Best Neurological Surgery Residency Programs 2027

In our 2027 rankings the top five neurological surgery programs are University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Weill Cornell Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and University of California, San Francisco. Open any program for its training hospitals, pay and key research.

These rankings cover 122 neurological surgery residency programs in 42 states and territories.

17 programs in this list say they sponsor H-1B visas, including Cleveland Clinic, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Stanford Health Care. Use the visa filter to see them all, and confirm with each program before you apply.

Measured as PGY-1 pay against a typical local one-bedroom rent, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and University Hospitals come out ahead.

Each program is judged on the hospitals where residents train, the depth of its faculty, its research and pay against local rent. No reputation surveys are used. 2MM+ members can set their own weights.