U.S. News & World Report Rankings
Ranked Among the Best Pediatric Hospitals Nationwide
In 2025, U.S. News & World Report once again named Seattle Children’s among the nation’s top ten children’s hospitals. U.S. News & World Report is considered the most comprehensive source of objective quality-related information on pediatric hospitals in the United States.
We are honored to be recognized as one of the nation’s top ten places to care for children, out of nearly 200 pediatric hospitals evaluated in 2025. U.S. News & World Report has recognized Seattle Children’s as a top children’s hospital every year since it began ranking medical centers more than 30 years ago.
Seattle Children’s is also the top-ranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest, and tied for first place in the Pacific Region, which includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. We are nationally ranked for all 11 of the individual specialty areas that U.S. News & World Report evaluates.
Ranked in 11 of 11 Specialty Areas
U.S. News & World Report ranks the top 50 pediatric hospitals in 11 specialty areas. For more than a decade, Seattle Children’s has been nationally ranked in every area, and for 2025, 6 specialties are in the top 11:
- Cancer: #12
- Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders: #9
- Gastroenterology and GI Surgery: #11
- Cardiology and Heart Surgery: #32
- Neonatology: #9
- Nephrology: #8
- Neurology and Neurosurgery: #9
- Orthopedics: #13
- Pulmonology: #10
- Urology: #10
- Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral Health (ranked in top 50)
- Note: In this second year of the new specialty, U.S. News did not assign ordinal ranks to any of the top 50 Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral Health programs. All 50, which includes Seattle Children’s, receive equal recognition as Best Hospitals for Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral Health.
About the Rankings
U.S. News & World Report is the most comprehensive source of quality-related information on pediatric hospitals in the United States. To calculate the Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, U.S. News gathered relevant data from children’s hospitals. The Best Children's Hospitals methodology factors in objective measures such as patient outcomes, including mortality and infection rates, as well as available clinical resources and compliance with best practices. Rankings also factor in each specialty’s reputation, as assessed by thousands of pediatric specialists at peer institutions around the country.
Please note that although there are many pediatric specialties, U.S. News & World Report ranks only 11 of them.
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Learn more about Seattle Children’s top-ranked specialties.