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State-by-State Graduate Medical Education Data

What is Graduate Medical Education (GME)?

All medical school graduates must complete a period of GME, or residency training, to be licensed to practice medicine in the United States. GME comprises the second phase — after medical school — of the formal education that prepares doctors for medical practice. During residency, doctors learn skills and techniques specific to their chosen specialty under the supervision of attending physicians and serve as part of a care team.

Key Facts about GME and Teaching Hospitals

192 MD- and DO-granting schools
1,100 teaching hospitals in the United States.
90,000 Medicare-supported resident positions
107,000 residents in training eligible for Medicare funding
17,000+ residents training in slots not supported by Medicare DGME
21% portion of the costs directly associated with residency training covered by Medicare

State-by-State GME Data

Central Region

  • 9 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 51 teaching hospitals
  • 5,705 residents in training
  • 823 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 21 teaching hospitals
  • 1,295 residents in training
  • 165 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 14 teaching hospitals
  • 894 residents in training
  • 259 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 1 MD-granting school
  • 6 teaching hospitals
  • 650 residents in training
  • 127 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 9 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 53 teaching hospitals
  • 6,262 residents in training
  • 1,010 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 MD-granting schools
  • 17 teaching hospitals
  • 1,542 residents in training
  • 121 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 6 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 23 teaching hospitals
  • 2,266 residents in training
  • 321 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 MD- granting schools
  • 9 teaching hospitals
  • 553 residents in training
  • 129 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 1 MD-granting schools
  • 5 teaching hospitals
  • 83 residents in training
  • 9 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 53 teaching hospitals
  • 5,365 residents in training
  • 1,065 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 1 MD-granting school
  • 3 teaching hospitals
  • 98 residents in training
  • 2 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 MD-granting schools
  • 25 teaching hospitals
  • 1,427 residents in training
  • 253 residents not supported by Medicare DGME

Northeastern Region

  • 3 MD-granting schools
  • 16 teaching hospitals
  • 1,928 residents in training
  • 207 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  •  2 teaching hospitals
  •  253 residents in training
  •  23 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 1 DO-granting school
  • 5 teaching hospitals
  • 301 residents in training
  • 11 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 3 MD-granting schools
  • 16 teaching hospitals
  • 2,280 residents in training
  • 501 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 4 MD-granting schools
  • 31 teaching hospitals
  • 4,342 residents in training
  • 443 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 1 MD-granting school
  • 4 teaching hospitals
  • 337 residents in training
  • 5 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 42 teaching hospitals
  • 3,414 residents in training
  • 292 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 19 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 83 teaching hospitals
  • 16,341 residents in training
  • 1,380 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 10 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 69 teaching hospitals
  • 7,524 residents in training
  • 929 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 1 MD-granting school
  • 5 teaching hospitals
  • 726 residents in training
  • 141 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 1 MD-granting school
  • 1 teaching hospital
  • 298 residents in training
  • 46 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 3 MD-granting schools
  • 6 teaching hospitals
  • 1,227 residents in training
  • 140 residents not supported by Medicare DGME

Western Region

  • 1 teaching hospital
  • 30 residents in training
  • 8 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 4 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 19 teaching hospitals
  • 1,457 residents in training
  • 383 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 15 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 107 teaching hospitals
  • 9,095 residents in training
  • 1,860 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 21 teaching hospitals
  • 1,101 residents in training
  • 176 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 1 MD-granting school
  • 7 teaching hospitals
  • 173 residents in training
  • 27 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 1 DO-granting school
  • 4 teaching hospitals
  • 43 residents in training
  • 4 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 3 teaching hospitals
  • 18 residents in training
  • 3 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 6 teaching hospitals
  • 404 residents in training
  • 95 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 7 teaching hospitals
  • 487 residents in training
  • 101 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 12 teaching hospitals
  • 821 residents in training
  • 244 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 7 teaching hospitals
  • 505 residents in training
  • 69 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 3 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 19 teaching hospitals
  • 1,220 residents in training
  • 321 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 teaching hospitals

Southern Region

  • 4 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 13 teaching hospitals
  • 939 residents in training
  • 87 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 3 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 11 teaching hospitals
  • 449 residents in training
  • 107 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 11 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 49 teaching hospitals
  • 4,126 residents in training
  • 1,028 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 5 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 19 teaching hospitals
  • 1,876 residents in training
  • 248 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 3 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 14 teaching hospitals
  • 1,204 residents in training
  • 377 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 4 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 21 teaching hospitals
  • 1,837 residents in training
  • 331 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 2 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 7 teaching hospitals
  • 574 residents in training
  • 198 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 5 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 19 teaching hospitals
  • 3,138 residents in training
  • 962 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 3 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 12 teaching hospitals
  • 880 residents in training
  • 148 residents not supported by Medicare DGME 
  • 4 MD-granting schools
  • 12 teaching hospitals
  • 440 residents in training
  • 4 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 16 teaching hospitals
  • 1,201 residents in training
  • 347 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 6 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 17 teaching hospitals
  • 2,045 residents in training
  • 593 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 14 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 62 teaching hospitals
  • 5,729 residents in training
  • 1,582 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 6 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 24 teaching hospitals
  • 1,996 residents in training
  • 330 residents not supported by Medicare DGME
  • 3 MD- and DO-granting schools
  • 11 teaching hospitals
  • 809 residents in training

Counts of MD- and DO-granting institutions are taken from the accrediting bodies for these institutions, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the American Osteopathic Association. Teaching hospitals counts, data on residents in training, and data on Medicare funding for residency is based on AAMC analysis of FY2018 Medicare cost report data, HCRIS Q2 2020 release. Where FY2018 wasn’t available, FY2017 data was used.