Best Urology Residency Programs 2027

In our 2027 rankings the top five urology programs are Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Pennsylvania, Weill Cornell Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and University of California, San Francisco. Open any program for its training hospitals, pay and key research.

These rankings cover 150 urology residency programs in 44 states and territories.

22 programs in this list say they sponsor H-1B visas, including Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester 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, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine (Vandalia Health) and Summa Health 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.