2020 APPIC Match Statistics - Phase I
Match Report from the APPIC Board of Directors
February 21, 2020
We are pleased to report that 3,231 applicants were successfully matched to internship positions in Phase I of the 2020 APPIC Match. Just over half (51%) of all applicants who obtained a position matched to their first choice internship program, nearly three-quarters (73%) received one of their top two choices, and about six-in-seven (85%) received one of their top three choices.
A total of 469 applicants were not matched to an internship position in Phase I, while an additional 191 applicants withdrew or did not submit a Rank Order List. A total of 632 positions remained unfilled.
There were 272 internship sites (36%) that had at least one unfilled position. This includes 29% of accredited sites (187 of 655) and 77% of non-accredited sites (85 of 110).
The number of registered applicants (3,891, +44 or 1.1% as compared to 2019) and the number of registered positions (3,863, +1 or 0.0%) each changed little as compared to last year. Furthermore, the number of registered applicants in the Match was nearly identical to the number of internship positions offered.
A total of 3,513 accredited internship positions were in the Match this year, the largest number ever and an increase of 114 positions (3.4%) as compared to 2019. The number of non-accredited positions dropped by 113 (24.4%, from 463 to 350). Since 2012, the number of accredited internship positions in the Match has increased from 2,361 to 3,513 (49%). However, even with this improvement, there remains a shortage of accredited internship positions, as the number of registered applicants exceeded the number of accredited positions by 378.
The 2020 APPIC Match statistics are provided below, in four sections:
APPLICANTS
| PARTICIPATION IN PHASE I |
|
Applicants Registered in the Match
|
3,891
|
|
Applicants Who Withdrew or Did Not Submit Ranks
|
191
|
|
Applicants Who Submitted Ranks for the Match
(includes 30 applicants who submitted ranks for the Match as 15 "couples")
|
3,700
|
| APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED IN PHASE I |
|
Number of Applicants Who Submitted Applications in Phase I
|
3,827
|
|
Total Number of Applications Submitted in Phase I
|
55,416
|
|
Average Number of Applications Submitted in Phase I (SD = 5.0)
|
14.5
|
|
Median Number of Applications Submitted in Phase I
|
15
|
|
Range of Applications Submitted in Phase I
|
1 - 54
|
| MATCH RESULTS IN PHASE I |
|
Applicants Matched
|
3,231
|
87%
|
|
Applicants Not Matched
|
469
|
13%
|
MATCH RESULTS BY RANK NUMBER ON APPLICANT'S LIST
(Percentages may not total to 100 due to rounding errors) |
|
Rank
|
Number of Applicants
|
|
1
|
1,643
|
51%
|
|
2
|
703
|
22%
|
|
3
|
381
|
12%
|
|
4
|
227
|
7%
|
|
5
|
105
|
3%
|
|
6
|
78
|
2%
|
|
7
|
44
|
1%
|
|
8
|
12
|
0%
|
|
9
|
13
|
0%
|
|
10 or higher
|
25
|
1%
|
|
TOTAL
|
3,231
|
100%
|
| RANKINGS IN PHASE I |
|
Average Number of Rankings Submitted Per Applicant:
|
|
Matched Applicants
|
8.2
|
|
Unmatched Applicants
|
3.6
|
|
Overall
|
7.6
|
Each Position Was Ranked by an Average of 7.3 Applicants.
INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS
| PARTICIPATION IN PHASE I |
|
Training Sites Available in the Match
|
765
|
|
Programs Available in the Match
|
1,509
|
|
Positions Available in the Match
|
3,863
|
NOTE: A "training site" can offer more than one "program" in the Match. Each "program" was identified in the Match by a separate 6-digit code number.
| APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN PHASE I |
|
Sites Receiving Applications in Phase I
|
768
|
|
Total Number of Applications Received in Phase I
|
55,416
|
|
Average Number of Applications Received in Phase I (SD = 59.3)
|
72.2
|
|
Median Number of Applications Received in Phase I
|
59
|
|
Range of Applications Received in Phase I
|
1 - 367
|
| MATCH RESULTS IN PHASE I |
|
Sites:
|
|
Filled in the Match
|
493
|
64%
|
|
With Unfilled Positions
|
272
|
36%
|
|
Programs:
|
|
Filled in the Match
|
1,143
|
76%
|
|
With Unfilled Positions
|
366
|
24%
|
|
Positions:
|
|
Filled in the Match
|
3,231
|
84%
|
|
Remaining Unfilled
|
632
|
16%
|
NOTE: 47 programs at 40 sites submitted fewer ranks than the number of positions available. As a result, no ranks were submitted for 81 positions, which remained unfilled.
