Showing Colorado college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in Colorado are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
D 66
Average usability score of 28 fully scanned Colorado public college sites
9th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average usability score
28 of 30
Colorado public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 2, so they're listed without grades
D 68
Average usability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Colorado usability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 28 fully scanned Colorado public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 28 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Colorado average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 3 |
| 40 to 49 | 4 |
| 50 to 59 | 3 |
| 60 to 69 | 2 |
| 70 to 79 | 6 |
| 80 to 89 | 9 |
| 90 to 100 | 1 |
Colorado by usability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Colorado: 28 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
View the data table
| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 4% (1) | 54% (15) | 43% (12) |
| All education sites | 11% (289) | 42% (1,124) | 47% (1,274) |
Top 3 Colorado public college sites by usability score
#1 in Colorado · U.S. education rank 2
Colorado State University-System Office
A 93 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability F
#2 in Colorado · U.S. education rank 4
Pueblo Community College
B 87 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
#3 in Colorado · U.S. education rank 5
Department of the Air Force
B 86 usability
- Accessibility C
- Botability B
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability F
What each check means
- Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.
- First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.
- Open Graph image. The page has a preview image for social media cards. Shared links have no image on social media.
- Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites missing Open Graph tags: 1,859 of 2,687 fully scanned education sites (69%), with every site listed.
Colorado public 4-year institutions by usability score
26 sites, 25 fully scanned, average usability score 65 (D). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
csusystem.edu
Colorado State University-System Office U.S. rank 2 |
15 of 16 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
pueblocc.edu
Pueblo Community College U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
usafa.edu
Department of the Air Force U.S. rank 5 |
13 of 15 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
unco.edu
University of Northern Colorado U.S. rank 5 |
13 of 15 checks pass | B |
| 4 |
coloradomtn.edu
Colorado Mountain College U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 4 |
trinidadstate.edu
Trinidad State College U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 5 |
mines.edu
Colorado School of Mines U.S. rank 10 |
12 of 15 checks pass | B |
| 5 |
msudenver.edu
Metropolitan State University of Denver U.S. rank 10 |
12 of 15 checks pass | B |
| 6 |
colostate.edu
Colorado State University-Fort Collins U.S. rank 11 |
11 of 14 checks pass | C |
| 7 |
cu.edu
University of Colorado System Office U.S. rank 13 |
12 of 16 checks pass | C |
| 7 |
western.edu
Western Colorado University U.S. rank 13 |
12 of 16 checks pass | C |
| 8 |
adams.edu
Adams State University U.S. rank 14 |
11 of 15 checks pass | C |
| 8 |
morgancc.edu
Morgan Community College U.S. rank 14 |
11 of 15 checks pass | C |
| 8 |
uccs.edu
University of Colorado Colorado Springs U.S. rank 14 |
11 of 15 checks pass | C |
| 9 |
csuglobal.edu
Colorado State University Global U.S. rank 17 |
11 of 16 checks pass | D |
| 10 |
colorado.edu
University of Colorado Boulder U.S. rank 18 |
10 of 15 checks pass | D |
| 11 |
ccd.edu
Community College of Denver U.S. rank 24 |
8 of 15 checks pass | F |
| 12 |
frontrange.edu
Front Range Community College U.S. rank 25 |
8 of 16 checks pass | F |
| 13 |
pikespeak.edu
Pikes Peak State College U.S. rank 27 |
7 of 16 checks pass | F |
| 14 |
aims.edu
Aims Community College U.S. rank 29 |
6 of 15 checks pass | F |
| 14 |
coloradomesa.edu
Colorado Mesa University U.S. rank 29 |
6 of 15 checks pass | F |
| 14 |
fortlewis.edu
Fort Lewis College U.S. rank 29 |
6 of 15 checks pass | F |
| 15 |
csupueblo.edu
Colorado State University Pueblo U.S. rank 32 |
5 of 14 checks pass | F |
| 16 |
arapahoe.edu
Arapahoe Community College U.S. rank 33 |
5 of 15 checks pass | F |
| 16 |
rrcc.edu
Red Rocks Community College U.S. rank 33 |
5 of 15 checks pass | F |
|
cncc.edu
Colorado Northwestern Community College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 | - |
Colorado public 2-year institutions by usability score
4 sites, 3 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ccaurora.edu
Community College of Aurora U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
otero.edu
Otero College U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
njc.edu
Northeastern Junior College U.S. rank 25 |
8 of 16 checks pass | F |
|
lamarcc.edu
Lamar Community College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - |
Colorado private nonprofit institutions by usability score
9 sites, 9 fully scanned, average usability score 79 (C). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
nbc.edu
Nazarene Bible College U.S. rank 2 |
15 of 16 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
coloradocollege.edu
Colorado College U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
naropa.edu
Naropa University U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
ccu.edu
Colorado Christian University U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 4 |
iliff.edu
Iliff School of Theology U.S. rank 10 |
12 of 15 checks pass | B |
| 4 |
itea.edu
Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture U.S. rank 10 |
12 of 15 checks pass | B |
| 5 |
denverseminary.edu
Denver Seminary U.S. rank 13 |
12 of 16 checks pass | C |
| 6 |
du.edu
University of Denver U.S. rank 17 |
11 of 16 checks pass | D |
| 7 |
regis.edu
Regis University U.S. rank 23 |
9 of 16 checks pass | F |
About usability
Optimize content structure so users quickly find what they need.
Why it's important
Well-written pages help people understand laws, services, and procedures without confusion, reducing calls and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your information.
Guidance
What we use to grade usability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Google Search Central
- Web Vitals / Core Web Vitals
- Open Graph
Standards
- Page title
- Page description
- Viewport meta tag
- www resolution
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
- First Contentful Paint (FCP)
- Interaction to Next Paint (INP)
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
- Time to First Byte (TTFB)
- Open Graph site name
- Open Graph type
- Open Graph title
- Open Graph description
- Open Graph URL
- Open Graph image
- Open Graph image alt
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this ranking
About this data
ScanGov scans the homepage of each college and university site on our higher education list. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 10/27/2026 and 11/8/2026. Each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage loaded and sent us its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. We could not fully scan 2 sites. They did not respond, blocked the scanner, or sent no page content. They appear in the table without grades, with their scan status, and are left out of every figure. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale. Rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, with every county's raw results, is in the ScanGov data repository.