Showing The Summit League member sites. All education sites
Members of the The Summit League (NCAA Division I), from the NCAA membership directory. Conferences change membership every year; this list follows the directory's current academic year.
C 75
Average readability score of 8 fully scanned The Summit League member sites
6th
of 96 conferences, ranked by average readability score
8 of 8
The summit league member sites fully scanned
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How The Summit League readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 8 fully scanned The Summit League member sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 8 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- The Summit League average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 2 |
| 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 |
The Summit League by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. The Summit League: 8 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Summit League | 75% (6) | 0% (0) | 25% (2) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 The Summit League member sites by readability score
#1 in The Summit League · U.S. education rank 1
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in The Summit League · U.S. education rank 1
Oral Roberts University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility C
- Botability B
- Security C
- Usability D
- Readability A
#1 in The Summit League · U.S. education rank 1
University of Missouri-Kansas City
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- 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.
The Summit League members by readability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ndsu.edu
North Dakota State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
oru.edu
Oral Roberts University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
umkc.edu
University of Missouri-Kansas City U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
unomaha.edu
University of Nebraska at Omaha U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
usd.edu
University of South Dakota U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
stthomas.edu
University of St Thomas U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
sdstate.edu
South Dakota State University U.S. rank 56 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
und.edu
University of North Dakota U.S. rank 18 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
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 10/28/2026 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. 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.