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Vascular Surgery

Open and endovascular treatment of arterial and venous disease, entered integrated from medical school or after general surgery.

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Among the 31 specialties

Each rail below carries one mark per specialty, placed by its true value. Vascular Surgery’s marks are joined by the thread — its shape is what makes this specialty unlike the others.

Training length
Training length: 5 years. Longer than 21 of the 30 specialties reporting; shorter than 3. Reported range across specialties: 2 years to 7 years.
Interviews per position
Interviews per position: 5.0×. More than 27 of the 28 specialties reporting; fewer than 0. Reported range across specialties: 1.0× to 5.0×.
Residents in training
Residents in training: 567. More than 6 of the 30 specialties reporting; fewer than 23. Reported range across specialties: 99 to 40,131.
Programs
Programs: 84. More than 8 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 21. Reported range across specialties: 5 to 820.
States and territories
States and territories: 34. More than 7 of the 31 specialties reporting; fewer than 23. Reported range across specialties: 4 to 52.
Starting salary
Starting salary: $70K. Higher than 23 of the 28 specialties reporting; lower than 4. Reported range across specialties: $60K to $73K.

Every accredited program

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

84 programs across 34 states

Alabama1

Arizona1

Arkansas1

California10

Colorado1

Connecticut2

District of Columbia1

Florida2

Georgia2

Illinois4

Indiana1

Iowa1

Louisiana1

Maine1

Maryland1

  • University of Maryland

    Baltimore

    5 positions

Massachusetts3

Michigan3

Minnesota2

Missouri2

New Hampshire1

New Jersey3

New Mexico1

New York10

North Carolina3

Ohio5

Oregon1

Pennsylvania7

South Carolina1

Tennessee1

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville

    5 positions

Texas5

Virginia3

Washington1

West Virginia1

Wisconsin1

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 Vascular Surgery–Integrated roster
84programsACGME, 2026-2027
Advanced Vascular Surgery–Integrated tracksVascular Surgery–Integrated advanced tracks
0tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Categorical Vascular Surgery–Integrated tracksVascular Surgery–Integrated categorical tracks
85tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
NRMP live directory track countVascular Surgery–Integrated tracks linked to the current ACGME roster
85tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Reserved physician Vascular Surgery–Integrated tracksVascular Surgery–Integrated reserved physician tracks
0tracksNRMP, 2026-2027
Mean USMLE Step 2 CK score for matched U.S. DO seniorsConsenting U.S. DO seniors matched to preferred Vascular Surgery in the 2024 Main Residency Match (n=5)
247pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
Mean USMLE Step 2 CK score for matched U.S. MD seniorsConsenting U.S. MD seniors matched to preferred Vascular Surgery in the 2024 Main Residency Match (n=64)
253pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency Match
Mean USMLE Step 2 CK score for unmatched U.S. MD seniorsConsenting U.S. MD seniors not matched to preferred Vascular Surgery in the 2024 Main Residency Match (n=6)
246pointsNRMP, 2024 Main Residency 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.