San Francisco, CA research universities: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 3 San Francisco, CA research university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 3
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing San Francisco, CA research university sites. All education sites

R1 and R2 universities in the San Francisco, CA 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 San Francisco, CA research university sites were fully scanned (3)

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Not ranked among metro areas

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San francisco, ca research university sites fully scanned

D 68

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

How San Francisco, CA usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 3 fully scanned San Francisco, CA research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • San Francisco, CA average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 492
50 to 590
60 to 690
70 to 791
80 to 890
90 to 1000

San Francisco, CA research universities by usability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. San Francisco, CA research universities: 3 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. San Francisco, CA
  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)
San Francisco, CA0% (0)33% (1)67% (2)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 San Francisco, CA research university sites by usability score

#1 in San Francisco, CA · U.S. education rank 14

University of California-Berkeley

C 73 usability

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

#2 in San Francisco, CA · U.S. education rank 29

California State University-East Bay

F 40 usability

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

#2 in San Francisco, CA · U.S. education rank 29

San Francisco State University

F 40 usability

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

Most common usability failures among San Francisco, CA research university sites

Share of the 3 fully scanned San Francisco, CA 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. First Contentful Paint (FCP)100%
  2. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)100%
  3. Open Graph image100%
  4. Open Graph image alt100%
  5. Open Graph description67%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
First Contentful Paint (FCP)100%3
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)100%3
Open Graph image100%3
Open Graph image alt100%3
Open Graph description67%2

What each check means

  • First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.
  • Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.
  • Open Graph image. The page has a preview image for social media cards. Shared links have no image on social media.
  • Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
  • Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.

Every education site with one problem

Research universities in San Francisco, CA by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 berkeley.edu
University of California-Berkeley U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
2 csueastbay.edu
California State University-East Bay U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
2 sfsu.edu
San Francisco State University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F

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 10/28/2026 and 10/28/2026. 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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