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Match Day
As part of the National Resident Matching Program, fourth-year medical students at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and nationwide opened their envelopes on Friday, March 20, 2026, to find out their future specialties and residency training locations for the next three to seven years.
Opening the envelope symbolizes the beginning of their medical career. Learn more about the significance of Match Day for our medical students at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine.
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From our students
When the time came to choose a medical school, Mayo stood out because it aligned strongly with the kind of physician I hoped to become. Looking back now as a graduating student, that decision proved to be the right one. Mayo provided not only outstanding clinical training and mentorship but also a community that challenged me to grow both professionally and personally. The environment of collaboration, humility and commitment to excellence has profoundly shaped the physician I am becoming.
Ryan May
Medical student, Mayo Clinic in Florida
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Training here has shown me what truly coordinated, patient-centered care looks like and set a high bar for how I hope to practice medicine moving forward. I've had the best possible experience at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and truly wouldn't trade it for anything.
Emma Willcocks
Medical student, Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Past Match Day events
Learn more about Match Day at Mayo Clinic in previous years.
Match Day 2023
On Match Day, there was a total of 97 matches for Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine class of 2023 across our three campuses. Our students matched all over the country – to 25 different states.
Read more about Match Day for the class of 2023.
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Match Day 2024
Match Day 2024 at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine was celebrated on Friday, March 15, 2024, with events at each campus location — Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota.
- Ninety-seven students in the class of 2024 matched to 25 different states across the country.
- Thirty-one percent of students matched to a program on a Mayo Clinic campus.
Read some of the 2024 news.
- From Our Students: Preparing for Match Day and the Future (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science)
- Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Celebrates With Medical Students on Match Day 2024 (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science)
- Get to know 2024 matching med students (Mayo Clinic Alumni Association)
- Friday is Match Day (Video - KTTC in Rochester, MN)
- Mayo Clinic Medical Student Anticipate Match Day (Video, article - KIMT News 3 in Rochester, MN)
Match Day 2025
Match Day 2025 at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine was celebrated on Friday, March 21, 2025, with events at each campus location — Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota.
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Eighty-seven fourth-year students in Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine participated in Match Day 2025
- Twenty-four students matched to a program on a Mayo Clinic campus
Read some of the 2025 news.
- Mayo Clinic Medical Students Reflect on Their Educational Journey as Match Day Approaches (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science)
- From Learning to Living Medicine: Mayo Clinic Medical Students Participate in Match Day (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science)
- Get to know 2025 matching medical students! (Mayo Clinic Alumni Association)
- Mayo Clinic Students to Participate in Match Day (KAALTV ABC 6 News)
- Match Day brings tears and excitement to Mayo Clinic medical students (KIMT 3 News)
- Match Day 2025: Jacksonville’s med schools fill doctor shortages (Jax Today)
- Mayo Clinic med students mark Match Day in Rochester (Post Bulletin)
About Match Day
The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), or The Match, is a private, non-profit organization established in 1952 at the request of medical students to provide an orderly and fair mechanism for matching the preferences of applicants for U.S. residency positions with the preferences of residency program directors. Match Week takes place the third week in March.