Kentucky college websites: readability rankings

Readability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 24 public and 24 private college and university websites in Kentucky, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 48
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Kentucky college and university sites. All education sites

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

B 88

Average readability score of 24 fully scanned Kentucky public college sites

2nd

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average readability score

24 of 24

Kentucky public college sites fully scanned

F 56

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

How Kentucky readability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 24 fully scanned Kentucky public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Kentucky average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 93
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 590
60 to 690
70 to 790
80 to 890
90 to 10021

Kentucky by readability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Kentucky: 24 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Kentucky
  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)
Kentucky88% (21)0% (0)13% (3)
All education sites53% (1,425)0% (0)41% (1,110)

Top 3 Kentucky public college sites by readability score

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

Ashland Community and Technical College

A 100 readability

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

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

Big Sandy Community and Technical College

A 100 readability

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

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

Bluegrass Community and Technical College

A 100 readability

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

Most common readability failures among Kentucky public college sites

Share of the 24 fully scanned Kentucky 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. Reading level13%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Reading level13%3

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

Kentucky public 4-year institutions by readability score

8 sites, 8 fully scanned, average readability score 63 (D). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 murraystate.edu
Murray State University U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 nku.edu
Northern Kentucky University U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 uky.edu
University of Kentucky U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 louisville.edu
University of Louisville U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 wku.edu
Western Kentucky University U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
2 eku.edu
Eastern Kentucky University U.S. rank 18 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 kysu.edu
Kentucky State University U.S. rank 184 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 moreheadstate.edu
Morehead State University U.S. rank 98 		0 of 1 checks pass F

Kentucky public 2-year institutions by readability score

16 sites, 16 fully scanned, average readability score 100 (A). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 ashland.kctcs.edu
Ashland Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 bigsandy.kctcs.edu
Big Sandy Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 bluegrass.kctcs.edu
Bluegrass Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 elizabethtown.kctcs.edu
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 gateway.kctcs.edu
Gateway Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 hazard.kctcs.edu
Hazard Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 henderson.kctcs.edu
Henderson Community College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 hopkinsville.kctcs.edu
Hopkinsville Community College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 jefferson.kctcs.edu
Jefferson Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 madisonville.kctcs.edu
Madisonville Community College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 maysville.kctcs.edu
Maysville Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 owensboro.kctcs.edu
Owensboro Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 somerset.kctcs.edu
Somerset Community College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 southcentral.kctcs.edu
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 southeast.kctcs.edu
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 westkentucky.kctcs.edu
West Kentucky Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A

Kentucky private nonprofit institutions by readability score

24 sites, 22 fully scanned, average readability score 52 (F). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 alc.edu
Alice Lloyd College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 asburyseminary.edu
Asbury Theological Seminary U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 berea.edu
Berea College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 ccbbc.edu
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 kcu.edu
Kentucky Christian University U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 kmbc.edu
Kentucky Mountain Bible College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 kwc.edu
Kentucky Wesleyan College U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 spalding.edu
Spalding University U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 thomasmore.edu
Thomas More University U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 transy.edu
Transylvania University U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 ucumberlands.edu
University of the Cumberlands U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
2 bellarmine.edu
Bellarmine University U.S. rank 56 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 brescia.edu
Brescia University U.S. rank 124 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 campbellsville.edu
Campbellsville University U.S. rank 136 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 frontier.edu
Frontier Nursing University U.S. rank 138 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 georgetowncollege.edu
Georgetown College U.S. rank 64 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 lindsey.edu
Lindsey Wilson College U.S. rank 254 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 lpts.edu
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary U.S. rank 100 		0 of 1 checks pass F
4 simmonscollegeky.edu
Simmons College of Kentucky U.S. rank 162 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 sbts.edu
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary U.S. rank 74 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 unionky.edu
Union Commonwealth University U.S. rank 110 		0 of 1 checks pass F
3 centre.edu
Centre College U.S. rank 123 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 -
lextheo.edu
Lexington Theological Seminary 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
midway.edu
Midway 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 10/28/2026 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. 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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