Best Plastic Surgery Residency Programs 2027

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

These rankings cover 92 plastic surgery residency programs in 39 states and territories.

13 programs in this list say they sponsor H-1B visas, including Cleveland Clinic, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University and Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester. 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, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Carilion Clinic and Cleveland Clinic 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.