Table 32: ERAS Residency Applicants and Applications of U.S. Medical
School Graduates by Specialty, 2001-2008
The table displays the number of residency applicants who were U.S. medical
school graduates and average number of applications submitted to ERAS
by specialty from 2001 to 2008. Please e-mail us at facts@aamc.org
if you need further assistance or have additional inquiries
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ERAS Applicants by Specialty, 2001-2008*
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2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
Applicants
|
Avg nbr of Applications
|
Applicants
|
Avg nbr of Applications
|
Applicants
|
Avg nbr of Applications
|
Applicants
|
Avg nbr of Applications
|
Applicants
|
Avg nbr of Applications
|
Applicants
|
Avg nbr of Applications
|
Applicants
|
Avg nbr of Applications
|
Applicants
|
Avg nbr of Applications
|
| Anesthesiology |
980
|
14.0
|
1,227
|
17.4
|
1,311
|
20.1
|
1,331
|
20.7
|
1,453
|
21.3
|
1,656
|
23.4
|
1,599
|
25.3
|
1,653
|
25.9
|
| Dermatology |
595
|
39.3
|
571
|
40.4
|
616
|
43.1
|
652
|
45.0
|
642
|
47.5
|
632
|
46.7
|
653
|
54.7
|
585
|
57.2
|
| Emergency Medicine |
1,429
|
25.5
|
1,459
|
25.7
|
1,390
|
26.5
|
1,502
|
24.9
|
1,590
|
26.0
|
1,532
|
25.7
|
1,596
|
26.5
|
1,649
|
26.3
|
| Family Medicine |
2,113
|
14.3
|
1,954
|
12.3
|
1,764
|
12.0
|
1,739
|
11.2
|
1,745
|
11.1
|
1,845
|
11.3
|
1,856
|
11.7
|
1,906
|
13.0
|
| Internal Medicine |
6,534
|
15.4
|
6,751
|
15.1
|
6,656
|
15.2
|
6,784
|
15.5
|
6,902
|
15.9
|
7,012
|
15.9
|
7,201
|
16.3
|
7,084
|
17.1
|
| Neurological Surgery[2006] |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
6
|
1.0
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
| Neurology |
7
|
2.0
|
5
|
1.4
|
5
|
1.6
|
1
|
2.0
|
2
|
2.0
|
5
|
1.8
|
434
|
16.9
|
456
|
18.9
|
| Child Neurology (Neurology)[2002] |
.
|
.
|
1
|
1.0
|
1
|
1.0
|
1
|
1.0
|
1
|
1.0
|
1
|
1.0
|
2
|
1.0
|
.
|
.
|
| Nuclear Medicinen [2002] |
.
|
.
|
30
|
9.0
|
18
|
5.7
|
37
|
7.5
|
29
|
7.8
|
32
|
5.7
|
25
|
8.0
|
23
|
7.5
|
| Obstetrics and Gynecology |
1,066
|
25.3
|
1,086
|
23.5
|
936
|
23.0
|
944
|
21.7
|
984
|
21.5
|
1,075
|
21.7
|
1,132
|
23.4
|
1,143
|
26.2
|
| Orthopaedic Surgery |
881
|
42.0
|
867
|
41.4
|
882
|
42.7
|
916
|
45.7
|
927
|
48.4
|
908
|
44.4
|
942
|
47.3
|
956
|
50.0
|
| Otolaryngology[2006] |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
427
|
38.0
|
435
|
39.1
|
408
|
42.4
|
| Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical |
280
|
11.2
|
336
|
12.4
|
435
|
13.7
|
513
|
14.4
|
581
|
16.8
|
513
|
16.1
|
525
|
16.0
|
522
|
17.0
|
| Pediatrics |
2,118
|
17.8
|
1,954
|
16.8
|
1,968
|
16.2
|
2,021
|
15.8
|
2,128
|
16.6
|
2,098
|
16.5
|
2,140
|
16.7
|
2,054
|
17.4
|
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
208
|
12.2
|
280
|
13.8
|
293
|
14.7
|
311
|
15.9
|
344
|
16.2
|
315
|
17.8
|
362
|
18.7
|
352
|
17.9
|
| Plastic Surgery[2002] |
.
|
.