| APA- OR CPA- ACCREDITED POSITIONS |
|
Filled in the Match
|
3,079
|
88%
|
|
Remaining Unfilled
|
434
|
12%
|
|
TOTAL
|
3,513
|
|
| NON-ACCREDITED POSITIONS |
|
Filled in the Match
|
152
|
43%
|
|
Remaining Unfilled
|
198
|
57%
|
|
TOTAL
|
350
|
|
Non-accredited positions represented 9.1% of all positions but 31.3% of unfilled positions.
| INTERNSHIP MATCH RATES BY ACCREDITATION AND APPIC MEMBERSHIP STATUS |
|
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM STATUS
|
POSITIONS FILLED
|
SITES FILLING ALL POSITIONS
|
|
Accredited
|
3,079 of 3,513
|
88%
|
468 of 655
|
71%
|
|
Non-Accredited and APPIC Member
|
131 of 290
|
45%
|
20 of 87
|
23%
|
|
Non-Accredited and Non-APPIC
|
21 of 60
|
35%
|
5 of 23
|
22%
|
| RANKINGS IN PHASE I |
|
Average Number of Applicants Ranked Per Position Offered for Each Program:
|
|
Programs Filling All Positions
|
8.8
|
|
Programs With Unfilled Positions
|
4.2
|
|
All Programs
|
7.7
|
Each Registered Applicant Was Ranked by an Average of 6.7 Different Programs.
DOCTORAL PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND RESULTS
SUMMARY OF PARTICIPATING DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
|
|
PROGRAM TYPE
|
DEGREE SOUGHT
|
NUMBER OF DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
|
NUMBER OF REGISTERED APPLICANTS
|
|
|
|
Accredited
|
Non-Accred.
|
Totals
|
Accredited
|
Non-Accred.
|
Totals
|
|
Clinical
|
Ph.D.
|
195
|
1
|
196
|
1,426
|
3
|
1,429
|
|
Psy.D.
|
72
|
0
|
72
|
1,603
|
0
|
1,603
|
|
TOTALS
|
267
|
1
|
268
|
3,029
|
3
|
3,032
|
|
Counseling
|
Ph.D.
|
68
|
0
|
68
|
359
|
0
|
359
|
|
Psy.D.
|
9
|
2
|
11
|
97
|
14
|
111
|
|
TOTALS
|
77
|
2
|
79
|
456
|
14
|
470
|
|
School
|
Ph.D.
|
58
|
1
|
59
|
211
|
2
|
213
|
|
Psy.D.
|
8
|
1
|
9
|
36
|
3
|
39
|
|
TOTALS
|
66
|
2
|
68
|
247
|
5
|
252
|
|
Combined
|
Ph.D.
|
11
|
0
|
11
|
67
|
0
|
67
|
|
Psy.D.
|
7
|
1
|
8
|
66
|
4
|
70
|
|
TOTALS
|
18
|
1
|
19
|
133
|
4
|
137
|
|
ALL PROGRAMS
|
Ph.D.
|
332
|
2
|
334
|
2,063
|
5
|
2,068
|
|
Psy.D.
|
96
|
4
|
100
|
1,802
|
21
|
1,823
|
|
TOTALS
|
428
|
6
|
434
|
3,865
|
26
|
3,891
|
APPLICANT RESULTS BY DOCTORAL PROGRAM TYPE AND DEGREE
|
|
PROGRAM TYPE
|
DEGREE SOUGHT
|
MATCHED
|
UNMATCHED
|
WITHDREW OR NO RANKINGS SUBMITTED
|
TOTAL
|
|
Clinical
|
Ph.D.
|
1,252
|
87.6%
|
141
|
9.9%
|
36
|
2.5%
|
1,429
|
|
Psy.D.
|
1,271
|
79.3%
|
250
|
15.6%
|
82
|
5.1%
|
1,603
|
|
TOTALS
|
2,523
|
83.2%
|
391
|
12.9%
|
118
|
3.9%
|
3,032
|
|
Counseling
|
Ph.D.
|
320
|
89.1%
|
23
|
6.4%
|
16
|
4.5%
|
359
|
|
Psy.D.
|
|
63.1%
|
20
|
18.0%
|
21
|
18.9%
|
111
|
|
TOTALS
|
390
|
83.0%
|
43
|
9.1%
|
37
|
7.9%
|
470
|
|
School
|
Ph.D.
|
175
|
82.2%
|
16
|
7.5%
|
22
|
10.3%
|
213
|
|
Psy.D.
|
30
|
76.9%
|
6
|
15.4%
|
3
|
7.7%
|
39
|
|
TOTALS
|
205
|
81.3%
|
22
|
8.7%
|
25
|
9.9%
|
252
|
|
Combined
|
Ph.D.
|
60
|
89.6%
|
3
|
4.5%
|
4
|
6.0%
|
67
|
|
Psy.D.
|
53
|
75.7%
|
10
|
14.3%
|
7
|
10.0%
|
70
|
|
TOTALS
|
113
|
82.5%
|
13
|
9.5%
|
11
|
8.0%
|
137
|
|
ALL PROGRAMS
|
Ph.D.
