Best Otolaryngology Residency Programs 2027

In our 2027 rankings the top five otolaryngology programs are University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian and University of California, San Francisco. Open any program for its training hospitals, pay and key research.

These rankings cover 130 otolaryngology residency programs in 43 states and territories.

17 programs in this list say they sponsor H-1B visas, including Cleveland Clinic, Stanford Health Care and Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences 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 Kettering Health Dayton 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.