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Obstetrics & Gynecology

Surgical and primary care for one population, combining continuity clinic, operative gynecology, and the unpredictability of labor and delivery.

Training
4 years
Entry
Direct from medical school
Apply through
ResidencyCAS
Match through
NRMP Main Match
Accredited programs
311

Among the 31 specialties

What sets Obstetrics & Gynecology apart most is programs: 311, more than 26 of 31.

Every rail is one dot per specialty, ordered lowest to highest, so all six read as one profile. Dots stack where specialties share a value. Obstetrics & Gynecology’s is the coloured dot — point anywhere along a rail to name the others.

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Programs
Programs: 311. More than 26 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 4. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.

Programs ranges from 5 to 820 across 31 specialties. The middle half sit between 82 and 210.

Training length
Training length: 4 years. Longer than 13 of the 31 specialties reporting; shorter than 9. Reported range across specialties: 2 years to 7 years.

Training length ranges from 2 years to 7 years across 31 specialties. The middle half sit between 3 years and 5 years.

Interviews per position
Interviews per position: 3.2×. More than 11 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 15. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.

Interviews per position ranges from 1.0× to 5.0× across 28 specialties. The middle half sit between 2.7× and 3.5×.

Residents in training
Residents in training: 6,922. More than 22 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 7. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.

Residents in training ranges from 99 to 40,131 across 30 specialties. The middle half sit between 718 and 6,616.

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.

States and territories ranges from 4 to 52 across 31 specialties. The middle half sit between 35 and 46.

First-year resident pay
First-year resident pay: $68K. Higher than 13 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 14. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.

First-year resident pay ranges from $60K to $73K across 28 specialties. The middle half sit between $67K and $69K.

Every accredited program

Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs. Open any row for its deadlines, salary, visas, and reported outcomes.

311

Alabama2

Arizona4

Arkansas1

California26

Colorado2

Connecticut6

Delaware1

District of Columbia3

Florida20

Georgia7

Hawaii2

Illinois13

Indiana3

Iowa1

Kansas3

Kentucky3

Louisiana5

Maine1

Maryland6

Massachusetts6

Michigan24

Minnesota2

Mississippi1

Missouri5

Nebraska2

Nevada3

New Hampshire1

New Jersey18

New Mexico1

New York35

North Carolina9

Ohio15

Oklahoma4

Oregon1

Pennsylvania16

Puerto Rico3

Rhode Island1

South Carolina5

Tennessee7

Texas24

Utah1

Vermont1

Virginia7

Washington3

West Virginia3

Wisconsin4

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

ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Obstetrics and Gynecology roster
311programsACGME, 2026-2027
Categorical Obstetrics and Gynecology tracksObstetrics and Gynecology categorical tracks
317tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
NRMP live directory track countObstetrics and Gynecology categorical and preliminary tracks
337tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Preliminary OB/GYN tracksObstetrics and Gynecology preliminary tracks
20tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Applicants ranking at least one Obstetrics-Gynecology programAll applicants who ranked at least one Obstetrics-Gynecology categorical program in the 2026 Main Residency Match
2,240applicantsNRMP, 2026
Categorical Obstetrics-Gynecology position fill rateObstetrics-Gynecology categorical PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
99.9%NRMP, 2026
Categorical Obstetrics-Gynecology positions filledObstetrics-Gynecology categorical PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
1,636positionsNRMP, 2026
Categorical Obstetrics-Gynecology positions offeredObstetrics-Gynecology categorical PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
1,638positionsNRMP, 2026
Categorical Obstetrics-Gynecology positions unfilled after the matching algorithmObstetrics-Gynecology categorical PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
2positionsNRMP, 2026
Categorical Obstetrics-Gynecology programs participating in the 2026 MatchObstetrics-Gynecology categorical programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
310programsNRMP, 2026
OB/GYN preliminary position fill rateOB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
47.6%NRMP, 2026
OB/GYN preliminary positions filledOB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
10positionsNRMP, 2026
OB/GYN preliminary positions offeredOB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
21positionsNRMP, 2026
OB/GYN preliminary programs participating in the 2026 MatchOB/GYN-Preliminary (PGY-1 Only) programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
18programsNRMP, 2026
USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Obstetrics and Gynecology specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Obstetrics and Gynecology specialty (n=925)
252pointsNRMP, 2024
USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Obstetrics and Gynecology specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Obstetrics and Gynecology specialty (n=149)
244pointsNRMP, 2024

Specialties that measure like this one

Nearest on the six measures above — length, competitiveness, scale, geography, pay. Not a claim that the work is similar, and not a recommendation.

How each measure is made

Training length
How many years the accredited residency itself runs. Specialties you enter at PGY-2 need a separately matched preliminary or transitional year before this clock starts, and any fellowship comes after it.Accredited length across programs in this specialty. A few specialties run both lengths — Emergency Medicine has three-year and four-year programs — and are shown as a range.
Residents in training
How many residents the specialty holds at once, counting every training year at every program. It is a measure of the field’s size rather than of its annual intake — divide by the training length for a rough sense of how many start each year.Total approved positions across all training years, summed across programs.
Programs
How many separately accredited residency programs the specialty has. Each one is its own application, its own interview, and its own line on your rank list.Accredited programs currently published in our directory.
States and territories
How many states and territories have at least one program. This is the geography question: a specialty with 400 programs across 20 states is far more concentrated than one with 100 spread across 45.Distinct states with at least one published program.
First-year resident pay
What you are paid during your first year of training, before any of it becomes an attending salary. The spread across specialties is narrow — this is not the number that separates them.Median PGY-1 stipend across programs — what you are paid during residency, not what the specialty earns afterwards.
Interviews per position
How many applicants a program interviews for each position it offers — at 4×, a program with ten spots interviews about forty people. It is a read on how far the field narrows at the interview stage, not on how many applied.Median interviews a program conducts for each position it offers.