Showing Northwest Conference member sites. All education sites
Members of the Northwest Conference (NCAA Division III), from the NCAA membership directory. Conferences change membership every year; this list follows the directory's current academic year.
B 86
Average overall score of 9 fully scanned Northwest Conference member sites
6th
of 96 conferences, ranked by average overall score
9 of 9
Northwest conference member sites fully scanned
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Northwest Conference overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 9 fully scanned Northwest Conference member sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 9 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Northwest Conference average
- All education average
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| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 5 |
| 90 to 100 | 3 |
Northwest Conference by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Northwest Conference: 9 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
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| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Conference | 33% (3) | 67% (6) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Northwest Conference average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 9 fully scanned Northwest Conference member sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Northwest Conference
- All education
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| Indicator | Northwest Conference average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 94 | 91 |
| Botability | 91 | 89 |
| Security | 87 | 85 |
| Usability | 67 | 68 |
| Readability | 44 | 56 |
Top 3 Northwest Conference member sites by overall score
#1 in Northwest Conference · U.S. education rank 9
Pacific Lutheran University
A 92 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability A
#1 in Northwest Conference · U.S. education rank 9
Whitworth University
A 92 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability A
#2 in Northwest Conference · U.S. education rank 11
Whitman College
A 90 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability B
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
Most common failures by indicator
The check Northwest Conference member sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 44% (4 of 9 sites) fail this accessibility check: Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio. Text and background colors meet minimum contrast ratios. More accessibility failures.
- 44% (4 of 9 sites) fail this botability check: Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. More botability failures.
- 78% (7 of 9 sites) fail this security check: X-Content-Type-Options. The site tells browsers not to guess the type of files it serves. More security failures.
- 100% (9 of 9 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures.
- 56% (5 of 9 sites) fail this readability check: Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. More readability failures.
Northwest Conference members by overall score
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
plu.edu
Pacific Lutheran University U.S. rank 9 |
|
A |
| 1 |
whitworth.edu
Whitworth University U.S. rank 9 |
|
A |
| 2 |
whitman.edu
Whitman College U.S. rank 11 |
|
A |
| 3 |
lclark.edu
Lewis & Clark College U.S. rank 14 |
|
B |
| 3 |
willamette.edu
Willamette University U.S. rank 14 |
|
B |
| 4 |
linfield.edu
Linfield University U.S. rank 16 |
|
B |
| 5 |
georgefox.edu
George Fox University U.S. rank 17 |
|
B |
| 6 |
pacificu.edu
Pacific University U.S. rank 20 |
|
B |
| 7 |
pugetsound.edu
University of Puget Sound U.S. rank 25 |
|
C |
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. 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.