Illinois college websites: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 53 public and 71 private college and university websites in Illinois, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 124
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Illinois college and university sites. All education sites

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

D 68

Average usability score of 50 fully scanned Illinois public college sites

7th

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average usability score

50 of 53

Illinois public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 3, so they're listed without grades

D 68

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

How Illinois usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 50 fully scanned Illinois public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Illinois average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 291
30 to 391
40 to 498
50 to 5910
60 to 694
70 to 797
80 to 8911
90 to 1008

Illinois by usability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Illinois: 50 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Illinois
  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)
Illinois16% (8)36% (18)48% (24)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 Illinois public college sites by usability score

#1 in Illinois · U.S. education rank 1

Joliet Junior College

A 100 usability

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

#1 in Illinois · U.S. education rank 1

Northern Illinois University

A 100 usability

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

#1 in Illinois · U.S. education rank 1

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A 100 usability

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

Most common usability failures among Illinois public college sites

Share of the 50 fully scanned Illinois public college 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. Open Graph image alt86%
  2. Open Graph image60%
  3. Open Graph site name56%
  4. Open Graph description44%
  5. Open Graph title44%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image alt86%43
Open Graph image60%30
Open Graph site name56%28
Open Graph description44%22
Open Graph title44%22

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 image. The page has a preview image for social media cards. Shared links have no image on social media.
  • Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
  • Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.
  • Open Graph title. The page has a title for social media previews. Shared links have no title on social media.

Every education site with one problem

Illinois public 4-year institutions by usability score

14 sites, 14 fully scanned, average usability score 58 (F). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 niu.edu
Northern Illinois University U.S. rank 1 		16 of 16 checks pass A
1 illinois.edu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign U.S. rank 1 		16 of 16 checks pass A
2 siu.edu
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 govst.edu
Governors State University U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
4 illinoisstate.edu
Illinois State University U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
5 neiu.edu
Northeastern Illinois University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
6 csu.edu
Chicago State University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
7 siusystem.edu
Southern Illinois University-System Office U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
7 uic.edu
University of Illinois Chicago U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
7 uis.edu
University of Illinois Springfield U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
8 eiu.edu
Eastern Illinois University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
8 uillinois.edu
University of Illinois System Offices U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
8 wiu.edu
Western Illinois University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
9 siue.edu
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville U.S. rank 33 		5 of 15 checks pass F

Illinois public 2-year institutions by usability score

39 sites, 36 fully scanned, average usability score 72 (C). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 jjc.edu
Joliet Junior College U.S. rank 1 		16 of 16 checks pass A
2 cod.edu
College of DuPage U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 heartland.edu
Heartland Community College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 highland.edu
Highland Community College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 jwcc.edu
John Wood Community College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 morton.edu
Morton College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
3 ccc.edu
City Colleges of Chicago U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 elgin.edu
Elgin Community College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 oakton.edu
Oakton College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 richland.edu
Richland Community College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
4 lc.edu
Lewis and Clark Community College U.S. rank 5 		13 of 15 checks pass B
5 jalc.edu
John A Logan College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 morainevalley.edu
Moraine Valley Community College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 prairiestate.edu
Prairie State College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 src.edu
Spoon River College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 triton.edu
Triton College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
6 bhc.edu
Black Hawk College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 kcc.edu
Kankakee Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 lakelandcollege.edu
Lake Land College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 rockvalleycollege.edu
Rock Valley College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 shawneecc.edu
Shawnee Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 swic.edu
Southwestern Illinois College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 kish.edu
Kishwaukee College U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
7 rlc.edu
Rend Lake College U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
7 waubonsee.edu
Waubonsee Community College U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
8 sandburg.edu
Carl Sandburg College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
8 kaskaskia.edu
Kaskaskia College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
8 llcc.edu
Lincoln Land Community College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
8 mchenry.edu
McHenry County College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
8 svcc.edu
Sauk Valley Community College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
8 harpercollege.edu
William Rainey Harper College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
9 ivcc.edu
Illinois Valley Community College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
9 parkland.edu
Parkland College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
10 dacc.edu
Danville Area Community College U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
10 iecc.edu
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
11 ssc.edu
South Suburban College U.S. rank 37 		4 of 16 checks pass F
clcillinois.edu
College of Lake County 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 -
icc.edu
Illinois Central College 		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 -
sic.edu
Southeastern Illinois College 		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 -

Illinois private nonprofit institutions by usability score

71 sites, 67 fully scanned, average usability score 73 (C). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 adler.edu
Adler University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 garrett.edu
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 luc.edu
Loyola University Chicago U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 nuhs.edu
National University of Health Sciences U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 rosalindfranklin.edu
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 spertus.edu
Spertus College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 usml.edu
University of Saint Mary of the Lake U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 aicusa.edu
American Islamic College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 augustana.edu
Augustana College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 ben.edu
Benedictine University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 bradley.edu
Bradley University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 colum.edu
Columbia College Chicago U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 eastwest.edu
East-West University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 erikson.edu
Erikson Institute U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 methodistcol.edu
Methodist College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 midwestern.edu
Midwestern University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 quincy.edu
Quincy University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 saic.edu
School of the Art Institute of Chicago U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 staugustine.edu
St. Augustine College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 thechicagoschool.edu
The Chicago School U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 trnty.edu
Trinity Christian College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 stfrancis.edu
University of St Francis U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 bexleyseabury.edu
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 blackburn.edu
Blackburn College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 ctu.edu
Catholic Theological Union at Chicago U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 cuchicago.edu
Concordia University-Chicago U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 greenville.edu
Greenville University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 ic.edu
Illinois College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 ico.edu
Illinois College of Optometry U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 iwu.edu
Illinois Wesleyan University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 knox.edu
Knox College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 monmouthcollege.edu
Monmouth College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 olivet.edu
Olivet Nazarene University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 sxu.edu
Saint Xavier University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 trinitycollegeqc.edu
Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
5 caanacademy.org
CAAN Academy of Nursing U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 mccormick.edu
McCormick Theological Seminary U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 moody.edu
Moody Bible Institute U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 seminary.edu
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 uchicago.edu
University of Chicago U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 vandercook.edu
VanderCook College of Music U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 icsw.edu
Institute for Clinical Social Work U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
6 lfgsm.edu
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
7 ctschicago.edu
Chicago Theological Seminary U.S. rank 15 		10 of 14 checks pass C
8 depaul.edu
DePaul University U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
8 lstc.edu
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
9 lakeforest.edu
Lake Forest College U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
9 rockford.edu
Rockford University U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
10 northpark.edu
North Park University U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
11 iit.edu
Illinois Institute of Technology U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 lewisu.edu
Lewis University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 mckendree.edu
McKendree University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 millikin.edu
Millikin University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 principiacollege.edu
Principia College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 rushu.rush.edu
Rush University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
12 northcentralcollege.edu
North Central College U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
13 aurora.edu
Aurora University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 dom.edu
Dominican University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 htc.edu
Hebrew Theological College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 lcn.edu
Lakeview College of Nursing U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 northwestern.edu
Northwestern University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 roosevelt.edu
Roosevelt University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 ttic.edu
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
14 brcn.edu
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences U.S. rank 26 		7 of 15 checks pass F
15 nl.edu
National Louis University U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
16 wheaton.edu
Wheaton College U.S. rank 31 		6 of 16 checks pass F
17 meadville.edu
Meadville Theological School of Lombard College U.S. rank 34 		5 of 16 checks pass F
generations.edu
Generations College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 -
judsonu.edu
Judson 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 -
morrisontech.edu
Morrison Institute of Technology 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
telsheyeshivachicago.com
Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -

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 3 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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