Best Neurology Residency Programs 2027

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

These rankings cover 201 neurology residency programs in 47 states and territories.

23 programs in this list say they sponsor H-1B visas, including Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester and McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. 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, UPMC Hamot, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine 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.