Most popular medical residency programs in North Carolina

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 76,000 pageviews of the 160 North Carolina residency programs, we share the 15 programs that were most viewed by FREIDA™ users looking for details about North Carolina 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 North Carolina

1. ECU Health Medical Center/East Carolina University Program (Internal Medicine)

2. Cape Fear Valley Health Program (Internal Medicine)

3. Campbell University/Harnett Health Program (Internal Medicine)

4. Duke University Hospital Program (Internal Medicine)

5. UNC Health Blue Ridge Program (Internal Medicine)

6. Carolinas Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

7. Campbell University/Southeastern Regional Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

8. Carolinas Medical Center Program (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

9. Mountain Area Health Education Center Program (Internal Medicine)

10. University of North Carolina Hospitals Program (Internal Medicine)

11. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

12. Cone Health Program (Internal Medicine)

13. Duke University Hospital Program (Obstetrics and Gynecology)

14. Carolinas Medical Center Program (Emergency Medicine)

15. Duke University Hospital Program (Emergency Medicine)