Medical Specialty Competitiveness Index
Based on brand new data from the official NRMP Charting Outcomes released in August 2024, we meticulously reassessed the most competitive specialties and the least competitive specialties.
In total, we examined 22 different specialties using data gathered from the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP).
To overcome the shortcomings of looking at a single factor, we examine six categories of data: average match rate, Step 1 score, Step 2 CK score, number of publications, percentage of matriculants that were AOA, and percentage of applicants from a top 40 NIH-funded medical school.
Each specialty is ranked by those six categories on a point-based ranking system, and certain categories are weighted higher than others. Step 1 is weighted at 25%, Step 2 CK at 15%, match rate at 25%, publications at 20%, AOA at 10%, and NIH at 5%.
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