Showing Metro Conference member sites. All education sites
Members of the Metro Conference (NCAA Division I), from the NCAA membership directory. Conferences change membership every year; this list follows the directory's current academic year.
D 60
Average readability score of 10 fully scanned Metro Conference member sites
15th
of 96 conferences, ranked by average readability score
10 of 11
Metro 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 Metro Conference readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 10 fully scanned Metro Conference member sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 10 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Metro Conference average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 4 |
| 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 | 6 |
Metro Conference by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Metro Conference: 10 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Conference | 60% (6) | 0% (0) | 40% (4) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 Metro Conference member sites by readability score
#1 in Metro Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Canisius University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Metro Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Fairfield University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability A
- Readability A
#1 in Metro Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Iona University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- 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.
Metro Conference members by readability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
canisius.edu
Canisius University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
fairfield.edu
Fairfield University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
iona.edu
Iona University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
marist.edu
Marist University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
niagara.edu
Niagara University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
siena.edu
Siena College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
manhattan.edu
Manhattan University U.S. rank 18 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
merrimack.edu
Merrimack College U.S. rank 46 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
rider.edu
Rider University U.S. rank 108 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
sacredheart.edu
Sacred Heart University U.S. rank 94 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
msmary.edu
Mount St. Mary's University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 | - |
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 11/7/2026 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 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.