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South Carolina Residency Match Results (2016-2025) and First-Year Residency Positions (2010-2025)

This interactive dashboard displays where and to which specialties South Carolina medical school graduates from 2016-2025 matched for their graduate medical education (GME, or residency). It also shows the number of first-year (PGY-1) residency positions in South Carolina available and filled during the Main Match from 2010-2025.



Instructions

  1. Use the tabs in the top row above the visualization to navigate between dashboards.
  2. Use the second row of tabs to navigate between types of metrics within each topic area.
  3. To filter a dashboard by year, specialty, or South Carolina medical school, use the dropdown menus located below the navigation tabs. You may filter by individual specialty or by primary care/non-primary care specialties.
  4. To download data or graphics, or to share on social media, use the icons at the bottom of the dashboard.

What does this dashboard show?

This dashboard shows the number of students graduating from South Carolina medical schools between 2016-2025 and where they match to residency training. It also shows trends in the number of available first-year (PGY-1) residency positions in the state. Data are displayed in four tabs:

  1. Summary: This view summarizes, by year, the total number of students matching to residency in-state vs out-of-state residency location, and primary care vs non-primary care residency specialties. Data are displayed as bar and line charts, with the corresponding data table below. It also shows the number of PGY-1 positions available, filled during the Main Match, and unfilled after the Main Match.
  2. Matches by Location: This view shows the locations of where students matched to residency programs. The data can be filtered by year, primary care vs non-primary care specialty groupings, individual specialty, and medical school.
    • Matches by State tab: This view contains a US map showing the states where students matched to residency programs. The circles are sized by the number of medical school graduates. The corresponding data table is located to the right of the map.
    • In-state Matches by Program tab: This view contains a South Carolina map showing the locations where South Carolina medical school graduates matched to residency programs within the state. The circles are sized by the number of medical school graduates. The corresponding data table is located to the right of the map.
  3. Matches by Specialty: This view includes a bar chart that shows the number of medical students matching to primary care vs non-primary care specialties, by school. The corresponding data table showing individual specialties is located below the chart.
  4. First Year Residency Positions in SC: This view summarizes the number of first-year (PGY-1) residency positions in South Carolina from 2010-2025. Using a combination of data from the National Residency Match Program® (NRMP) and Match results from SC medical schools, the line chart shows the number of available PGY-1 positions, the number filled during the Main Match, and the number of SC medical school graduates matching to residency programs in South Carolina. The corresponding data table is located below the chart. Note: the number of positions filled and unfilled reflects results of the NRMP Main Match, and do not include positions filled during the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP), as those data were not readily available. Data on positions filled by SC medical school graduates come from the medical schools and do include SOAP matches.

Why is this information important, and how can it be used?

Data published by the AAMC indicate that 75.9% of physicians who completed both medical school and residency in South Carolina were practicing in SC in 2023. Monitoring data on where physicians train and in which specialties can help identify opportunities to reinforce the pathways from South Carolina medical schools into South Carolina residency programs. This can also serve to strengthen the physician workforce available to care for all South Carolinians.

Additionally, tracking the number of available first-year residency positions in relation to the number of South Carolina medical school graduates can help support effective medical education and workforce planning efforts in SC.

For more information, read these related reports:

About the Data

Primary care includes family medicine, internal medicine, medicine/pediatrics, medicine-primary, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, and pediatrics-primary.

Match data for the Medical University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, and University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville were obtained from each school’s website. Match data for the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – Carolinas Campus were provided by VCOM-CC leadership. VCOM also maintains a robust data visualization that combines information for all four of its campuses. The tool is available at https://www.vcom.edu/residency-match.

Match data were cleaned to remove duplicate records, standardize specialty, program name, and location, and add codes for in-state vs out-of-state, primary care, and federal/military. These data include matches made during the Main Match and SOAP.

First-year residency position data were compiled from published National Resident Matching Program® reports and are used with permission. Sources:

  • National Resident Matching Program®. Results and Data: Main Residency Match®. Individual reports for years 2010-2025. National Resident Matching Program, Washington, DC. Reports are available at https://www.nrmp.org/match-data/.
  • National Resident Matching Program®, Results and Data: Specialties Matching Service. Individual reports for Appointment Years 2010-2025. National Resident Matching Program, Washington, DC. Reports are available at https://www.nrmp.org/match-data/

The number of available PGY-1 positions is derived from the “Quota” column for each residency program by specialty each year. The number of filled PGY-1 positions is derived from the “Matched” column listed for each residency program by specialty for each year and are based on Main Match results. The yearly program results were then summed to produce a state total. NRMP data reflect results after the Main Match and do not include positions filled during SOAP.

Limitations:

  • GME is a national market. Students may not always match to their preferred specialty or location.
  • Some medical school graduates may choose to pursue residency training in other states to gain a different perspective or experience a different location and decide to return to South Carolina later.
  • Some medical school graduates may choose to pursue residency training in other states to gain a different perspective or experience a different location and decide to return to South Carolina later.
  • The data on available and filled PGY-1 positions are based on Main Match results. These data do not account for positions subsequently filled through SOAP or match programs outside of the NRMP, including the San Francisco Match, Urology Match, and Military Match. The data also do not include osteopathic residency positions prior to the transition to a single GME accreditation system beginning in 2015.
    • NRMP reported a national total of 43,237 available positions in the 2025 Match. Of those positions, 40,764 (94.3%) were filled in the Main Match and 2,521 (5.8%) were filled during SOAP.
  • The data on medical school graduates do not account for a minimal number of medical school graduates who do not or choose not to match to residency.

Suggested Citation

Campbell C, Chastain-Brown A, Gaul K. South Carolina Residency Match Results and Number of Available First-Year Residency Positions Dashboard. Charleston, SC: South Carolina Office for Healthcare Workforce, South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium. April 2025. Retrieved from www.scahec.net/scohw/viz/SC-Residency-Match-and-PGY-1-Slots.html

For more information:

For technical questions about the dashboard, contact Cate Campbell at the South Carolina Office for Healthcare Workforce at campcath@musc.edu. For questions about the data, contact scohw@scahec.net.