Best Psychiatry Residency Programs 2027

In our 2027 rankings the top five psychiatry programs are University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, University of Utah Health and Yale School of Medicine. Open any program for its training hospitals, pay and key research.

These rankings cover 323 psychiatry residency programs in 50 states and territories.

24 programs in this list say they sponsor H-1B visas, including University of Pennsylvania, Cleveland Clinic and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. 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, Appalachian Regional Behavioral Healthcare, Good Samaritan Hospital and University of Utah (with Idaho State University) 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.