Massachusetts General Hospital has been ranked #6 in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2020-2021 and is the only hospital among the 5,000 institutions evaluated to rank across all 16 specialties. Mass General has consistently placed among the top hospitals on the Honor Roll since its inception in 1990.

Mass General’s 2020-21 specialties and their rankings are:

  • Cancer – #18
  • Cardiology and Heart Surgery – #5
  • Diabetes and Endocrinology – #2
  • Ear, Nose and Throat (with Mass Eye and Ear) – #6
  • Gastroenterology and GI Surgery – #7
  • Geriatrics – #14
  • Gynecology – #6
  • Nephrology – #7
  • Neurology and Neurosurgery – #13
  • Ophthalmology (with Mass Eye and Ear) – #4
  • Orthopedics – #8
  • Psychiatry – #3
  • Pulmonology – #17
  • Rehabilitation (with Spaulding) – #2
  • Rheumatology – #6
  • Urology – #16

The oldest and largest hospital in New England, Mass General conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the nation and is designated a Magnet® hospital, the highest honor for nursing excellence awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.