Iowa college websites: accessibility rankings

Accessibility scores, grades, and the most common failures for 18 public and 31 private college and university websites in Iowa, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 49
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Iowa college and university sites. All education sites

Public colleges and universities in Iowa are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.

A 95

Average accessibility score of 16 fully scanned Iowa public college sites

3rd

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average accessibility score

16 of 18

Iowa public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 2, so they're listed without grades

A 91

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

How Iowa accessibility scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 16 fully scanned Iowa public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Iowa average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 590
60 to 690
70 to 790
80 to 893
90 to 10013

Iowa by accessibility grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Iowa: 16 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Iowa
  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)
Iowa81% (13)19% (3)0% (0)
All education sites66% (1,765)33% (888)1% (34)

Top 3 Iowa public college sites by accessibility score

#1 in Iowa · U.S. education rank 1

Des Moines Area Community College

A 100 accessibility

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

#1 in Iowa · U.S. education rank 1

Indian Hills Community College

A 100 accessibility

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

#1 in Iowa · U.S. education rank 1

Iowa State University

A 100 accessibility

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

Most common accessibility failures among Iowa public college sites

Share of the 16 fully scanned Iowa public college sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to its standard and how to fix it.

  1. Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio25%
  2. Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing25%
  3. Document has a main landmark19%
  4. Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names19%
  5. Image elements have [alt] attributes13%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio25%4
Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing25%4
Document has a main landmark19%3
Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names19%3
Image elements have [alt] attributes13%2

What each check means

Iowa public 4-year institutions by accessibility score

3 sites, 3 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 iastate.edu
Iowa State University U.S. rank 1 		28 of 28 checks pass A
1 uiowa.edu
University of Iowa U.S. rank 1 		30 of 30 checks pass A
2 uni.edu
University of Northern Iowa U.S. rank 5 		32 of 34 checks pass A

Iowa public 2-year institutions by accessibility score

15 sites, 13 fully scanned, average accessibility score 94 (A). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 dmacc.edu
Des Moines Area Community College U.S. rank 1 		34 of 34 checks pass A
1 indianhills.edu
Indian Hills Community College U.S. rank 1 		34 of 34 checks pass A
1 kirkwood.edu
Kirkwood Community College U.S. rank 1 		29 of 29 checks pass A
2 iowalakes.edu
Iowa Lakes Community College U.S. rank 2 		33 of 34 checks pass A
3 niacc.edu
North Iowa Area Community College U.S. rank 3 		29 of 30 checks pass A
3 scciowa.edu
Southeastern Community College U.S. rank 3 		32 of 33 checks pass A
4 swcciowa.edu
Southwestern Community College U.S. rank 5 		32 of 34 checks pass A
5 iavalley.edu
Ellsworth Community College U.S. rank 6 		27 of 29 checks pass A
5 nicc.edu
Northeast Iowa Community College U.S. rank 6 		29 of 31 checks pass A
6 witcc.edu
Western Iowa Tech Community College U.S. rank 7 		25 of 27 checks pass A
7 eicc.edu
Eastern Iowa Community College District U.S. rank 11 		30 of 34 checks pass B
7 iowacentral.edu
Iowa Central Community College U.S. rank 11 		23 of 26 checks pass B
8 iwcc.edu
Iowa Western Community College U.S. rank 16 		26 of 31 checks pass B
hawkeyecollege.edu
Hawkeye Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 -
nwicc.edu
Northwest Iowa Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -

Iowa private nonprofit institutions by accessibility score

31 sites, 31 fully scanned, average accessibility score 88 (B). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 central.edu
Central College U.S. rank 1 		34 of 34 checks pass A
1 dmu.edu
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center U.S. rank 1 		31 of 31 checks pass A
1 uiu.edu
Upper Iowa University U.S. rank 1 		29 of 29 checks pass A
2 dordt.edu
Dordt University U.S. rank 3 		31 of 32 checks pass A
2 drake.edu
Drake University U.S. rank 3 		30 of 31 checks pass A
2 emmaus.edu
Emmaus Bible College U.S. rank 3 		26 of 27 checks pass A
2 faith.edu
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary U.S. rank 3 		29 of 30 checks pass A
2 grinnell.edu
Grinnell College U.S. rank 3 		27 of 28 checks pass A
2 loras.edu
Loras College U.S. rank 3 		32 of 33 checks pass A
2 sau.edu
Saint Ambrose University U.S. rank 3 		30 of 31 checks pass A
2 wartburg.edu
Wartburg College U.S. rank 3 		29 of 30 checks pass A
3 morningside.edu
Morningside University U.S. rank 5 		32 of 34 checks pass A
3 palmer.edu
Palmer College of Chiropractic U.S. rank 5 		32 of 34 checks pass A
4 allencollege.edu
Allen College U.S. rank 7 		25 of 27 checks pass A
4 dbq.edu
University of Dubuque U.S. rank 7 		26 of 28 checks pass A
5 simpson.edu
Simpson College U.S. rank 10 		25 of 28 checks pass B
6 briarcliff.edu
Briar Cliff University U.S. rank 11 		24 of 27 checks pass B
6 dwci.edu
Divine Word College U.S. rank 11 		22 of 25 checks pass B
6 graceland.edu
Graceland University-Lamoni U.S. rank 11 		32 of 36 checks pass B
7 bvu.edu
Buena Vista University U.S. rank 12 		29 of 33 checks pass B
7 miu.edu
Maharishi International University U.S. rank 12 		29 of 33 checks pass B
7 mtmercy.edu
Mount Mercy University U.S. rank 12 		28 of 32 checks pass B
8 nwciowa.edu
Northwestern College U.S. rank 14 		24 of 28 checks pass B
8 stlukescollege.edu
St Luke's College U.S. rank 14 		23 of 27 checks pass B
9 wartburgseminary.edu
Wartburg Theological Seminary U.S. rank 15 		22 of 26 checks pass B
10 luther.edu
Luther College U.S. rank 17 		24 of 29 checks pass B
11 clarke.edu
Clarke University U.S. rank 18 		26 of 32 checks pass B
12 coe.edu
Coe College U.S. rank 19 		28 of 35 checks pass B
13 wmpenn.edu
William Penn University U.S. rank 24 		22 of 29 checks pass C
14 grandview.edu
Grand View University U.S. rank 28 		15 of 21 checks pass C
15 cornellcollege.edu
Cornell College U.S. rank 41 		3 of 9 checks pass F

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 11/8/2026. 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 2 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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