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Psychiatry

Diagnosis and treatment of mental illness through pharmacology and psychotherapy, weighted toward outpatient practice after training.

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Among the 31 specialties

Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Psychiatry’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: 2.7×. More than 8 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 19. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
Residents in training
Residents in training: 11,093. More than 26 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 3. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
Programs
Programs: 361. More than 27 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 3. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
States and territories
States and territories: 50. More than 28 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 2. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
Starting salary
Starting salary: $67K. Higher than 8 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 19. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.

Every accredited program

Grouped by state, alphabetical within each. We don’t rank programs.

361 programs across 50 states

Alabama9

Arizona6

Arkansas3

California39

Colorado2

Connecticut6

Delaware2

District of Columbia4

Florida30

Georgia8

Hawaii2

Idaho2

Illinois13

Indiana6

Iowa3

Kansas2

Kentucky2

Louisiana5

Maine3

Maryland7

Massachusetts12

Michigan11

Minnesota3

Mississippi2

Missouri5

Montana1

Nebraska2

Nevada4

New Hampshire2

New Jersey13

New Mexico1

New York46

North Carolina11

North Dakota1

Ohio11

Oklahoma4

Oregon2

Pennsylvania17

Puerto Rico2

Rhode Island1

South Carolina5

South Dakota1

Tennessee5

Texas22

Utah1

Vermont1

Virginia9

Washington2

West Virginia4

Wisconsin6

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

Psychiatry program signals availableApplicants to participating Psychiatry residency programs in the 2027 MyERAS season
10signalsAAMC, 2027 ERAS season
ACGME accredited program countAll programs on the official ACGME Psychiatry roster
361programsACGME, 2026-2027
Categorical Psychiatry tracksPsychiatry categorical tracks
464tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
NRMP live directory track countPsychiatry tracks linked to the current ACGME roster
465tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Preliminary Psychiatry tracksPsychiatry preliminary tracks
0tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Applicants ranking at least one Psychiatry programAll applicants who ranked at least one Psychiatry program in the 2026 Main Residency Match
3,179applicantsNRMP, 2026
Psychiatry position fill ratePsychiatry PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
97.4%NRMP, 2026
Psychiatry positions filledPsychiatry PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
2,451positionsNRMP, 2026
Psychiatry positions offeredPsychiatry PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
2,516positionsNRMP, 2026
Psychiatry positions unfilled after the matching algorithmPsychiatry PGY-1 positions in the 2026 Main Residency Match
65positionsNRMP, 2026
Psychiatry programs participating in the 2026 MatchPsychiatry programs in the 2026 Main Residency Match
434programsNRMP, 2026
USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Psychiatry specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Psychiatry specialty (n=1,051)
246pointsNRMP, 2024
USMLE Step 2 CK mean for U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Psychiatry specialtyConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Psychiatry specialty (n=123)
235pointsNRMP, 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.