The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP) would like to congratulate this year’s medical students on an outstanding Match Day. On March 21, 4,574 medical students matched to family medicine residency programs across the United States!
Match Day is a milestone for medical students as they prepare to graduate medical school and transition to the next step of their training in residency. The National Residency Match Program (NRMP), also known as The Match, aligns graduating and graduated medical students with residency training programs in many different specialties. This year’s match offered 148 more family medicine slots than in 2024, continuing to grow the workforce and meet the needs of patients across the country.
- Family medicine offered 5,379 slots, 148 more than in 2024, and 13.8% of positions offered in all specialties – an increase from 13.6% in 2024.
- 4,574 medical students and graduates matched to family medicine residency programs. Here’s the breakdown:
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- 1,519 U.S. allopathic medical school (MD) seniors
- 1,486 osteopathic medical school (DO) seniors
- 626 U.S. international medical graduates (IMGs)
- 801 foreign IMGs
- 90 previous graduates of U.S. MD-granting schools
- 52 previous graduates of DO-granting schools
- 817 family medicine categorical programs offered 5,357 slots and filled 4,552.
- Ohio family medicine residency programs offered 203 slots and filled 179. Of those 179 matches, 62 were MD seniors and 62 were DO seniors.
The numbers referenced here do not include SOAP outcomes or military match numbers. Almost all family medicine residency positions are typically filled by July 1.
- Northeast Ohio Medical University: 17
- The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine: 16
- The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences: 9
- Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine: 19.
Not all medical school Match results were accessible online at the time of this publication.
- Match Day 2025: Family Medicine Sets Another Milestone – AAFP
- NRMP® Releases the 2025 Main Residency Match® Results, Celebrates the Next Generation of Physicians – NRMP
- 2025 Match Results for Family Medicine – AAFP.
The OAFP would like to send congratulations to all of our student members who matched last week! We’d like to highlight match stories like yours on our social media, website, and/or in future publications to share with members. If you are interested in being featured, please send the following to Caitlin Laudeman:
- Name
- Medical School
- Residency program name and state
- What you’re looking forward to in your family medicine career, reflections on your journey to Match Day, or any other thoughts you would like to share
- A photo of you.
This is a huge milestone in your career and OAFP could not be more excited for you! The OAFP is here to support you in residency, as a new physician, and throughout your family medicine career. Make sure to stay in touch through residency – and check out all of the benefits for Ohio resident members on the OAFP website. Through Academy events, leadership opportunities, advocacy, and publications, the OAFP provides residents with resources and opportunities to continue growing and set their future up for success.
Become a Family Medicine Champion and Engage the Next Generation of Family Physicians
Connect with your passion, your community, and your purpose and help shape the future of family medicine with AAFP! Family Medicine Champions are guides along the pathway and process of medical education, providing information, tools, and support to recruit a diverse workforce and champion a positive vision for the future of family medicine. Champions are prepared to dispel myths, clear up misconceptions, and advocate for and share the depth and breadth of opportunities within the specialty.
As a foundation of the AAFP’s priority to strengthen pathways to family medicine, the program will prepare individuals to connect with students, and those who support them, to shed light on what it really means to be a family physician. Learn more about the Family Medicine Champions program and register for the upcoming cohort starting in August on the AAFP website.