Highest IMG Match Rate in 30 Years
Posted March 23rd, 2020 by Abramson & Abramson.
Categories: ECFMG.
The NRMP has reported that more than 7,000(!) IMGs obtain first-year residency positions in U.S. programs of graduate medical education. Per ECFMG, this is the highest IMG match rate in 30 years. IMGs comprise approximately 25% of all active U.S. physicians. Of the IMGs that matched, 3,154 are U.S. citizens and 4,222 are citizens of other nations.
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