Maryland college websites ranked by digital experience

Name: Project ScanGov Maryland college websites ranked by digital experience
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Rankings, grades, and the most common failures for 30 public and 15 private college and university websites in Maryland, from ScanGov homepage scans.

Sites: 45
Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Maryland college and university sites. All education sites

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

B 86

Average overall score of 28 fully scanned Maryland public college sites

4th

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average overall score

28 of 30

Maryland public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 2, so they're listed without grades

B 85

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

How Maryland overall scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 28 fully scanned Maryland public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

Maryland average
All education average

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How Maryland overall scores are distributed
Score range	Sites
0 to 9	0
10 to 19	0
20 to 29	0
30 to 39	0
40 to 49	0
50 to 59	0
60 to 69	0
70 to 79	8
80 to 89	10
90 to 100	10

Maryland by overall grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Maryland: 28 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

MarylandA (90 to 100): 36% (10 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 64% (18 sites)
All education sitesA (90 to 100): 25% (659 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 73% (1,965 sites)D to F (below 70): 2% (63 sites)

A (90 to 100)
B to C (70 to 89)
D to F (below 70)

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Maryland by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Group	A (90 to 100)	B to C (70 to 89)	D to F (below 70)
Maryland	36% (10)	64% (18)	0% (0)
All education sites	25% (659)	73% (1,965)	2% (63)

Maryland average score by indicator, compared with all education sites

Average of the 28 fully scanned Maryland public college sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.

Accessibility95All education: 91
Botability89All education: 89
Security87All education: 85
Usability68All education: 68
Readability61All education: 56

Maryland
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Maryland average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Indicator	Maryland average	All education average
Accessibility	95	91
Botability	89	89
Security	87	85
Usability	68	68
Readability	61	56

Top 3 Maryland public college sites by overall score

#1 in Maryland · U.S. education rank 4

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

A 97 overall

Accessibility A
Botability A
Security B
Usability A
Readability F

#2 in Maryland · U.S. education rank 5

Cecil College

A 96 overall

Accessibility A
Botability A
Security A
Usability A
Readability F

#3 in Maryland · U.S. education rank 6

Bowie State University

A 95 overall

Accessibility A
Botability A
Security A
Usability B
Readability A

Most common failures by indicator

The check Maryland public college sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.

18% (5 of 28 sites) fail this accessibility check: Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing. Buttons and interactive elements are large enough to tap easily on touch screens. More accessibility failures.
39% (11 of 28 sites) fail this botability check: Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. More botability failures.
57% (16 of 28 sites) fail this security check: X-Content-Type-Options. The site tells browsers not to guess the type of files it serves. More security failures.
86% (24 of 28 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures.
39% (11 of 28 sites) fail this readability check: Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. More readability failures.

Maryland public 4-year institutions by overall score

14 sites, 13 fully scanned, average overall score 86 (B). Part of the headline average.

Maryland public 4-year institutions ranked by overall score
Rank	Site	Indicator grades	Grade
1	umbc.edu University of Maryland-Baltimore County U.S. rank 4	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade A Readability grade F	A
2	bowiestate.edu Bowie State University U.S. rank 6	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade B Readability grade A	A
3	umgc.edu University of Maryland Global Campus U.S. rank 8	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade B Readability grade A	A
4	salisbury.edu Salisbury University U.S. rank 11	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade C Readability grade F	A
4	umd.edu University of Maryland-College Park U.S. rank 11	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade B Readability grade F	A
5	smcm.edu St. Mary's College of Maryland U.S. rank 12	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade C Usability grade B Readability grade A	B
6	towson.edu Towson University U.S. rank 14	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade B Readability grade F	B
7	morgan.edu Morgan State University U.S. rank 16	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade D Readability grade F	B
8	umaryland.edu University of Maryland, Baltimore U.S. rank 17	Accessibility grade A Botability grade C Security grade B Usability grade D Readability grade A	B
9	ubalt.edu University of Baltimore U.S. rank 23	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade D Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
10	frostburg.edu Frostburg State University U.S. rank 24	Accessibility grade B Botability grade D Security grade C Usability grade B Readability grade F	C
11	coppin.edu Coppin State University U.S. rank 25	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
12	usna.edu United States Naval Academy U.S. rank 27	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade C Usability grade D Readability grade F	C
	umes.edu University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403	-

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Maryland public 2-year institutions by overall score

16 sites, 15 fully scanned, average overall score 86 (B). Part of the headline average.

