Desired geographic location is an important factor many students consider when choosing residency programs. This past year, FREIDA™ users tallied more than 6 million views of medical residency programs, sorting the options with numerous filters. The most-used filter narrows residency programs by state.

With this collection, we reveal the 10 states that were most viewed by FREIDA™ users based on number of programs.

Rankings are based on FREIDA™ data updated from Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2022. 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.

1. New York – 694,448 total views

2. California  – 530,815 total views

3. Florida – 464,352 total views

4. Pennsylvania – 341,591 total views

5. Illinois – 322,755 total views

6. Texas – 301,820 total views

7. Michigan – 297,124 total views

8. Ohio – 241,166 total views

9. New Jersey – 288,823 total views

10. Massachusetts – 189,374 total views

Explore all states and discover which programs are capturing the interests of your peers.