November 2026 Illuminator Newsletter
Shining a Light on Match News that Matters This issue of the Illuminator includes: 2027 Main Residency Match® News and Reminders Applicant Match History in…
>
News
Updates
View All News
Collaborations
Data Reports
Innovation
Institutions
International Medical Graduate
Match Participants
Medical Schools
Non-U.S. Senior
Partnerships
Programs
Research
Residency Applicant
U.S. Senior
NRMP Releases Landmark Reports that Advance Transparency in the Transition to Residency
The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has released three new reports offering first-of-their-kind analyses of key factors influencing the transition to residency, expanding the…
Data Reports
Match Participants
Match Week
Partially Matched Applicants
Results
SOAP
The Match Process
Unmatched Applicants
Matched, Unmatched, and Beyond: Applicant Characteristics and Residency Placement Outcomes, 2022–2025
The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has released Matched, Unmatched, and Beyond: Applicant Characteristics and Residency Placement Outcomes, 2022–2025, a first-of-its-kind report that considers…
October 2026 Illuminator Newsletter
Shining a Light on Match News that Matters This issue of the Illuminator includes: 2027 Main Residency Match® News and Reminders Medical Schools: Upload Rising…
NRMP and NBME Publish Report on Program Ranking Patterns
In collaboration with NBME, the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has released a new report, Characteristics of Applicants Included on Residency Program Rank Order Lists…
NRMP Issues Call for Nominations for Board of Directors
The NRMP Board of Directors is seeking nominations for directors whose terms of service would begin on July 1, 2027. Specific vacancies include: Deadline for…
NRMP® has updated Charting Outcomes™: Demographic Characteristics of Applicants in the Main Residency Match® and SOAP® and Charting Outcomes™: Demographic Characteristics of Applicants in the Specialties Matching Service® reports to include data for the 2024 appointment year.
The goal of the applicant demographic reports is to advance the understanding and encourage discussion about the relationships among the unique characteristics of applicants, the specialties they pursue, and their experience in the Match.
The reports have been built using data visualization software and draws from the demographic questions asked of applicants registering for the Main Residency Match and the Specialties Matching Service in the NRMP’s Registration, Ranking, and Results® (R3®) system. These questions cover characteristics including:
- Sex assigned at birth
- Sexual orientation
- Gender identity
- Race identities
- Hispanic/Latinx/Spanish ethnicity
- Disability status and accommodations sought during medical school or residency
- Urbanicity of childhood rearing environment
- First-generation college and medical school graduation statuses
- Family socioeconomic factors during applicants’ childhoods