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Match Day 2022: ‘What a Phenomenal Day’
March 19th, 2022
Match Day 2022: By the Numbers
Dean for Medical Education Lee Jones, MD, presided over this year's Match Day proceedings.
Posted in Special Stories | Tagged Match Day, medical education
Applicants participating in the Main Residency Match according to the National Resident Matching Program: 42,549
Available positions in the match: 39,205 (largest on record)
Available first-year (PGY-1) positions: 36,277 (largest on record — 3.1% increase over 2021)
Increase in number of programs offering PGY-1 positions: 177
Most popular specialties among Georgetown students:
- Internal medicine: 32 students
- Anesthesiology: 24 students
- Emergency medicine: 15 students
- General surgery: 15 students
- Pediatrics: 14 students
- OB-GYN:13 students
- Orthopaedic surgery: 13 students
- Family medicine: 8 students
Most popular destinations for Georgetown students:
- California: 36 students
- District of Columbia: 32 students
- New York State: 25 students
- Pennsylvania: 14 students
- Maryland: 12 students
Number of states where Georgetown students matched: 27 and the District of Columbia
Number of Georgetown students matching at a MedStar Health hospital: 29
Number of lives School of Medicine students will impact throughout their careers: Countless!
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