In the latest U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) rankings of American hospitals, only 164 hospitals surveyed received national recognition in at least one of the 15 adult specialties examined in the USNWR study. The five-state Rocky Mountain region of the U.S. is home to multiple teaching hospitals, but no teaching hospital in the region ranked among the 20 best hospitals in the nation in the USNWR survey.  As such, the Rocky Mountain region was the only region of the country without at least one hospital ranked among the U.S. top twenty.  However, two teaching hospitals in the region earned national distinction in at least three adult specialties.  For receiving such recognition in the USNWR survey, these two hospitals stand out as the top-ranked teaching hospitals in the Rocky Mountain region:

Top Ranked Teaching Hospitals in the Rocky Mountain Region

University of Colorado Hospital
Location:  Aurora, CO

Overall Ranking Nationally:  Not in the Top 20

Nationally Ranked Adult Specialties:  5

• Diabetes & Endocrinology:  #34
• Ear, Nose & Throat:  #47
• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery:  #43
• Pulmonology & Lung Surgery:  #2
• Rheumatology:  #11
• See ranking details

University of Utah Hospital

Location:  Salt Lake City, UT

Overall Ranking Nationally:  Not in the Top 20

Nationally Ranked Adult Specialties:  3

• Cancer:  #33
• Opthalmology:  #10
• Rehabilitation:  #50
• See ranking details

To find other teaching hospitals in the Rocky Mountain region and elsewhere, visit our U.S. Teaching Hospitals resource page.