Most popular medical residency programs in Illinois

2025 FREIDA™ data

This past year, FREIDA™ users have tallied 3.7 million views of medical residency programs, sorting the options with numerous filters. The most-used filter narrows residency programs by state. 

Drawn from more than 191,000 pageviews of the 243 Illinois residency programs, we share the 15 programs that were most viewed by FREIDA™ users looking for details about Illinois residencies.

For another unique view of which programs are capturing the attention of your peers, check out our list of the 20 most-viewed residency specialties.

Rankings are based on user activity on FREIDA™ from Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2025. To qualify for this analysis, users must have searched by specialty and applied a state or region filter. FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 13,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. 

15 most-viewed medical residency programs in Illinois

1. Cook County Health and Hospitals System Program (Internal Medicine)

2. Ascension Illinois/Saint Joseph (Chicago) Program (Internal Medicine)

3. Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago Program (Internal Medicine)

4. Advocate Health Care/Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

5. Ascension Illinois/Saint Francis Program (Internal Medicine)

6. Carle Foundation Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

7. Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

8. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Program (Internal Medicine)

9. Southern Illinois University Program (Internal Medicine)

10. Humboldt Park Health Program (Family Medicine)

11. Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago Program (Family Medicine)

12. Ascension Illinois/Saint Mary (Chicago) Program (Family Medicine)

13. Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago Program (Internal Medicine)

14. Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

15. Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago Program (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

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