Providence, RI-MA research universities: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 3 Providence, RI-MA research university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 3
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Providence, RI-MA research university sites. All education sites

R1 and R2 universities in the Providence, RI-MA 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 Providence, RI-MA research university sites were fully scanned (3)

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Not ranked among metro areas

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Providence, ri-ma research university sites fully scanned

D 68

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

How Providence, RI-MA usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 3 fully scanned Providence, RI-MA research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Providence, RI-MA 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 692
70 to 790
80 to 891
90 to 1000

Providence, RI-MA research universities by usability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Providence, RI-MA research universities: 3 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Providence, RI-MA
  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)
Providence, RI-MA0% (0)33% (1)67% (2)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 Providence, RI-MA research university sites by usability score

#1 in Providence, RI-MA · U.S. education rank 10

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

B 80 usability

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

#2 in Providence, RI-MA · U.S. education rank 17

Brown University

D 68 usability

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

#2 in Providence, RI-MA · U.S. education rank 17

University of Rhode Island

D 68 usability

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

Most common usability failures among Providence, RI-MA research university sites

Share of the 3 fully scanned Providence, RI-MA research 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 site name100%
  2. Open Graph image alt67%
  3. Open Graph type67%
  4. Interaction to Next Paint (INP)33%
  5. First Contentful Paint (FCP)33%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph site name100%3
Open Graph image alt67%2
Open Graph type67%2
Interaction to Next Paint (INP)33%1
First Contentful Paint (FCP)33%1

What each check means

  • Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
  • Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
  • Open Graph type. The page declares its content type for social media cards. Social media shows wrong content type.
  • Interaction to Next Paint (INP). The page responds to user interactions in under 0.2 seconds. Site feels frozen when users click things.
  • First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.

Every education site with one problem

Research universities in Providence, RI-MA by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 umassd.edu
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
2 brown.edu
Brown University U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
2 web.uri.edu
University of Rhode Island U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D

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. 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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