Top 10 best children’s hospitals in the U.S.

Boston Children’s Hospital topped the charts as the best children’s hospital in the nation, according to a new ranking from U.S. News and World Report.

The rankings, now in their 16th year, recognize the top 50 medical centers ranked across 10 specialties, from pediatric cancer to pediatric cardiology, heart surgery and pediatric orthopedics. This year, 90 hospitals ranked in at least one top 10 list across specialties, while 10 made the Honor Roll list for being highly ranked across many specialties. 

The rankings are based on data collected from a clinical survey sent to nearly 200 hospitals and a survey sent to thousands of pediatric doctors nationwide. Both surveys were administered by RTI International, a North Carolina-based research and consulting firm.

Here are the top 10 children’s hospitals in the U.S.:

1. Boston Children's Hospital
2. Texas Children's Hospital, Houston
3. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
4. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
5. Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C
6. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
7. Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora
8. Children's Hospital Los Angeles
9. Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
10. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, California

Topping the list, Boston Children’s also was nationally ranked across 10 specialties.