Maryland public 2-year institutions ranked by overall score
Rank	Site	Indicator grades	Grade
1	cecil.edu Cecil College U.S. rank 5	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade A Readability grade F	A
2	chesapeake.edu Chesapeake College U.S. rank 7	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade A Readability grade A	A
2	ccbcmd.edu Community College of Baltimore County U.S. rank 7	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade C Usability grade A Readability grade A	A
3	carrollcc.edu Carroll Community College U.S. rank 10	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade B Readability grade A	A
3	worwic.edu Wor-Wic Community College U.S. rank 10	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade C Readability grade F	A
4	garrettcollege.edu Garrett College U.S. rank 12	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade D Readability grade F	B
4	harford.edu Harford Community College U.S. rank 12	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade C Readability grade A	B
5	csmd.edu College of Southern Maryland U.S. rank 13	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	B
6	frederick.edu Frederick Community College U.S. rank 14	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade A	B
7	bccc.edu Baltimore City Community College U.S. rank 16	Accessibility grade A Botability grade D Security grade B Usability grade D Readability grade A	B
8	montgomerycollege.edu Montgomery College U.S. rank 17	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade A	B
9	allegany.edu Allegany College of Maryland U.S. rank 23	Accessibility grade B Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
10	aacc.edu Anne Arundel Community College U.S. rank 24	Accessibility grade A Botability grade C Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
10	howardcc.edu Howard Community College U.S. rank 24	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade C Usability grade F Readability grade A	C
11	hagerstowncc.edu Hagerstown Community College U.S. rank 25	Accessibility grade B Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade F	C
	pgcc.edu Prince George's Community College	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998	-

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Maryland private nonprofit institutions by overall score

15 sites, 14 fully scanned, average overall score 87 (B). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Maryland private nonprofit institutions ranked by overall score
Rank	Site	Indicator grades	Grade
1	goucher.edu Goucher College U.S. rank 8	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade B Readability grade F	A
1	wits.edu Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College U.S. rank 8	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade A Readability grade A	A
2	loyola.edu Loyola University Maryland U.S. rank 9	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade B Readability grade F	A
3	hood.edu Hood College U.S. rank 10	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade C Readability grade A	A
4	ndm.edu Notre Dame of Maryland University U.S. rank 11	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade C Readability grade A	A
5	captechu.edu Capitol Technology University U.S. rank 12	Accessibility grade A Botability grade B Security grade A Usability grade C Readability grade A	B
6	bhmb.edu Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore U.S. rank 13	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade A Usability grade C Readability grade A	B
7	sjc.edu St. John's College U.S. rank 14	Accessibility grade B Botability grade B Security grade B Usability grade B Readability grade A	B
8	washcoll.edu Washington College U.S. rank 16	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade D Readability grade A	B
9	jhu.edu Johns Hopkins University U.S. rank 17	Accessibility grade B Botability grade A Security grade C Usability grade B Readability grade A	B
10	mcdaniel.edu McDaniel College U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade F Readability grade F	B
10	stevenson.edu Stevenson University U.S. rank 19	Accessibility grade A Botability grade A Security grade C Usability grade D Readability grade F	B
11	mica.edu Maryland Institute College of Art U.S. rank 20	Accessibility grade B Botability grade A Security grade C Usability grade B Readability grade F	B
12	nirc.edu Ner Israel Rabbinical College U.S. rank 23	Accessibility grade C Botability grade A Security grade B Usability grade D Readability grade A	C
	msmary.edu Mount St. Mary's University	Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999	-

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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 2 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.