Best Preventive Medicine Residency Programs 2027

In our 2027 rankings the top five preventive medicine programs are University of Utah Health, University of Pennsylvania, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – New York, University of California, San Francisco and University of Colorado School of Medicine. Open any program for its training hospitals, pay and key research.

These rankings cover 39 preventive medicine residency programs in 24 states and territories.

2 programs in this list say they sponsor H-1B visas, including UMass Chan Medical School and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). 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 Cincinnati College of Medicine, University Hospitals and University of Rochester 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.