The University of Michigan Medical School has 14 top 10 residency programs, according to the 2024-25 Doximity Residency Navigator. Michigan boasts an additional nine programs that rank within the top 25.

U-M’s surgery residency ranked No. 1 out of 358 programs nationwide. Otolaryngology, pathology, plastic surgery, and urology all ranked No. 3 in their respective specialties. 

Other top 10 programs at Michigan include medicine-pediatrics (ranked No. 5), nuclear medicine (6), anesthesiology (7), internal medicine (7), ophthalmology (7), radiation oncology (7), neurology (8), obstetrics & gynecology (8), and neurological surgery (10).

Also ranking in the top 25 in their specialties were dermatology (11), radiology (11), child neurology (13), physical medicine & rehabilitation (13), emergency medicine (14), family medicine (17), pediatrics (18), psychiatry (19), and orthopaedic surgery (24).

“Our programs’ rankings in the Doximity Residency Navigator reflect our continuing commitment to excellence in graduate medical education,” said J. Sybil Biermann, M.D., associate dean for graduate medical education at the U-M Medical School. “All of our ranked specialties placed in the top 25 with six in the top 5. Prospective residents can see that no matter their focus, Michigan has programs that rate among the nation’s best.”

Doximity’s Residency Navigator is a tool for medical students making residency decisions. It compiles ratings and reviews from current residents and alumni. Prospective residents can search for programs by a variety of criteria and build personalized lists. Doximity also collects data to create a reputation score for each school in each program, which are the basis for these rankings. 

Satisfaction data is derived from satisfaction survey responses from each residency’s current residents and recent graduates, while reputation data is derived from nomination survey responses. This portion is limited to board-certified physicians in that specialty and is alumni weighted. Objective data is compiled from a variety of public sources, including the Doximity database, which covers all U.S. physicians.

For more information about the residency programs at U-M Medical School, visit medschool.umich.edu/programs-admissions/residency-fellowship.

To learn more about Doximity’s Residency Navigator results, visit doximity.com/residency.