Best Pathology Residency Programs 2027

In our 2027 rankings the top five pathology programs are University of Pennsylvania, Yale School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 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 137 pathology residency programs in 44 states and territories.

20 programs in this list say they sponsor H-1B visas, including Cleveland Clinic, Mass General Brigham 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, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Summa Health and University of Toledo Medical Center 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.