Showing Big Ten Conference member sites. All education sites
Members of the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I), from the NCAA membership directory. Conferences change membership every year; this list follows the directory's current academic year.
F 29
Average readability score of 15 fully scanned Big Ten Conference member sites
30th
of 96 conferences, ranked by average readability score
15 of 16
Big ten conference member sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Big Ten Conference readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 15 fully scanned Big Ten Conference member sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 14 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Big Ten Conference average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 10 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 4 |
Big Ten Conference by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Big Ten Conference: 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Ten Conference | 27% (4) | 0% (0) | 67% (10) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 Big Ten Conference member sites by readability score
#1 in Big Ten Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Purdue University-Main Campus
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability A
- Readability A
#1 in Big Ten Conference · U.S. education rank 1
University of Iowa
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability A
#1 in Big Ten Conference · U.S. education rank 1
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability D
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability A
What each check means
- Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. Users struggle to understand your content.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites that are hard to read: 1,110 of 2,535 fully scanned education sites (44%), with every site listed.
Big Ten Conference members by readability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
purdue.edu
Purdue University-Main Campus U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
uiowa.edu
University of Iowa U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
unl.edu
University of Nebraska-Lincoln U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
washington.edu
University of Washington-Seattle Campus U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
northwestern.edu
Northwestern University U.S. rank 168 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 4 |
osu.edu
Ohio State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 206 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 74 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
ucla.edu
University of California-Los Angeles U.S. rank 98 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
illinois.edu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign U.S. rank 4 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
umd.edu
University of Maryland-College Park U.S. rank 40 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
crk.umn.edu
University of Minnesota-Crookston U.S. rank 58 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
uoregon.edu
University of Oregon U.S. rank 112 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
usc.edu
University of Southern California U.S. rank 16 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison U.S. rank 56 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 3 |
msu.edu
Michigan State University U.S. rank 201 |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 | - |
|
umich.edu
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996 | - |
About readability
Write content at a reading level most users can understand.
Why it's important
Plain language helps people understand services and procedures the first time, reducing calls, errors and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade readability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
Standards
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 11/7/2026. 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 1 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.