Pathology
The diagnosis behind the diagnosis, split between surgical specimens and the clinical laboratory, with almost no direct patient contact.
Among the 31 specialties
Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Pathology’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: 3.2×. More than 13 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 14. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
- Residents in training
- Residents in training: 2,694. More than 18 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 11. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
- Programs
- Programs: 143. More than 17 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 13. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
- States and territories
- States and territories: 44. More than 18 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 11. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
- Starting salary
- Starting salary: $70K. Higher than 25 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 2. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.
Every accredited program
Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs.
143 programs across 44 states
Alabama2
32 positions
Mobile
15 positions
Arizona2
8 positions
16 positions
Arkansas1
18 positions
California10
Los Angeles
20 positions
19 positions
16 positions
41 positions
24 positions
20 positions
19 positions
University of California (San Francisco)
San Francisco
38 positions
University of California Davis Health
Sacramento
16 positions
28 positions
Colorado2
CommonSpirit Mountain Region/Penrose Hospital
Colorado Springs
8 positions
Aurora
26 positions
Connecticut4
Hartford
12 positions
8 positions
New Haven
34 positions
8 positions
District of Columbia3
Washington
15 positions
Washington
8 positions
MedStar Health Georgetown University
Washington
16 positions
Florida9
8 positions
8 positions
8 positions
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida
Miami Beach
8 positions
Orlando
10 positions
Gainesville
17 positions
8 positions
22 positions
14 positions
Georgia2
36 positions
Augusta
14 positions
Hawaii1
Honolulu
10 positions
Illinois6
16 positions
26 positions
16 positions
Chicago
26 positions
12 positions
28 positions
Indiana1
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
22 positions
Iowa1
24 positions
Kansas1
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City
20 positions
Kentucky2
16 positions
16 positions
Louisiana3
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)
Shreveport
14 positions
12 positions
New Orleans
12 positions
Maryland4
Baltimore
35 positions
Bethesda
24 positions
9 positions
Baltimore
17 positions
Massachusetts6
32 positions
13 positions
Boston
76 positions
Boston
14 positions
Springfield
16 positions
Worcester
16 positions
Michigan5
12 positions
14 positions
16 positions
Detroit
8 positions
Ann Arbor
28 positions
Minnesota2
28 positions
Minneapolis
20 positions
Mississippi1
16 positions
Missouri3
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia
12 positions
8 positions
42 positions
Nebraska2
11 positions
16 positions
New Hampshire1
14 positions
New Jersey5
8 positions
Livingston
28 positions
18 positions
16 positions
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick
10 positions
New Mexico1
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque
16 positions
New York17
Albany
16 positions
20 positions
24 positions
24 positions
25 positions
23 positions
9 positions
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York
30 positions
Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital
Stony Brook
14 positions
24 positions
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse
16 positions
Buffalo
16 positions
21 positions
Valhalla
12 positions
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
New Hyde Park
16 positions
12 positions
10 positions
North Carolina4
Durham
24 positions
12 positions
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill
17 positions
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem
20 positions
Ohio7
24 positions
Cleveland
36 positions
Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus
20 positions
8 positions
9 positions
12 positions
Toledo
9 positions
Oklahoma1
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City
16 positions
Oregon1
16 positions
Pennsylvania7
14 positions
Danville
12 positions
16 positions
20 positions
Philadelphia
16 positions
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia
44 positions
Pittsburgh
33 positions
Puerto Rico1
San Juan
11 positions
Rhode Island1
16 positions
South Carolina1
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
22 positions
South Dakota1
Sioux Falls
10 positions
Tennessee4
8 positions
15 positions
10 positions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
25 positions
Texas10
Houston
34 positions
14 positions
18 positions
20 positions
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
JBSA Ft Sam Houston
23 positions
12 positions
28 positions
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
San Antonio
16 positions
28 positions
38 positions
Utah1
Salt Lake City
24 positions
Vermont1
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington
16 positions
Virginia2
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville
24 positions
22 positions
Washington1
Seattle
30 positions
West Virginia1
Morgantown
16 positions
Wisconsin2
16 positions
27 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 Pathology residency training lengthACGME-accredited Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology residency programs
- 48monthsACGME, Requirements effective 2026-07-01
- Pathology program signals availableApplicants to participating Pathology residency programs in the 2027 MyERAS season
- 5signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
- ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical roster
- 143programsACGME, 2026-2027
- Categorical Pathology tracksPathology-Anatomic and Clinical categorical tracks
- 189tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- NRMP live directory track countPathology-Anatomic and Clinical tracks linked to the current ACGME roster
- 189tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
- Applicants ranking at least one Pathology PGY-1 programApplicants who ranked at least one Pathology PGY-1 program in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 1,049applicantsNRMP, 2026
- Pathology PGY-1 programs participating in the 2026 MatchPathology PGY-1 programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
- 174programsNRMP, 2026
- Consenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Pathology specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Pathology specialty
- 213applicantsNRMP, 2024
- Consenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Pathology specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Pathology specialty
- 11applicantsNRMP, 2024
- USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Pathology specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Pathology specialty (n=213)
- 247pointsNRMP, 2024
- USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Pathology specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Pathology specialty (n=11)
- 232pointsNRMP, 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.