Ophthalmology residents remain predominantly white, male in 2022

According to a data report from the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology, the spring 2022 class of ophthalmology residents was predominantly composed of white male students. 

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Of those that registered for residency, 62 percent were male — up from 55 percent last year — and 34 percent were female, while the other 3 percent declined to say. Over the past five years, the average change of  of male registrants was up 2 percen, while the percentage of female registrants was unchanged. 

Of those matched with a residency program, 60 percent were male and 38 percent were female. Matched males were up 5 percent from the previous year; matched females were up 1percent. 

This year, 51 percent of registrants were white, while 28 percent were Asian. Black registrants made up the lowest number at 6 percent. 

Of matched students, 51 percent were white, 28 percent Asian, 8 percent declined to state, 8 percent Hispanic/Latino and 7 percent Black. 

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