According to the most recent US News and World Report Children's Hospital Rankings for 2020-2021, there were 88 hospitals that earned a top 50 national ranking in at least one of ten pediatric specialties covered in the survey. Four New England hospitals were among the select group of children's hospitals that earned such distinction, including the top rated children's hospital in the country. Here we take a quick look at these four New England institutions and how they fared in the national rankings:
New England's Top Ranked Children's Hospitals |
Boston Children's Hospital
Location: Boston
Top 10 National Ranking Overall? YES (#1)
Top 50 Pediatric Specialty Rankings: 10 of 10
Cancer: #2
Cardiology & Heart Surgery: #4
Diabetes & Endocrinology: #2
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: #2
Neonatology: #6
Nephrology: #1
Neurology & Neurosurgery: #1
Orthopedics: #2
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery: #1
Urology: #1
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
Location: New Haven, CT
Top 10 National Ranking Overall? NO
Top 50 Pediatric Specialty Rankings: 7 of 10
Cancer: #50
Diabetes & Endocrinology: #6
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: #37
Neonatology: #24
Nephrology: #29
Neurology & Neurosurgery: #45
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery: #43
MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Location: Boston
Top 10 National Ranking Overall? NO
Top 50 Pediatric Specialty Rankings: 5 of 10
Diabetes & Endocrinology: #28
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: #25
Neonatology: #42
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery: #23
Urology: #47
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Location: Hartford, CT
Top 10 National Ranking Overall? NO
Top 50 Pediatric Specialty Rankings: 4 of 10
Diabetes & Endocrinology: #36
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery: #48
Neonatology: #42
Urology: #39
To find other children's hospitals in New England and elsewhere, visit our U.S. Children's Hospitals resource page.