Land-grant university websites: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 117 land-grant university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 117
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing land-grant university sites. All education sites

The land-grant institutions designated under the Morrill Acts and later legislation, as flagged in IPEDS.

D 66

Average usability score of 102 fully scanned land-grant university sites

6th

of 9 lists, ranked by average usability score

102 of 117

Land-grant university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 15, so they're listed without grades

D 68

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

How Land-grant universities usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 102 fully scanned land-grant university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Land-grant universities average
  • All education average
View the data table
Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 399
40 to 497
50 to 5917
60 to 6923
70 to 7912
80 to 8927
90 to 1007

Land-grant universities by usability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Land-grant universities: 102 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Land-grant universities
  2. All education sites
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
View the data table
GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
Land-grant universities7% (7)38% (39)55% (56)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 land-grant university sites by usability score

#1 in Land-grant universities · U.S. education rank 1

Purdue University-Main Campus

A 100 usability

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

#1 in Land-grant universities · U.S. education rank 1

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A 100 usability

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

#1 in Land-grant universities · U.S. education rank 1

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

A 100 usability

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

Most common usability failures among land-grant university sites

Share of the 102 fully scanned land-grant university 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 alt80%
  2. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)64%
  3. First Contentful Paint (FCP)63%
  4. Open Graph image47%
  5. Open Graph site name47%
View the data table
CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image alt80%82
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)64%65
First Contentful Paint (FCP)63%64
Open Graph image47%48
Open Graph site name47%48

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.
  • Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.
  • First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.
  • 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.

Every education site with one problem

Land-grant universities by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 purdue.edu
Purdue University-Main Campus 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
1 twin-cities.umn.edu
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities U.S. rank 1 		16 of 16 checks pass A
2 oregonstate.edu
Oregon State University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 sagchip.edu
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 vsu.edu
Virginia State University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
3 wetcc.edu
White Earth Tribal and Community College U.S. rank 3 		13 of 14 checks pass A
4 auburn.edu
Auburn University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
4 bmcc.edu
Bay Mills Community College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
4 haskell.edu
Haskell Indian Nations University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
4 k-state.edu
Kansas State University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
4 tuskegee.edu
Tuskegee University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
4 uapb.edu
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
4 uconn.edu
University of Connecticut U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
4 umaine.edu
University of Maine U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
5 clemson.edu
Clemson University U.S. rank 5 		13 of 15 checks pass B
5 unr.edu
University of Nevada-Reno U.S. rank 5 		13 of 15 checks pass B
5 udc.edu
University of the District of Columbia U.S. rank 5 		13 of 15 checks pass B
6 fdltcc.edu
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
6 fvsu.edu
Fort Valley State University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
6 langston.edu
Langston University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
6 lltc.edu
Leech Lake Tribal College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
6 web.mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
6 nwic.edu
Northwest Indian College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
6 okstate.edu
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
6 uci.edu
University of California-Irvine U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
6 umd.edu
University of Maryland-College Park U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
7 alcorn.edu
Alcorn State University U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
7 lincolnu.edu
Lincoln University U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
7 msstate.edu
Mississippi State University U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
7 sintegleska.edu
Sinte Gleska University U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
7 utk.edu
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
7 arizona.edu
University of Arizona U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
7 uark.edu
University of Arkansas U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
8 colostate.edu
Colorado State University-Fort Collins U.S. rank 11 		11 of 14 checks pass C
8 navajotech.edu
Navajo Technical University U.S. rank 11 		11 of 14 checks pass C
9 kbocc.edu
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
9 uttc.edu
United Tribes Technical College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
10 ancollege.edu
Aaniiih Nakoda College U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
10 dinecollege.edu
Dine College U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
10 ilisagvik.edu
Ilisagvik College U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
10 skc.edu
Salish Kootenai College U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
10 berkeley.edu
University of California-Berkeley U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
10 ucla.edu
University of California-Los Angeles U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
10 ufl.edu
University of Florida U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
11 thenicc.edu
Nebraska Indian Community College U.S. rank 15 		10 of 14 checks pass C
12 cdkc.edu
Chief Dull Knife College U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
12 ucsd.edu
University of California-San Diego U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
12 ucsf.edu
University of California-San Francisco U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
12 web.uri.edu
University of Rhode Island U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
12 wsu.edu
Washington State University U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
13 desu.edu
Delaware State University U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
13 lco.edu
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
13 sdstate.edu
South Dakota State University U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
13 ucr.edu
University of California-Riverside U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
13 uidaho.edu
University of Idaho U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
13 unh.edu
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
13 wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
14 uwyo.edu
University of Wyoming U.S. rank 19 		9 of 14 checks pass D
15 littlepriest.edu
Little Priest Tribal College U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
15 uprm.edu
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
15 wvstateu.edu
West Virginia State University U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
16 stonechild.edu
Stone Child College U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
16 tamu.edu
Texas A&M University-College Station U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
16 ucsb.edu
University of California-Santa Barbara U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
16 udel.edu
University of Delaware U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
16 umass.edu
University of Massachusetts-Amherst U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
16 uvm.edu
University of Vermont U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
16 usu.edu
Utah State University U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
17 cornell.edu
Cornell University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
17 famu.edu
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
17 nmsu.edu
New Mexico State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
17 ncsu.edu
North Carolina State University at Raleigh U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
17 sittingbull.edu
Sitting Bull College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
18 menominee.edu
College of Menominee Nation U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
18 iastate.edu
Iowa State University U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
18 ucdavis.edu
University of California-Davis U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
18 uog.edu
University of Guam U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
18 uky.edu
University of Kentucky U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
18 vt.edu
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
19 amsamoa.edu
American Samoa Community College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
19 cmn.edu
College of the Muscogee Nation U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
19 fpcc.edu
Fort Peck Community College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
19 lsu.edu
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
19 nhsc.edu
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
19 missouri.edu
University of Missouri-Columbia U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
20 scsu.edu
South Carolina State University U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
20 tocc.edu
Tohono O'odham Community College U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
20 uvi.edu
University of the Virgin Islands U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
21 centralstate.edu
Central State University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
21 ncat.edu
North Carolina A & T State University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
21 ndsu.edu
North Dakota State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
21 marianas.edu
Northern Marianas College U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
22 sipi.edu
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute U.S. rank 31 		6 of 16 checks pass F
22 uaf.edu
University of Alaska Fairbanks U.S. rank 31 		6 of 16 checks pass F
22 manoa.hawaii.edu
University of Hawaii at Manoa U.S. rank 31 		6 of 16 checks pass F
23 montana.edu
Montana State University U.S. rank 33 		5 of 15 checks pass F
23 osu.edu
Ohio State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 33 		5 of 15 checks pass F
23 unl.edu
University of Nebraska-Lincoln U.S. rank 33 		5 of 15 checks pass F
24 kysu.edu
Kentucky State University U.S. rank 34 		5 of 16 checks pass F
24 msu.edu
Michigan State University U.S. rank 34 		5 of 16 checks pass F
24 uga.edu
University of Georgia U.S. rank 34 		5 of 16 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 -
littlehoop.edu
Cankdeska Cikana Community 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 -
iaia.edu
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development 		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 -
olc.edu
Oglala Lakota 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 -
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 -
newbrunswick.rutgers.edu
Rutgers University-New Brunswick 		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 -
swcollege.edu
Sisseton Wahpeton College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 -
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 -
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 -
tm.edu
Turtle Mountain Community 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 -
ucmerced.edu
University of California-Merced 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
ucsc.edu
University of California-Santa Cruz 		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 -
wvu.edu
West Virginia University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -

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 10/25/2026 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.

Plans Demo