4 Austin-area hospitals make Newsweek's list of top 400 in U.S.
Newsweek and global data platform Statista have ranked the world's top hospitals for 2025.
No Austin-area hospital made that top world list, but we did have four that were recognized as among the top hospitals in the United States:
St. David's Medical Center at No. 144
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock at No. 181
Ascension Seton Medical Center at No. 310
Ascension Seton Hays Medical Center in Kyle at No. 400
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, ranked No. 1 for the United States and the world. No. 2 in the world was the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and No. 3 was Toronto General in Canada.
Only two Texas hospitals made that top 250 in the world list: Houston Methodist Hospital was No. 72, and UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas was No. 240.
The list of the top 250 hospitals is compiled after ranking the best hospitals in 30 countries.
In compiling its rankings, Newsweek and Statista surveyed medical experts, looked at patient data, hospital metrics and the Patient-Reported Outcome Measures survey.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: 4 Austin-area hospitals make Newsweek's best hospitals in US list
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