Ophthalmology
High-volume microsurgery and clinic in roughly equal measure, matched a year early through SF Match rather than the NRMP.
Among the 31 specialties
Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Ophthalmology’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: 1,928. More than 13 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 16. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
- Programs
- Programs: 129. More than 15 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 15. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
- States and territories
- States and territories: 41. More than 13 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 16. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
- Starting salary
- Starting salary: $68K. Higher than 16 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 11. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.
Every accredited program
Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs.
129 programs across 41 states
Alabama1
20 positions
Arizona2
8 positions
16 positions
Arkansas1
16 positions
California10
20 positions
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)
San Diego
12 positions
18 positions
Sutter Health/California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco
9 positions
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/UCLA Stein and Doheny Eye Institutes
Los Angeles
24 positions
12 positions
12 positions
University of California (San Francisco)
San Francisco
18 positions
University of California Davis Health
Sacramento
16 positions
28 positions
Colorado1
Aurora
18 positions
Connecticut1
New Haven
15 positions
District of Columbia3
Washington
12 positions
Washington
12 positions
MedStar Health Georgetown University
Washington
24 positions
Florida8
Deerfield Beach
8 positions
HCA Florida Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME - Tampa North/Bayonet Point Hospital
Hudson
6 positions
South Miami
12 positions
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville)
Jacksonville
9 positions
Gainesville
15 positions
6 positions
24 positions
12 positions
Georgia2
21 positions
Augusta
9 positions
Illinois6
16 positions
12 positions
16 positions
12 positions
Chicago
9 positions
24 positions
Indiana1
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
24 positions
Iowa1
18 positions
Kansas1
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Prairie Village
12 positions
Kentucky2
16 positions
12 positions
Louisiana3
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)
Shreveport
12 positions
32 positions
New Orleans
24 positions
Maryland4
Baltimore
28 positions
Bethesda
12 positions
Baltimore
9 positions
Baltimore
12 positions
Massachusetts4
12 positions
36 positions
Boston
16 positions
Worcester
8 positions
Michigan6
Taylor
6 positions
9 positions
28 positions
15 positions
12 positions
Ann Arbor
21 positions
Minnesota2
16 positions
Minneapolis
15 positions
Mississippi1
12 positions
Missouri4
12 positions
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia
16 positions
12 positions
15 positions
Nebraska1
12 positions
New Hampshire1
8 positions
New Jersey1
15 positions
New Mexico1
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque
12 positions
New York16
Albany
9 positions
6 positions
30 positions
9 positions
15 positions
Nassau University Medical Center
East Meadow
12 positions
10 positions
16 positions
16 positions
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York
28 positions
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital
Stony Brook
9 positions
24 positions
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse
12 positions
Buffalo
9 positions
16 positions
20 positions
North Carolina4
Durham
24 positions
Greenville
12 positions
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill
12 positions
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem
16 positions
Ohio5
18 positions
Cleveland
20 positions
Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus
18 positions
12 positions
6 positions
Oklahoma1
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City
20 positions
Oregon1
20 positions
Pennsylvania9
Danville
8 positions
Wilkes-Barre
8 positions
Philadelphia
6 positions
12 positions
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia
8 positions
24 positions
Philadelphia
9 positions
18 positions
Pittsburgh
18 positions
Puerto Rico1
San Juan
16 positions
Rhode Island1
9 positions
South Carolina2
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
12 positions
12 positions
Tennessee2
15 positions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
15 positions
Texas10
24 positions
9 positions
18 positions
Texas Institute for Graduate Medical Education and Research (TIGMER)
San Antonio
6 positions
16 positions
12 positions
16 positions
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
San Antonio
12 positions
12 positions
41 positions
Utah1
Salt Lake City
12 positions
Virginia3
Norfolk
6 positions
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville
16 positions
12 positions
Washington2
6 positions
Seattle
18 positions
West Virginia1
Morgantown
15 positions
Wisconsin2
16 positions
12 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
- ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Ophthalmology roster
- 129programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Current ACGME Cloud Integrated format countThe 129 programs on the 2026-2027 ACGME roster
- 50programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Current ACGME Cloud Joint preliminary year format countThe 129 programs on the 2026-2027 ACGME roster
- 73programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Current ACGME Cloud Standard format countThe 129 programs on the 2026-2027 ACGME roster
- 6programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Maximum interviews per applicant2026-2027 Ophthalmology Residency Match applicants
- 15interviewsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026-2027
- Preference signals available per applicant2026-2027 Ophthalmology Residency Match applicants
- 15signalsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026-2027
- Recommendation letters assigned per program2026-2027 SF Match CAS applications
- 3lettersaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026-2027
- Required Ophthalmology residency durationACGME-accredited Ophthalmology residency programs
- 48monthsACGME, 2026-2027
- Applicants matched2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 524applicantsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Applicants submitting rank lists2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 824applicantsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Applicants who applied to programs2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 929applicantsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Interviews completed by matched applicantsMatched applicants in the 2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 10interviewsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Interviews completed by unmatched applicantsUnmatched applicants in the 2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 3interviewsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Match rate among applicants who applied to programs929 applicants who applied to programs; 524 matched
- 56%aupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Match rate among rank-list submitters824 applicants submitting rank lists; 524 matched
- 64%aupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Matched applicants matching at a signaled program524 matched applicants in the 2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 401applicantsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Matched applicants receiving a top-three choiceApplicants matched in the 2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 75%aupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Matched applicants receiving first choiceApplicants matched in the 2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 46%aupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Participating Integrated programs2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 57programsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Participating Joint programs2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 67programsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Participating programs2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 124programsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Position fill rate528 positions offered in the 2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 99%aupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Positions filled2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 524positionsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Positions offered2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 528positionsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Positions unfilled2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 4positionsaupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 Match
- Registration-based match rateApplicants registered for the 2026 Ophthalmology Residency Match
- 54%aupo-24-prod-backend.parallelpublicworks.com, 2026 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.