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Most popular medical residency programs in Texas

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This past year, FREIDA™ users tallied nearly 2 million views of medical residency programs, sorting the options with numerous filters. The most-used filter narrows residency programs by state. 

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Drawn from more than 107,000 pageviews of the 877 Texas residency programs, we share the 15 programs that were most viewed by FREIDA™ users looking for details about Texas 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, 2023. 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. 

  1. HCA Medical City Healthcare UNT-TCU GME (Arlington) Program (Internal Medicine)

  2. Texas Tech University (Amarillo) Program (Internal Medicine)

  3. Baylor College of Medicine Program (Internal Medicine)

  4. Christus Health/Texas A&M University School of Medicine Program (Internal Medicine)

  5. Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Program (Internal Medicine)

  6. Texas Tech University (Permian Basin) Program (Internal Medicine)

  7. Methodist Hospital (Houston) Program (Internal Medicine) 

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  8. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock Program (Internal Medicine)

  9. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

  10. Texas Tech University HSC El Paso Program (Internal Medicine)

  11. University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Program (Internal Medicine)

  12. Texas Health Resources (Bedford/Denton) Program (Internal Medicine)

  13. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program (Internal Medicine)

  14. Baylor University Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine)

  15. University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program (Internal Medicine)

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