Massachusetts college websites: botability rankings

Botability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 28 public and 63 private college and university websites in Massachusetts, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 91
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Massachusetts college and university sites. All education sites

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

A 90

Average botability score of 27 fully scanned Massachusetts public college sites

6th

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average botability score

27 of 28

Massachusetts public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades

B 89

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

How Massachusetts botability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 27 fully scanned Massachusetts public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Massachusetts 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 693
70 to 791
80 to 892
90 to 10021

Massachusetts by botability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Massachusetts: 27 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Massachusetts
  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)
Massachusetts78% (21)11% (3)11% (3)
All education sites71% (1,899)25% (660)5% (128)

Top 3 Massachusetts public college sites by botability score

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

Berkshire Community College

A 100 botability

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

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

Bridgewater State University

A 100 botability

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

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

Bristol Community College

A 100 botability

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

Most common botability failures among Massachusetts public college sites

Share of the 27 fully scanned Massachusetts 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. Link text44%
  2. Sitemap in robots.txt33%
  3. Sitemap status11%
  4. Sitemap XML11%
  5. Canonical4%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Link text44%12
Sitemap in robots.txt33%9
Sitemap status11%3
Sitemap XML11%3
Canonical4%1

What each check means

  • Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
  • Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. Search engines take longer to find your pages.
  • Sitemap status. The sitemap file loads and returns a successful response. Search engines cannot find all your pages.
  • Sitemap XML. The sitemap file uses the required XML format. Search engines cannot read your sitemap.
  • Canonical. Each page declares a preferred URL so search engines show the right link. Search rankings split across duplicate pages.

Every education site with one problem

Massachusetts public 4-year institutions by botability score

16 sites, 16 fully scanned, average botability score 90 (A). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 bridgew.edu
Bridgewater State University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 massart.edu
Massachusetts College of Art and Design U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 quincycollege.edu
Quincy College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 umassmed.edu
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 umb.edu
University of Massachusetts-Boston U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 massachusetts.edu
University of Massachusetts-Central Office U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 umassd.edu
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
2 fitchburgstate.edu
Fitchburg State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 framingham.edu
Framingham State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 mcla.edu
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 umass.edu
University of Massachusetts-Amherst U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 uml.edu
University of Massachusetts-Lowell U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 westfield.ma.edu
Westfield State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 worcester.edu
Worcester State University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 maritime.edu
Massachusetts Maritime Academy U.S. rank 15 		7 of 11 checks pass D
5 salemstate.edu
Salem State University U.S. rank 17 		6 of 10 checks pass D

Massachusetts public 2-year institutions by botability score

12 sites, 11 fully scanned, average botability score 89 (B). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 berkshirecc.edu
Berkshire Community College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 bristolcc.edu
Bristol Community College U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 hcc.edu
Holyoke Community College U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 stcc.edu
Springfield Technical Community College U.S. rank 1 		7 of 7 checks pass A
2 bhcc.edu
Bunker Hill Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 massbay.edu
Massachusetts Bay Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 northshore.edu
North Shore Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 qcc.edu
Quinsigamond Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 massasoit.edu
Massasoit Community College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 rcc.mass.edu
Roxbury Community College U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
5 gcc.mass.edu
Greenfield Community College U.S. rank 15 		7 of 11 checks pass D
mwcc.edu
Mount Wachusett Community 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 -

Massachusetts private nonprofit institutions by botability score

63 sites, 60 fully scanned, average botability score 89 (B). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 annamaria.edu
Anna Maria College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 cambridgecollege.edu
Cambridge College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 clarku.edu
Clark University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 elms.edu
College of Our Lady of the Elms U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 curry.edu
Curry College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 gordon.edu
Gordon College U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
1 harvard.edu
Harvard University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 hult.edu
Hult International Business School U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 mcphs.edu
MCPHS University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 merrimack.edu
Merrimack College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 montserrat.edu
Montserrat College of Art U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 mtholyoke.edu
Mount Holyoke College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 neco.edu
New England College of Optometry U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 regiscollege.edu
Regis College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 sattler.edu
Sattler College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 wne.edu
Western New England University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
2 aic.edu
American International College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 assumption.edu
Assumption University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 baypath.edu
Bay Path University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 bentley.edu
Bentley University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 berklee.edu
Berklee College of Music U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 boston.edu
Boston Baptist College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 emerson.edu
Emerson College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 emmanuel.edu
Emmanuel College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 hchc.edu
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 lesley.edu
Lesley University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 nichols.edu
Nichols College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 northeastern.edu
Northeastern University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 sjs.edu
Saint John's Seminary U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 simmons.edu
Simmons University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 springfield.edu
Springfield College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 suffolk.edu
Suffolk University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 tufts.edu
Tufts University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 urbancollege.edu
Urban College of Boston U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 wellesley.edu
Wellesley College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 wit.edu
Wentworth Institute of Technology U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 wheatoncollege.edu
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 williamjames.edu
William James College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 wpi.edu
Worcester Polytechnic Institute U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 the-bac.edu
Boston Architectural College U.S. rank 3 		8 of 9 checks pass B
3 hebrewcollege.edu
Hebrew College U.S. rank 3 		8 of 9 checks pass B
3 nesl.edu
New England Law-Boston U.S. rank 3 		8 of 9 checks pass B
4 lasell.edu
Lasell University U.S. rank 5 		6 of 7 checks pass B
4 longy.edu
Longy School of Music of Bard College U.S. rank 5 		6 of 7 checks pass B
5 bc.edu
Boston College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 bu.edu
Boston University U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 holycross.edu
College of the Holy Cross U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 dean.edu
Dean College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 endicott.edu
Endicott College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 olin.edu
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 hampshire.edu
Hampshire College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 mslaw.edu
Massachusetts School of Law U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 psjs.edu
Pope St John XXIII National Seminary U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 smith.edu
Smith College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
5 stonehill.edu
Stonehill College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
6 simons-rock.edu
Bard College at Simon's Rock U.S. rank 9 		7 of 9 checks pass C
7 web.mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
8 babson.edu
Babson College U.S. rank 14 		6 of 9 checks pass D
8 gordonconwell.edu
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary U.S. rank 14 		6 of 9 checks pass D
9 fisher.edu
Fisher College U.S. rank 15 		7 of 11 checks pass D
csld.edu
Conway School of Landscape Design 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
necmusic.edu
The New England Conservatory of Music 		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 -
williams.edu
Williams 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 -

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 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.

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