Children's Hospital Colorado

Children’s Hospital Colorado Recognized as a Top Ranked Children’s Hospital in the Nation

Children's Hospital Colorado | October 08, 2024

Children’s Hospital Colorado has been named to the 2024-2025 Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll by U.S. News & World Report, a distinction awarded to only 10 children’s hospitals nationwide. Children’s Colorado is proud to continue serving as a pediatric leader right here in our own community, being ranked No. 1 in both the region and the state.

Top rankings across specialties

In addition to being named as the No. 1 pediatric hospital in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region, Children’s Colorado has been recognized by U.S. News as being exceptional in all ranked specialties, with six of the Children’s Colorado specialties ranked among the Top 10, including:

For the first time, U.S. News ranked behavioral health programs. Children’s Colorado is now recognized among the best in behavioral health, based on a variety of factors around the hospital’s quality of behavioral and mental health care for children.

'Here, it's different'

“At Children’s Hospital Colorado, we like to say that ‘here, it’s different.’ With a U.S. News & World Report Top 10 ranking, we’re proving it,” said Jena Hausmann, president and CEO of Children’s Colorado. “This year’s new approach to rankings recognizes a leading group of children’s hospitals whose work pushes the child health field to be better, heal more and make new discoveries. We’re proud to continue our sustained excellence and earn recognition among these peers. Together, we are improving the health of children through a collaborative spirit, creativity and a tireless, unrelenting dedication to children and innovative research, which is advancing discoveries at an unprecedented rate.”

Rankings guide families in critical care

For the 2024-25 rankings and ratings, U.S. News ranked the Top 50 centers in each of these 10 pediatric specialties: Cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology.

These rankings assist parents and caregivers, along with their physicians, in navigating the challenges of choosing the best possible care for children with serious illnesses or complex medical needs.

U.S. News 'Best' designation

U.S. News, together with RTI International, a North Carolina-based research and consulting firm, collected and analyzed data from 108 children's hospitals and surveyed thousands of pediatric specialists. Children’s hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level and quality of hospital resources directly related to patient care and expert opinion among pediatric specialists.

“U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Children's Hospitals evaluation empowers parents and caregivers with a data-driven guide to help them find the best pediatric hospital to treat their child,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News.

The full rankings for the 2024-2025 Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll, regional and specialty rankings can be found at USNews.com.