California, Florida and Ohio each have six hospitals on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 ranking for pediatric and adolescent behavioral health, recognizing 50 top-performing hospitals nationwide.
Hospitals in this specialty do not have ordinal rankings as U.S. News continues to refine its methodology.
Eighty-four hospitals were assessed based on their care for children and teens with mental and behavioral health conditions, including autism, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, language and learning disorders, and substance use. Key measures included emergency department performance, medication, screening and safety, and the management of treatment side effects.
Here are the top 50 hospitals, by state:
Arizona
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
California
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Children’s Hospital of Orange County (Orange)
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto)
Rady Children’s Hospital (San Diego)
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital (Los Angeles)
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, San Francisco and Oakland
Colorado
Children’s Hospital Colorado (Aurora)
Connecticut
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
Delaware
Nemours Children’s Hospital-Delaware (Wilmington)
District of Columbia
Children’s National Hospital
Florida
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital at Memorial (Hollywood)
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Nemours Children’s Hospital-Florida (Orlando)
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital (Miami)
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital (Gainesville)
Wolfson Children’s Hospital (Jacksonville)
Illinois
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Indiana
Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health (Indianapolis)
Iowa
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital (Iowa City)
Kentucky
Norton Children’s Hospital (Louisville)
Maryland
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center-Kennedy Krieger Institute (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
Boston Children’s Hospital
Michigan
Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital (Grand Rapids)
University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital (Ann Arbor)
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Children’s Center (Rochester)
Missouri
Children’s Mercy Kansas City Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University
New Jersey
Hackensack Meridian Health JM Sanzari and K Hovnanian Children’s Hospitals
New York
Cohen Children’s Medical Center (New Hyde Park)
New York-Presbyterian Children’s Hospital-Columbia and Cornell (New York City)
University of Rochester-Golisano Children’s Hospital
North Carolina
Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center (Durham)
North Carolina Children’s Hospital at UNC (Chapel Hill)
Ohio
Akron Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati Children’s
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus)
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital (Cleveland)
Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Texas
Children’s Medical Center Dallas
Cook Children’s Medical Center (Fort Worth)
Dell Children’s Medical Center (Austin)
Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)
Utah
Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital-University of Utah (Salt Lake City)
Virginia
University of Virginia Children’s Hospital (Charlottesville)
Washington
Seattle Children’s Hospital
West Virginia
West Virginia University Children’s Hospital
