Nationally ranked children’s hospital in nine pediatric specialties and #2 in North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – UNC Children’s in Chapel Hill, N.C., has been ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the nation for 16 consecutive years as evaluated by U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” report. UNC Children’s ranks in 9 of 11 pediatric specialties nationally in 2024-2025.
To be considered a “nationally ranked” hospital, a hospital’s specialty must rank within the top 50 hospitals in the United States. Locally, UNC Children’s is ranked the No. 2 children’s hospital in North Carolina and No. 4 in the Southeast region.
New Pediatric Rankings: Behavioral Health
This year’s U.S. News rankings include a new specialty: Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, the first specialty added to Best Children’s Hospitals in more than a decade and a half.
UNC Children’s is recognized as one of the first class of best children’s hospitals in the country for child and adolescent behavioral health.
As U.S. News explains, its approach to evaluating the specialty was driven by input and encouragement from pediatric health leaders and a strong awareness of consumer demand for information.
The UNC pediatric pediatric specialties ranked nationally in 2024-2025 by U.S. News are:
Pediatric and Adolescent Behavioral Health No hierarchy will be assigned to this new specialty Pediatric Pulmonology and Pulmonary Surgery #14 Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology #16 Pediatric Cancer #28 Pediatric Urology #32 Pediatric Orthopedics #34 Pediatrics Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Surgery #34 Pediatric Nephrology #35 Pediatric Neurology @ Neurosurgery #39
In the 2024-2025 rankings, 88 hospitals ranked highly in at least one pediatric medical specialty.
This year’s rankings were created based on data collected through clinical surveys sent to children’s hospitals and surveys sent to thousands of pediatric physicians nationwide.
“We are extremely proud of this national recognition, made possible through the hard work of our dedicated and extremely talented team,” said Stephanie Duggins-Davis, M.D., chief physician of the UNC Division of Pediatrics. said. “Every day, every time we walk into a hospital, we do our best to make a difference in the lives of the children we treat.”
About UNC Children’s
UNC Children’s is a leading academic medical center committed to the health of all children in an inclusive and just culture through compassionate, family-centered care, tireless advocacy, scientific discovery, and educating future leaders. Our mission is to promote.
Our approximately 350 physicians and health care providers are clinical and research faculty at the UNC School of Medicine, and their medical expertise spans approximately 50 programs in the School of Medicine’s 20 departments, including 15 departments in the UNC Department of Pediatrics . They include more than 1,800 clinical staff members, all of whom are dedicated to providing exemplary and compassionate care to the thousands of children they treat each year.
