Showing Idaho college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in Idaho are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
D 67
Average usability score of 7 fully scanned Idaho public college sites
8th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average usability score
7 of 8
Idaho public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
D 68
Average usability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Idaho usability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 7 fully scanned Idaho public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 7 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Idaho average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 0 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 1 |
| 50 to 59 | 1 |
| 60 to 69 | 2 |
| 70 to 79 | 2 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 1 |
Idaho by usability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Idaho: 7 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 14% (1) | 29% (2) | 57% (4) |
| All education sites | 11% (289) | 42% (1,124) | 47% (1,274) |
Top 3 Idaho public college sites by usability score
#1 in Idaho · U.S. education rank 1
College of Western Idaho
A 100 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability A
#2 in Idaho · U.S. education rank 13
College of Eastern Idaho
C 75 usability
- Accessibility B
- Botability D
- Security B
- Usability C
- Readability A
#3 in Idaho · U.S. education rank 14
Boise State University
C 73 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability C
- Readability F
What each check means
- Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
- Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
- First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.
- Open Graph image. The page has a preview image for social media cards. Shared links have no image on social media.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites missing Open Graph tags: 1,859 of 2,687 fully scanned education sites (69%), with every site listed.
Idaho public 4-year institutions by usability score
5 sites, 4 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
boisestate.edu
Boise State University U.S. rank 14 |
11 of 15 checks pass | C |
| 2 |
isu.edu
Idaho State University U.S. rank 18 |
10 of 15 checks pass | D |
| 2 |
uidaho.edu
University of Idaho U.S. rank 18 |
10 of 15 checks pass | D |
| 3 |
csi.edu
College of Southern Idaho U.S. rank 29 |
6 of 15 checks pass | F |
|
lcsc.edu
Lewis-Clark State College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - |
Idaho public 2-year institutions by usability score
3 sites, 3 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
Idaho private nonprofit institutions by usability score
5 sites, 4 fully scanned. Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
boisebible.edu
Boise Bible College U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
collegeofidaho.edu
The College of Idaho U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
byui.edu
Brigham Young University-Idaho U.S. rank 13 |
12 of 16 checks pass | C |
| 3 |
nsa.edu
New Saint Andrews College U.S. rank 23 |
9 of 16 checks pass | F |
|
nnu.edu
Northwest Nazarene University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 | - |
About usability
Optimize content structure so users quickly find what they need.
Why it's important
Well-written pages help people understand laws, services, and procedures without confusion, reducing calls and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your information.
Guidance
What we use to grade usability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Google Search Central
- Web Vitals / Core Web Vitals
- Open Graph
Standards
- Page title
- Page description
- Viewport meta tag
- www resolution
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
- First Contentful Paint (FCP)
- Interaction to Next Paint (INP)
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
- Time to First Byte (TTFB)
- Open Graph site name
- Open Graph type
- Open Graph title
- Open Graph description
- Open Graph URL
- Open Graph image
- Open Graph image alt
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 10/27/2026 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 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.