Most popular medical residency programs in California

2025 FREIDA™ data

This past year, FREIDA™ users 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 264,000 pageviews of the 539 California residency programs, we share the 15 programs that were most viewed by FREIDA™ users looking for details about California 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 California

1. St Agnes Medical Center (Fresno) Program (Internal Medicine)

2. University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno Program (Internal Medicine)

3. Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

4. San Joaquin General Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

5. St Mary Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

6. University of California (San Francisco) Program (Internal Medicine)

7. Prime West Consortium/West Anaheim Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

8. Kern Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

9. University of California (Irvine) Program (Internal Medicine)

10. St Joseph's Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

11. Opti West - San Antonio Regional Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

12. Clinica Sierra Vista-Bakersfield Program (Family Medicine)

13. Prime West Consortium/Centinela Hospital Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

14. Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program (Internal Medicine)

15. Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Program (Family Medicine)