Showing Houston, TX research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in the Houston, TX metropolitan area, public and private together. Metro boundaries follow the Census definition, so a page can cross state lines.
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No average: fewer than 5 Houston, TX research university sites were fully scanned (3)
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Not ranked among metro areas
3 of 4
Houston, tx research university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Houston, TX overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 3 fully scanned Houston, TX research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 3 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Houston, TX average
- All education average
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| 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 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 3 |
Houston, TX research universities by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Houston, TX research universities: 3 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
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| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston, TX | 100% (3) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Houston, TX average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 3 fully scanned Houston, TX research university sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Houston, TX
- All education
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| Indicator | Houston, TX average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 95 | 91 |
| Botability | 100 | 89 |
| Security | 89 | 85 |
| Usability | 85 | 68 |
| Readability | 67 | 56 |
Top 3 Houston, TX research university sites by overall score
#1 in Houston, TX · U.S. education rank 8
Rice University
A 93 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability A
#2 in Houston, TX · U.S. education rank 9
Texas Southern University
A 92 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security D
- Usability B
- Readability A
#3 in Houston, TX · U.S. education rank 10
University of Houston
A 91 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability F
Most common failures by indicator
The check Houston, TX research university sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 33% (1 of 3 sites) fail this accessibility check: Buttons have an accessible name. Buttons have labels so screen readers can describe their action. More accessibility failures.
- 33% (1 of 3 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.
- 67% (2 of 3 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures.
- 33% (1 of 3 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.
Research universities in Houston, TX by overall score
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
rice.edu
Rice University U.S. rank 8 |
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A |
| 2 |
tsu.edu
Texas Southern University U.S. rank 9 |
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A |
| 3 |
uh.edu
University of Houston U.S. rank 10 |
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A |
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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 | - |
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 11/7/2026. 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.