HBCU websites: botability rankings

Botability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 95 HBCU websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 95
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing HBCU sites. All education sites

Historically Black colleges and universities, as designated in IPEDS.

B 87

Average botability score of 80 fully scanned HBCU sites

3rd

of 9 lists, ranked by average botability score

80 of 95

Hbcu sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 15, so they're listed without grades

B 89

Average botability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites

How HBCUs botability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 80 fully scanned HBCU sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • HBCUs average
  • All education average
View the data table
Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 592
60 to 695
70 to 796
80 to 8916
90 to 10051

HBCUs by botability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. HBCUs: 80 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. HBCUs
  2. All education sites
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
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GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
HBCUs64% (51)28% (22)9% (7)
All education sites71% (1,899)25% (660)5% (128)

Top 3 HBCU sites by botability score

#1 in HBCUs · U.S. education rank 1

Alabama State University

A 100 botability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security A
  • Usability D
  • Readability F

#1 in HBCUs · U.S. education rank 1

Albany State University

A 100 botability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security C
  • Usability F
  • Readability A

#1 in HBCUs · U.S. education rank 1

Allen University

A 100 botability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security B
  • Usability B
  • Readability A

Most common botability failures among HBCU sites

Share of the 80 fully scanned HBCU sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to the sites failing it, or to its standard when we have no list yet.

  1. Link text59%
  2. Sitemap in robots.txt36%
  3. Sitemap status16%
  4. Sitemap XML16%
  5. Canonical3%
View the data table
CheckShare failingSites failing
Link text59%47
Sitemap in robots.txt36%29
Sitemap status16%13
Sitemap XML16%13
Canonical3%2

What each check means

  • Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
  • Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. Search engines take longer to find your pages.
  • Sitemap status. The sitemap file loads and returns a successful response. Search engines cannot find all your pages.
  • Sitemap XML. The sitemap file uses the required XML format. Search engines cannot read your sitemap.
  • Canonical. Each page declares a preferred URL so search engines show the right link. Search rankings split across duplicate pages.

Every education site with one problem

HBCUs by botability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 alasu.edu
Alabama State University U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 asurams.edu
Albany State University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 allenuniversity.edu
Allen University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 bishop.edu
Bishop State Community College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 bowiestate.edu
Bowie State University U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 claflin.edu
Claflin University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 fisk.edu
Fisk University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 gram.edu
Grambling State University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 lawsonstate.edu
Lawson State Community College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 lincoln.edu
Lincoln University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 msm.edu
Morehouse School of Medicine U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 paulquinn.edu
Paul Quinn College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 savannahstate.edu
Savannah State University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 selmau.edu
Selma University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 shawu.edu
Shaw University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 shortercollege.edu
Shorter College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 spelman.edu
Spelman College U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 tsu.edu
Texas Southern University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 wssu.edu
Winston-Salem State University U.S. rank 1 		7 of 7 checks pass A
2 alcorn.edu
Alcorn State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 abcnash.edu
American Baptist College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 benedict.edu
Benedict College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 bluefieldstate.edu
Bluefield State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 cheyney.edu
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 cau.edu
Clark Atlanta University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 denmarktech.edu
Denmark Technical College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 dillard.edu
Dillard University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 ecsu.edu
Elizabeth City State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 fmuniv.edu
Florida Memorial University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 fvsu.edu
Fort Valley State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 gadsdenstate.edu
Gadsden State Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 home.hamptonu.edu
Hampton University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 htu.edu
Huston-Tillotson University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 drakestate.edu
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 jarvis.edu
Jarvis Christian University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 lanecollege.edu
Lane College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 langston.edu
Langston University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 loc.edu
Le Moyne-Owen College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 lincolnu.edu
Lincoln University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 morgan.edu
Morgan State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 ncat.edu
North Carolina A & T State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 paine.edu
Paine College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 philander.edu
Philander Smith University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 st-aug.edu
Saint Augustine's University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 scsu.edu
South Carolina State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 stillman.edu
Stillman College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 uapb.edu
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 uvi.edu
University of the Virgin Islands U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 vsu.edu
Virginia State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 wp.vul.edu
Virginia University of Lynchburg U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 voorhees.edu
Voorhees University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 jsums.edu
Jackson State University U.S. rank 3 		8 of 9 checks pass B
3 jcsu.edu
Johnson C Smith University U.S. rank 3 		8 of 9 checks pass B
4 cookman.edu
Bethune-Cookman University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 centralstate.edu
Central State University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 coppin.edu
Coppin State University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 desu.edu
Delaware State University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 uncfsu.edu
Fayetteville State University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 trenholmstate.edu
H Councill Trenholm State Community College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 howard.edu
Howard University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 kysu.edu
Kentucky State University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 miles.edu
Miles College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 morehouse.edu
Morehouse College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 morrisbrown.edu
Morris Brown College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 simmonscollegeky.edu
Simmons College of Kentucky U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 wvstateu.edu
West Virginia State University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 wileyc.edu
Wiley University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 arkansasbaptist.edu
Arkansas Baptist College U.S. rank 9 		7 of 9 checks pass C
5 swcc.edu
Southwestern Christian College U.S. rank 9 		7 of 9 checks pass C
6 famu.edu
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
6 nsu.edu
Norfolk State University U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
6 talladega.edu
Talladega College U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
6 vuu.edu
Virginia Union University U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
7 tuskegee.edu
Tuskegee University U.S. rank 14 		6 of 9 checks pass D
8 nccu.edu
North Carolina Central University U.S. rank 15 		7 of 11 checks pass D
8 texascollege.edu
Texas College U.S. rank 15 		7 of 11 checks pass D
8 udc.edu
University of the District of Columbia U.S. rank 15 		7 of 11 checks pass D
8 xula.edu
Xavier University of Louisiana U.S. rank 15 		7 of 11 checks pass D
9 mvsu.edu
Mississippi Valley State University U.S. rank 19 		6 of 11 checks pass F
9 tougaloo.edu
Tougaloo College U.S. rank 19 		6 of 11 checks pass F
aamu.edu
Alabama A & M University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 -
bennett.edu
Bennett College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
coahomacc.edu
Coahoma Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 404 -
hssu.edu
Harris-Stowe State University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 -
itc.edu
Interdenominational Theological Center 		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 -
livingstone.edu
Livingstone College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
morris.edu
Morris College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 -
pvamu.edu
Prairie View A & M University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asks crawlers to wait longer than we can. Status 997 -
rustcollege.edu
Rust College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
subr.edu
Southern University and A & M College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
suno.edu
Southern University at New Orleans 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
sulc.edu
Southern University Law Center 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
tnstate.edu
Tennessee State University 		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 -
umes.edu
University of Maryland Eastern Shore 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
wilberforce.edu
Wilberforce University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -

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 15 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.

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