Forbes on Tuesday released its list of "America's Best Employers for New Grads" for 2023, and 61 healthcare companies made the list.

About the rankings

For the rankings, Forbes partnered with Statista to survey over 28,000 young and early career professionals (those with less than 10 years of work experience) in the United States working for companies that have at least 1,000 employees.

Respondents were then asked to rate their employers in areas like reputation, salary and benefits, education and career advancement opportunities, working hours and atmosphere, quality of work, equity and inclusion, whether good performance is recognized, and whether they'd recommend their employer to friends and family. Respondents were also asked to evaluate other employers in their industry.

Ultimately, Forbes compiled a list of the 300 companies with the highest scores.

The best healthcare companies for new grads

In this year's edition of the list, healthcare companies tied with the social sector and education organizations for the highest share of companies on the list, at around 12%.

The companies in the "Healthcare and Social" category that made the list were:

4. Mayo Clinic* (Rochester, MN)

6. UCLA Health* (Los Angeles, CA)

14. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY)

17. Tampa General Hospital* (Tampa, FL)

20. Boston Children's Hospital (Boston, MA)

23. WakeMed* (Raleigh, NC)

25. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center* (Dallas, TX)

29. Houston Methodist (Houston, TX)

34. Cincinnati Children's (Cincinnati, OH)

51. UCHealth* (Aurora, CO)

57. Emory Healthcare (Atlanta, GA)

60. Children's Hospital Colorado (Aurora, CO)

69. University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics (Iowa City, IA)

86. University of Utah Health Care* (Salt Lake City, UT)

97. Penn Medicine* (Philadelphia, PA)

99. NYU Langone Health (New York, NY)

103. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Houston, TX)

104. HealthPartners (Bloomington, MN)

109. Norton Healthcare (Louisville, KY)

112. Northwestern Medicine* (Chicago, IL)

120. Cleveland Clinic* (Cleveland, OH)

121. The University of Kansas Health System* (Kansas City, KS)

126. OhioHealth* (Columbus, OH)

132. Northwell Health* (New Hyde Park, NY)

135. University of Michigan Health System* (Ann Arbor, MI)

142. Baptist Health* (Louisville, KY)

150. Saint Francis Health System* (Tulsa, OK)

156. BayCare Health System (Clearwater, FL)

162. CoxHealth (Springfield, MO)

174. Kaiser Permanente* (Oakland, CA)

179. Penn State Health* (Hershey, PA)

183. Franciscan Health* (Mishawaka, IN)

184. Atlantic Health System (Morristown, NJ)

185. University of Rochester Medical Center* (Rochester, NY)

186. Nationwide Children's Hospital* (Columbus, OH)

*Denotes Advisory Board member

The companies in the "Healthcare Equipment & Services" category that made the list were:

71. Stryker* (Kalamazoo, MI)

96. Medline Industries* (Mundelein, IL)

100. Boston Scientific* (Marlborough, MA)

234. Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL)

244. McKesson (Irving, TX)

291. Cardinal Health* (Dublin, OH)

292. Medtronic* (Minneapolis, MN)

*Denotes Advisory Board member

The companies in the "Drugs and Biotech" category that made the list were:

37. Thermo Fisher Scientific (Franklin, MA)

50. Pfizer* (New York, NY)

79. Merck & Co.* (Whitehouse Station, NJ)

117. Bio-Techne (Minneapolis, MN)

163. Amgen (Thousand Oaks, CA)

167. Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, CA)

180. Bristol Myers Squibb* (New York, NY)

204. AbbVie* (Chicago, IL)

267. Elevance Health (Indianapolis, IN)

281. Takeda Pharmaceutical (Cambridge, MA)

290. Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont, IL)

*Denotes Advisory Board member

The health insurance companies that made the list were:

33. Humana* (Louisville, KY)

107. Metlife (New York, NY)

111. Aflac (Columbus, GA)

140. Cigna* (Philadelphia, PA)

177. UnitedHealth Group** (Minnetonka, MN)

209. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Little Rock, AR)

210. Highmark Health (Pittsburgh, PA)

296. Florida Blue* (Jacksonville, FL)

*Denotes Advisory Board member

**Advisory Board is a subsidiary of Optum, a division of UnitedHealth Group. All Advisory Board research, expert perspectives, and recommendations remain independent.

(Peachman, Forbes, 5/23 [1]; Peachman, Forbes, 5/23 [2]; Bean, Becker's Hospital Review, 5/23)