U.S. News & World Report released the 2025-26 edition of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” an annual evaluation of pediatric hospitals by specialty and by location, on Oct. 7, featuring 10 Honor Roll hospitals.
For the 19th edition, the media company, alongside RTI International, a North Carolina-based research and consulting firm, collected and examined data from 118 children’s hospitals and surveyed thousands of pediatric specialists. Hospitals are evaluated across 11 pediatric specialties.
This year’s edition names 86 top pediatric hospitals, and includes 10 Honor Roll hospitals with the highest rankings across all specialties. The edition also includes the second annual evaluation of pediatric and adolescent behavioral health programs.
Here are the Honor Roll hospitals, which were not ordinally ranked, in alphabetical order:
- Boston Children’s Hospital
- Children’s Hospital Colorado (Aurora)
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Children’s National Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
- Cincinnati Children’s
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, Ohio)
- Rady Children’s Hospital (San Diego)
- Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)
More information about the methodology is available here.
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