Psychiatry programs with the most residency positions

FREIDA™ 2024 data

In 2024, FREIDA™ users tallied nearly 2 million views of medical residency programs. With this list of psychiatry residencies, we draw from the 2,472 first-year positions for psychiatry and reveal which residency programs offer the most positions.

Rankings are based on FREIDA™ data updated from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2024. 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.

Specialty description

Psychiatry is one of the oldest medical specialties, but it is also one of the most exciting frontiers of medicine. A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illnesses and emotional problems. Because of extensive medical training, the psychiatrist understands the body’s functions and the complex relationship between emotional illness and other medical illness.

The psychiatrist is best qualified to distinguish between physical and psychological causes of both mental and physical distress, and serves as the medical expert for the mind/brain/body interface. Psychiatrists use a wide variety of treatments, including various forms of psychotherapy, medications and hospitalization, according to the needs of each patient.

Psychiatry programs with the most first-year positions

1. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program – 24 positions

2. University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program – 22 positions

3. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program – 20 positions

4. University of Washington Program – 19 positions

5. Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Program – 18 positions

6. University of North Carolina Hospitals Program – 18 positions

7. University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Program – 18 positions

8. Medical University of South Carolina Program – 17 positions

9. University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Program – 17 positions

10. Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Program – 16 positions

11. NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program – 16 positions

12. University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program – 16 positions

13. University of California (San Francisco) Program – 16 positions

14. University of New Mexico School of Medicine Program – 16 positions

15. Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program – 16 positions