ERAS® Statistics

This page contains current and historical data related to ERAS^® applicants and applications. It includes Specialty Specific Data, Cross Specialty Applicant Data, and quick reference Data Shots.

Preliminary Data

Preliminary Data for the current ERAS season is collected between August - April (excluding March) for Fellowship and October - April (excluding March) for Residency.

Residency (Excel) — ERAS 2023 Cycle
Fellowship (Excel) — ERAS 2023 Cycle

Historical Specialty Specific Data

Aggregated specialty specific data on the number of ERAS applicants and the average number of applications by applicant and by program. This data is broken down by USMG/IMG, School Type, Gender, Self Identification, and other identifiers.

Program Type	ERAS Season	Specialty
ACGME Residency	2018 - 2022	By Applicant
		By Program
ACGME Fellowship	2018 - 2022	By Applicant
		By Program
AOA Residency	2015 - 2019	By Applicant
		By Program
AOA Fellowship	2015 - 2019	By Applicant
		By Program

Cross Specialty Applicant Data

Cross Specialty Applicant Data represents the number of applicants applying to both specialty X and specialty Y. Numbers on the main diagonal, highlighted in bold, represent the total number of applicants for that specialty.

Cross Specialty Applicant Data
Residencies	ERAS 2022 (PDF)	ERAS 2021 (PDF)	ERAS 2020 (PDF)	ERAS 2019 (PDF)	ERAS 2018 (PDF)
Surgical Residencies	ERAS 2022 (PDF)	ERAS 2021 (PDF)	ERAS 2020 (PDF)	ERAS 2019 (PDF)	ERAS 2018 (PDF)
Fellowship Internal Medicine Subspecialties	ERAS 2022 (PDF)	ERAS 2021 (PDF)	ERAS 2020 (PDF)	ERAS 2019 (PDF)	ERAS 2018 (PDF)
Fellowship Pediatric Subspecialties	ERAS 2022 (PDF)	ERAS 2021 (PDF)	ERAS 2020 (PDF)	ERAS 2019 (PDF)	ERAS 2018 (PDF)

Data Shot

Top 5 Residency Specialties by Average Applications per Applicant for USGs

Rank	ERAS 2022		ERAS 2021		ERAS 2020		ERAS 2019		ERAS 2018
1	Orthopaedic Surgery	90	Neurological Surgery	79.7	Orthopaedic Surgery	72	Urology	70	Orthopaedic Surgery	75
2	Urology	83.8	Otolaryngology	75.2	Urology	72	Orthopaedic Surgery	69	Urology	68
3	Otolaryngology	80.6	Urology	73.4	Neurological Surgery	69	Otolaryngology	66	Neurological Surgery	68
4	Neurological Surgery	79.1	Orthopaedic Surgery	72.9	Obstetrics and Gynecology	64	Neurological Surgery	64	Dermatology	59
5	Obstetrics and Gynecology	71.3	Obstetrics and Gynecology	65.3	Plastic Surgery-Integrated	62	Obstetrics and Gynecology	60	Surgery-General (Categorical)	51

Top 5 Residency Specialties by Average Applications per Applicant for IMGs

Rank	ERAS 2022		ERAS 2021		ERAS 2020		ERAS 2019		ERAS 2018
1	Internal Medicine	100.7	Internal Medicine	98.9	Internal Medicine	90	Internal Medicine	85	Internal Medicine	83
2	Internal Medicine (Categorical)	99.8	Internal Medicine (Categorical)	97.5	Internal Medicine (Categorical)	89	Internal Medicine (Categorical)	83	Internal Medicine (Categorical)	80
3	Surgery-General (Categorical)	76.7	Surgery-General (Categorical)	69.6	Surgery-General (Categorical)	64	Surgery-General (Categorical)	66	Family Medicine	64
4	Family Medicine	63.4	Obstetrics and Gynecology	62.9	Family Medicine	63	Family Medicine	64	Urology	57
5	Urology	59.6	Family Medicine	62	Obstetrics and Gynecology	55	Neurological Surgery	49	Surgery-General (Categorical)	52

Top 3 Fellowship Specialties by Average Applications per Applicant for USGs

Rank	ERAS 2022		ERAS 2021		ERAS 2020		ERAS 2019		ERAS 2018
1	Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)	68.7	Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)	66.6	Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)	61	Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)	58	Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)	56
2	Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)	64.9	Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)	56	Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)	52	Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)	48	Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)	43
3	Gynecologic Oncology (Obstetrics and Gynecology)	54.5	Pain Medicine (Multidisciplinary)	46.8	Gynecologic Oncology (Obstetrics and Gynecology)	46	Vascular Surgery (General Surgery)	43	Gynecologic Oncology (Obstetrics and Gynecology)	40

Top 3 Fellowship Specialties by Average Applications per Applicant for IMGs

Rank	ERAS 2022		ERAS 2021		ERAS 2020		ERAS 2019		ERAS 2018
1	Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)	115.1	Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)	112.9	Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)	105	Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)	98	Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)	96
2	Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)	102.4	Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)	101.4	Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)	95	Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)	85	Gastroenterology (Internal Medicine)	84
3	Hematology and Oncology (Internal Medicine)	87.9	Hematology and Oncology (Internal Medicine)	84.1	Hematology and Oncology (Internal Medicine)	77	Hematology and Oncology (Internal Medicine)	69	Hematology and Oncology (Internal Medicine)	68

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