|
1,807
|
87.4%
|
183
|
8.8%
|
78
|
3.8%
|
2,068
|
|
Psy.D.
|
1,424
|
78.1%
|
286
|
15.7%
|
113
|
6.2%
|
1,823
|
|
TOTALS
|
3,231
|
83.0%
|
469
|
12.1%
|
191
|
4.9%
|
3,891
|
MATCHED APPLICANTS BY ACCREDITATION STATUS OF INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
AND DOCTORAL PROGRAM TYPE AND DEGREE
|
|
PROGRAM TYPE
|
DEGREE SOUGHT
|
MATCHED TO ACCREDITED INTERNSHIP
|
MATCHED TO NON-ACCREDITED INTERNSHIP
|
TOTAL
|
|
Clinical
|
Ph.D.
|
1,230
|
98.2%
|
22
|
1.8%
|
1,252
|
|
Psy.D.
|
1,205
|
94.8%
|
66
|
5.2%
|
1,271
|
|
TOTALS
|
2,435
|
96.5%
|
88
|
3.5%
|
2,523
|
|
Counseling
|
Ph.D.
|
310
|
96.9%
|
10
|
3.1%
|
320
|
|
Psy.D.
|
59
|
84.3%
|
11
|
15.7%
|
70
|
|
TOTALS
|
369
|
94.6%
|
21
|
5.4%
|
390
|
|
School
|
Ph.D.
|
157
|
89.7%
|
18
|
10.3%
|
175
|
|
Psy.D.
|
19
|
63.3%
|
11
|
36.7%
|
30
|
|
TOTALS
|
176
|
85.9%
|
29
|
14.1%
|
205
|
|
Combined
|
Ph.D.
|
56
|
93.3%
|
4
|
6.7%
|
60
|
|
Psy.D.
|
43
|
81.1%
|
10
|
18.9%
|
53
|
|
TOTALS
|
99
|
87.6%
|
14
|
12.4%
|
113
|
|
ALL PROGRAMS
|
Ph.D.
|
1,753
|
97.0%
|
54
|
3.0%
|
1,807
|
|
Psy.D.
|
1,326
|
93.1%
|
98
|
6.9%
|
1,424
|
|
TOTALS
|
3,079
|
95.3%
|
152
|
4.7%
|
3,231
|
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM RANKINGS
The following report contains additional statistics on how successful programs were, on average, in matching with applicants during Phase I of the APPIC Match.
There are several important issues that must be considered in attempting to analyze program success based on the rank numbers of matched applicants.
DEFINITIONAL PROBLEMS: Because each applicant submitted a single Rank Order List in order to match to a single position, it is easy to identify his or her "first choice," "second choice," etc. However, for an internship program, determining first or second choice applicants is a far more difficult and complex task. First, many programs attempt to fill several positions; if a program has three positions to fill, an applicant ranked third by that program can in effect be considered a "first choice" for purposes of the Match. Furthermore, a significant number of sites submitted multiple Rank Order Lists for a single program, sometimes ranking the same applicant on different Lists with different rank numbers. Also, the reversion of unfilled positions between lists adds a further complication to this analysis.
We worked closely with National Matching Services in an attempt to resolve these difficulties and to develop a reasonable method of presenting this data.
STANDARDIZED RANKINGS: For the purposes of this analysis, we converted each site's rankings to a "standardized rank." This is best explained by example: if the number of positions to be filled from a Rank Order List was three, then the first three applicants on this List were considered to be "first choice" applicants and given a standardized rank of 1. The next three applicants on that List were defined as "second choice" applicants and given a standardized rank of 2. And so on.
PHASE I MATCH RESULTS BY
STANDARDIZED RANK NUMBER ON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM LIST
(Percentages may not total to 100 due to rounding errors)
|
Standardized Rank
|
Number of Applicants Matched
|
|
1
|
986
|
31%
|
|
2
|
724
|
22%
|
|
3
|
566
|
18%
|
|
4
|
368
|
11%
|
|
5
|
237
|
7%
|
|
6
|
146
|
5%
|
|
7
|
82
|
3%
|
|
8
|
58
|
2%
|
|
9
|
27
|
1%
|
|
10 or higher
|
37
|
1%
|
|
TOTAL
|
3,231
|
100%
|
To interpret this chart: Of all positions that were filled in Phase I of the Match, 31% were filled with "first choice" applicants (as defined above), 22% with "second choice" applicants, and so on.
Furthermore, 53% were filled with "first" or "second" choice applicants, while 70% were filled with "third choice" applicants or better.
Of course, comparing these numbers to applicants' Match statistics should be done with extreme caution, given the significantly different ways in how "first choice", "second choice", etc. were defined in each analysis.
Report Prepared by Greg Keilin, Ph.D.
and National Matching Services, Inc.
February 21, 2020