Residency Programs — Residency Programs with Low USMLE Step 2 Score Requirement
Explore residency programs that have a lower requirement for USMLE Step 2 scores. These programs are more accessible for candidates with varying test performances.
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Garnet Health Medical Center Program
Middletown, NY |
Internal medicine
YOG 5STEP 210DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyMD 0%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 40%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 60%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program
Houston, TX |
Family medicine
YOG 5STEP 200DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 56%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 14%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 30%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
University of Kansas School of Medicine Program
Kansas City, KS |
Pathology-anatomic and clinical
YOG 10STEP 214 Research Focused DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 19%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 44%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 37%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
ECU Health Medical Center/East Carolina University Program
Greenville, NC |
Family medicine
YOG 2STEP 220DO FriendlyJ1MD 33%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 61%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 6%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Indiana University School of Medicine/Ball Memorial Program
Muncie, IN |
Internal medicine
YOG 5STEP 220IMG FriendlyJ1MD 0%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 0%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 100%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Ascension Illinois/Saint Joseph (Chicago) Program
Chicago, IL |
Surgery
YOG 1STEP 220 Research Focused DO FriendlyJ1H1BMD 92%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 8%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 0%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Program
La Crosse, WI |
Surgery
YOG 2STEP 220J1H1BF1MD 89%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 5%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 5%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Stamford Hospital/Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Program
Stamford, CT |
Surgery
STEP 210 Research FocusedMD 88%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 0%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 12%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
University of Colorado Program
Aurora, CO |
Child neurology
STEP 200 Research Focused DO FriendlyJ1H1BMD 85%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 8%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 8%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
HCA Healthcare Las Palmas Del Sol Program
El Paso, TX |
Obstetrics and gynecology
YOG 2STEP 220DO FriendlyMD 33%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 62%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 5%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
University of New Mexico School of Medicine Program
Albuquerque, NM |
Orthopaedic surgery
YOG 5STEP 220 Research Focused J1MD 92%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 0%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 8%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Old Dominion University Program
Norfolk, VA |
Family medicine
YOG 3STEP 210DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 56%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 20%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 25%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program
Dallas, TX |
Neurology
YOG 5STEP 200 Research Focused IMG FriendlyJ1MD 85%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 0%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 15%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Hackensack University Medical Center (Palisades) Program
North Bergen, NJ |
Transitional year
YOG 8STEP 225 Research Focused DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1MD 42%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 17%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 42%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Unity Health-White County Medical Center Program
Searcy, AR |
Family medicine
YOG 2STEP 200DO FriendlyJ1MD 20%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 67%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 13%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Nuvance Health Consortium (Vassar Brothers Medical Center) Program
Poughkeepsie, NY |
Internal medicine
YOG 2STEP 220 Research Focused DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1H1BMD 1%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 11%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 88%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Southern Illinois University Program
Springfield, IL |
Psychiatry
YOG 5STEP 210DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyJ1F1MD 22%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 26%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 52%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Rutgers Health/Trinitas Regional Medical Center Program
Elizabeth, NJ |
Psychiatry
YOG 4STEP 215DO FriendlyIMG FriendlyMD 0%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 12%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 88%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
WiNC (Wisconsin Northern & Central) GME Consortium/MCW-Fox Valley (Appleton) Program
Appleton, WI |
Family medicine
YOG 2STEP 214DO FriendlyMD 62%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 24%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 14%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.
Henry Ford St. John Hospital Program
Detroit, MI |
Surgery
YOG 5STEP 210 Research Focused IMG FriendlyJ1F1MD 89%Percentage of MD graduates accepted into this program.
DO 0%Percentage of DO graduates accepted into this program.
IMG 11%Percentage of International Medical Graduates accepted here.