How many dermatology residency spots

In 2022, dermatology had a total of 834 applicants and 544 spots.
This equates to 1.53 applicants per position.
Of the 595 U.S.
MD seniors who applied, 169 did not match.
In 2022, the total number of DO Senior Applicants was 58.
Of those, 41 matched, for a 70.69% match percentage.

But the data here shows that those who matched in Dermatology applied to a mean number of 2.2 different specialties and those that didn’t match is 2.3.
So the numbers are not very off.
This could be skewed since in dermatology, you have to apply to a categorical or prelim year.
I wonder if that data is being included in this.

Just to give you an idea, let’s look at other specialties.
Anesthesiology has 1,146 spots, 164 of which were osteopathic students.
That’s over 14% of Anesthesiology but less than 2% for Dermatology.
It’s possible there’s still some bias tin the Dermatology world for DO’s.

The best residency for dermatology, or any specialty, is very driven by personal preference and situation.
How close you are to family, loved ones, the type of training environment, the opportunities available are all things to take into consideration above and beyond name recognition of a program.