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

Arkansas Children’s is ranked in seven specialty services for the third year in a row according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 “Best Children’s Hospitals.”

Arkansas Children’s Heart Institute jumped more than 20 spots on this year’s Cardiology & Heart Surgery list, ranking higher than any pediatric heart program in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas. The neurology and neurosurgery and cancer and blood disorders programs also scored highest-ever rankings, and the state’s only Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit joined the list this year.

Arkansas Children’s rankings include Cancer (34, highest-ever ranking) , Cardiology & Heart Surgery (23, highest-ever ranking) , Nephrology (37), Neonatal Care (44), Neurology & Neurosurgery (29), Orthopedics (45), Pulmonology & Lung Surgery (29) 

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.