U.S News and World Report  (2024-2025)

Arkansas Children’s is ranked in seven specialty services for the fourth year in a row according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 “Best Children’s Hospitals.”

Arkansas Children’s Heart Institute and Pulmonology programs ranked higher than any other health systems in a 300-mile region. Pulmonology has now been nationally ranked for 10 consecutive years, and for the third time in the top 30. Cardiology has been ranked for nine consecutive years, also marking its third time in the top 30.

Arkansas Children’s rankings include Cancer (43), Cardiology & Heart Surgery (27), Nephrology (34), Neurology & Neurosurgery (32), Orthopedics (50), Pulmonology & Lung Surgery (27), Urology (30)

Why Arkansas Children’s

As the only pediatric health care system in the state, Arkansas Children’s is determined to make Arkansas a safer, healthier place to be a child. For more than one hundred years, we have been a trusted name in pediatric care for the children of Arkansas and beyond. With hospitals in both Little Rock and Springdale and clinics in Jonesboro, Southwest Little Rock, West Little Rock, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas Children’s is committed to offering care close to home for every child in Arkansas.

Patients and families are at the center of everything we do. Our unique culture of clinical expertise and teamwork across specialties lets us diagnose, treat and monitor a wide range of health concerns. From the most common to the most complex conditions, we work together to deliver a kind, thoughtful, family-centered experience.