Match Week was cause for celebration as 8,049 osteopathic (DO) seniors (7,773) and graduates (276) matched into residency training programs in this year’s National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) Main Match.
The match rate for DO seniors reached an all-time high of 92.6 percent, an increase of 0.3 percent from 2024 and up 3.5 percent from 2021.
NBOME President and CEO John R. Gimpel, DO, MEd, said, “Congratulations to all applicants and their supporters, the programs, and the NRMP for another successful 2025 NRMP Match. More programs than ever will welcome in DO residents in 2025, and this will contribute significantly to the care patients receive in communities across the United States.”
These specialties comprise 96.45% of all DO senior matches to PGY-1 positions in this year’s Match.
- Internal Medicine – 2,067 matches, an increase of 119 positions since last year, with DO seniors filling 16.6% of IM positions
- Family Medicine – 1482 matches, a decrease of 8 positions since last year, with DO seniors filling 32.6% of FM positions
- Emergency Medicine – 1078 matches, an increase of 31 positions since last year and 288 more positions than in 2021, with DO seniors filling 35.9% of EM positions in 2025
- Pediatrics – 645 matches, an increase of 42 positions since last year, with DO seniors filling 21.0% of positions
- Psychiatry – 542 matches, an increase of 42 positions since last year, with DO seniors filling 22.8% of positions
- Transitional Year – 346 matches, an increase of 41 positions from last year, with DO seniors filling 21.4 % of positions
- General Surgery – 325 DO senior matches, a decrease of 6 positions from last year, with DO seniors filling 13.3% of positions
- Obstetrics & Gynecology – 315 matches, an increase of 23 positions from last year, with DO seniors filling 19.8% of positions
- Anesthesiology – 308 matches, an increase of 24 positions from last year, with DO senior filling 17.1% of positions
- Neurology – 154 matches, an increase of 10 positions from last year, with DO seniors filling 16.6% of positions
- Orthopaedic Surgery – 131 matches, up 14 positions from last year, with DO seniors filling 14.1% of positions, an increase of 1.3 percentage points
- Pathology – 104 matches, up 15 positions from last year, with DO seniors filling 16.8% of positions, an increase of 2.5 percentage points
Other significant increases for DO senior PGY-1 matches were in:
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation – 90 matches, an increase of 2 positions, filling 37.5% of positions, a decrease of 2.7 percentage points
- Child Neurology – 32 matches, an increase of 10 positions from last year, with DO seniors filling 17.3% of positions, an increase of 4.9 percentage points
- Medicine-Pediatrics – 42 matches, an increase of 12 positions from last year, with DO seniors filling 10.6% of positions, an increase of 2.9 percentage points
- Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine – 11 matches. an increase of 5 positions from last year, filling 100% of positions, an increase of 25 percentage points
The 2025 Match was the largest in its 73-year history; 47,208 active applicants submitted a certified rank order list. DO seniors and graduates, MD seniors and graduates, and US citizen and non-US citizen graduates of international medical schools applied for 43,237 positions in this year’s Match, with 40,764 positions filling. There were 8,392 DO senior active applicants in this year’s Match, 359 more than last year, or a 4.5 percent increase.
Another important milestone for the 2025 transition to residency cycle included the use of multiple application services for applicants in securing residency positions. The NBOME is a proud partner with ResidencyCAS and CentralApp, providing services to more than 600 DO applicants to positions in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Plastic Surgery Integrated, and Anesthesiology in this year’s Match.
“This year’s Main Residency Match marks a milestone of continued success for the graduate medical education community as a record number of applicants and residency training programs matched,” says NRMP President and CEO Donna L. Lamb, DHSc, MBA, BSN.
This year’s final placement rates, including results for the Match Week Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program SOAP for applicants who were unmatched by the matching algorithm, will be available in the 2025 Main Residency Match Report from the NRMP later this spring. In 2024, 98.5 percent of DO seniors placed into positions through the Match and SOAP, above all applicant types.
The NBOME congratulates all the DOs who matched or placed into positions in the NRMP Main Match or through SOAP and those who placed in other matching programs (Military, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, and Urology). We wish them continued success on their Road to DO Licensure.