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.
D 61
Average readability score of 28 fully scanned Maryland public college sites
16th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average readability score
28 of 30
Maryland public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 2, so they're listed without grades
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Maryland readability 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.
Distribution of 28 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Maryland average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 11 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 17 |
Maryland by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Maryland: 28 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
View the data table
| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 61% (17) | 0% (0) | 39% (11) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 Maryland public college sites by readability score
#1 in Maryland · U.S. education rank 1
Allegany College of Maryland
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Maryland · U.S. education rank 1
Anne Arundel Community College
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability C
- Security C
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Maryland · U.S. education rank 1
Baltimore City Community College
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability D
- Security B
- Usability D
- Readability A
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
- Education websites that are hard to read: 1,110 of 2,535 fully scanned education sites (44%), with every site listed.
Maryland public 4-year institutions by readability score
14 sites, 13 fully scanned, average readability score 46 (F). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bowiestate.edu
Bowie State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
coppin.edu
Coppin State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
smcm.edu
St. Mary's College of Maryland U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
ubalt.edu
University of Baltimore U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
umgc.edu
University of Maryland Global Campus U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
umaryland.edu
University of Maryland, Baltimore U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
frostburg.edu
Frostburg State University U.S. rank 184 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
morgan.edu
Morgan State University U.S. rank 84 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
salisbury.edu
Salisbury University U.S. rank 40 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
towson.edu
Towson University U.S. rank 68 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
usna.edu
United States Naval Academy U.S. rank 206 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
umbc.edu
University of Maryland-Baltimore County U.S. rank 2 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
umd.edu
University of Maryland-College Park U.S. rank 40 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
umes.edu
University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - |
Maryland public 2-year institutions by readability score
16 sites, 15 fully scanned, average readability score 73 (C). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
allegany.edu
Allegany College of Maryland U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
aacc.edu
Anne Arundel Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
bccc.edu
Baltimore City Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
carrollcc.edu
Carroll Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
chesapeake.edu
Chesapeake College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
csmd.edu
College of Southern Maryland U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
ccbcmd.edu
Community College of Baltimore County U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
frederick.edu
Frederick Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
harford.edu
Harford Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
howardcc.edu
Howard Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
montgomerycollege.edu
Montgomery College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
cecil.edu
Cecil College U.S. rank 4 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
garrettcollege.edu
Garrett College U.S. rank 52 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
hagerstowncc.edu
Hagerstown Community College U.S. rank 198 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
worwic.edu
Wor-Wic Community College U.S. rank 40 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
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 | - |
Maryland private nonprofit institutions by readability score
15 sites, 14 fully scanned, average readability score 64 (D). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bhmb.edu
Bais HaMedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
captechu.edu
Capitol Technology University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
hood.edu
Hood College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
jhu.edu
Johns Hopkins University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
nirc.edu
Ner Israel Rabbinical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
ndm.edu
Notre Dame of Maryland University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
sjc.edu
St. John's College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
washcoll.edu
Washington College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
wits.edu
Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
goucher.edu
Goucher College U.S. rank 18 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
loyola.edu
Loyola University Maryland U.S. rank 26 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
mica.edu
Maryland Institute College of Art U.S. rank 148 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
mcdaniel.edu
McDaniel College U.S. rank 126 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
stevenson.edu
Stevenson University U.S. rank 124 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
msmary.edu
Mount St. Mary's University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 | - |
About readability
Write content at a reading level most users can understand.
Why it's important
Plain language helps people understand services and procedures the first time, reducing calls, errors and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade readability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
Standards
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this ranking
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.