|
178
|
20.1
|
215
|
23.4
|
264
|
23.3
|
256
|
27.3
|
245
|
31.2
|
250
|
28.4
|
223
|
33.7
|
| Psychiatry |
782
|
13.3
|
850
|
13.6
|
848
|
14.2
|
925
|
14.2
|
949
|
15.3
|
943
|
15.8
|
950
|
16.2
|
889
|
16.1
|
| Radiology-Diagnostic |
1,341
|
30.1
|
1,334
|
35.8
|
1,356
|
37.9
|
1,442
|
40.5
|
1,310
|
41.0
|
1,290
|
38.0
|
1,299
|
40.0
|
1,341
|
41.7
|
| Radiation Oncology[2002] |
.
|
.
|
208
|
19.3
|
233
|
25.0
|
218
|
26.1
|
243
|
30.8
|
232
|
32.6
|
245
|
34.1
|
231
|
38.9
|
| Surgery-General |
1,729
|
21.8
|
1,740
|
19.3
|
1,944
|
19.5
|
2,314
|
20.3
|
2,271
|
22.0
|
2,286
|
21.7
|
2,252
|
22.0
|
2,341
|
23.6
|
| Vascular Surgery (Integrated)[2008] |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
35
|
3.9
|
| Urology [2003] |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
352
|
38.4
|
302
|
40.5
|
334
|
41.9
|
332
|
40.8
|
338
|
43.3
|
375
|
44.6
|
| Internal Medicine/Pediatrics |
450
|
15.4
|
418
|
14.8
|
350
|
12.9
|
409
|
14.0
|
399
|
14.0
|
430
|
13.9
|
420
|
13.5
|
394
|
13.8
|
| Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine |
97
|
3.8
|
87
|
4.1
|
73
|
3.9
|
106
|
4.0
|
85
|
4.2
|
109
|
3.8
|
138
|
3.3
|
96
|
4.5
|
| Internal Medicine/Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation |
7
|
2.3
|
1
|
1.0
|
7
|
1.3
|
7
|
1.4
|
3
|
1.7
|
3
|
1.0
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
| Internal Medicine/Psychiatry |
60
|
7.2
|
45
|
6.1
|
52
|
7.1
|
72
|
5.2
|
47
|
5.5
|
55
|
4.5
|
48
|
4.4
|
59
|
5.6
|
| Psychiatry/Family Practice |
52
|
3.3
|
36
|
2.4
|
44
|
3.3
|
49
|
3.2
|
49
|
2.2
|
48
|
2.5
|
42
|
2.5
|
50
|
2.6
|
| Pediatrics/Emergency Medicine |
30
|
2.0
|
28
|
1.6
|
21
|
1.7
|
20
|
1.7
|
25
|
1.4
|
39
|
2.3
|
28
|
2.3
|
35
|
2.2
|
| Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry[2002] |
.
|
.
|
57
|
4.6
|
48
|
5.4
|
46
|
4.4
|
59
|
5.3
|
64
|
5.5
|
56
|
4.5
|
67
|
5.1
|
| Pediatrics/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
8
|
2.5
|
4
|
1.5
|
9
|
2.6
|
8
|
2.3
|
13
|
3.8
|
9
|
3.1
|
8
|
2.3
|
16
|
1.9
|
| Internal Medicine/Family Practice |
21
|
1.9
|
32
|
2.0
|
17
|
1.0
|
22
|
1.5
|
16
|
1.2
|
33
|
1.3
|
17
|
1.6
|
22
|
1.4
|
| Psychiatry/Neurology[2007] |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
19
|
2.6
|
25
|
2.9
|
| Internal Medicine/Dermatology[2005] |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
46
|
2.3
|
44
|
2.1
|
72
|
2.4
|
74
|
3.7
|
| Pediatrics/Dermatology[2006] |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
19
|
1.6
|
34
|
1.6
|
8
|
1.0
|
| Emergency Medicine/Family Medicine[2007] |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
64
|
1.0
|
20
|
1.0
|
| Transitional Year |
2,929
|
8.2
|
3,182
|
8.3
|
3,073
|
8.4
|
3,111
|
8.2
|
3,175
|
8.4
|
3,312
|
8.2
|
3,458
|
8.7
|
3,347
|
8.9
|
| Total Applicants |
16,221
|
26.6
|
16,273
|
27.3
|
16,445
|
28.6
|
16,919
|
29.6
|
17,111
|
30.9
|
17,382
|
31.4
|
17,654
|
33.3
|
17,646
|
34.9
|
* The year a specialty joined ERAS is shown in parentheses if it joined
after 2001.
Sources: AAMC - Pre 2008, ERAS DW on dsdev, 2008 ERAS on 662, as of 6/2/2008.
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