster
- 262tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Physician-reserved Neurology tracksNeurology physician-reserved tracks
- 38tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Average ranked applicants needed per Neurology PGY-1 positionNeurology PGY-1 programs that filled all positions
- 5.2ranked applicants per positionNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Average ranked applicants needed per Neurology PGY-2 positionNeurology PGY-2 programs that filled all positions
- 5.7ranked applicants per positionNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Neurology PGY-1 positions filledNeurology PGY-1 tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 999positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Neurology PGY-1 positions offeredNeurology PGY-1 tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 1,003positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Neurology PGY-2 advanced positions offeredNeurology PGY-2 advanced tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 233positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Neurology physician-reserved positions offeredNeurology physician-reserved tracks in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 24positionsNRMP, 2026 Main Residency Match
- Neurology first-time ABPN examination pass rateFirst-time Neurology ABPN examination takers in 2025 (803 passed of 994)
- 81%abpn.org, 2025
- Mean USMLE Step 2 CK score of U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Neurology specialtyU.S. MD seniors who consented to research use and matched to their preferred Neurology specialty
- 250USMLE Step 2 CK pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- Mean USMLE Step 2 CK score of U.S. MD seniors unmatched to preferred Neurology specialtyU.S. MD seniors who consented to research use and did not match to their preferred Neurology specialty
- 236USMLE Step 2 CK pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
- Neurology five-year first-time ABPN examination pass rateFirst-time Neurology ABPN examination takers during 2021-2025 (3838 passed of 4616)
- 83%abpn.org, 2021-2025
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.