Each year in March, future physicians across the globe experience Match Day, a milestone when they learn where and in what specialties they will continue their training in residencies.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students did particularly well on Match Day, as they always do. This year, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»-Louisiana will celebrate its first graduating class and its first Match Day. Across all four Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» campuses, 602 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students matched—an overall final match rate of 99.8%. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s match rate has been 99% or higher in each of the last four years.
This good news for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s campuses comes amid good news for the overall 2024 match, which is administrated by the . This year’s process included more than 50,000 applicants, an increase of 4.7% over last year. According to NRMP, graduating Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) across the country are increasingly likely to match; the DO match rate has increased 4.2 percentage points.
The match process typically takes several rounds to complete. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students matched at a rate of 95.6% in the initial round of matching, which is considerably higher than both the Doctor of Medicine (MD) average of 93.5% and the DO average of 92.3%.
Our students’ commitment to the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» mission of preparing globally minded and community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations, is evident in their matches. More than 47% of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students will attend residency in a rural area, 55% will complete a residency in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and more than 47% will head to a medically underserved area (MUA).
Furthermore, more than 72% of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students will head to residencies in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s target region—Appalachian and Delta states. Over the last four years, the top five states for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» graduates are Virginia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, and that is true this year as well. In addition, 41 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» students were accepted into a military residency, continuing Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s commitment to providing care for the United States armed forces.
Highlights from Each Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Campus
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»-Louisiana, graduating its inaugural class, had a match rate of 100%. The top three states for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»-Louisiana students are Louisiana, Texas and Florida. Students who matched into primary care specialties account for 60% of the class, helping to fulfill Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s mission. The remaining 40% matched into specialty fields, many in other areas of need, such as psychiatry, surgery, emergency medicine and orthopedics.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»-Carolinas had a match rate of 100%, with 67% matching into primary care specialties. The top three states are South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida. Seventy percent of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»-Carolinas students will be going to a residency in an Appalachian state.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»-Auburn had a final match rate of 99.3%, with approximately 60% matching into primary care specialties. The top states are Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»-Virginia had a match rate of 100%, with 66.5% matching into a primary care residency. Top states are Virginia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.