Showing Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in the Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area, public and private together. Metro boundaries follow the Census definition, so a page can cross state lines.
B 83
Average botability score of 5 fully scanned Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV research university sites
7th
of 8 metro areas, ranked by average botability score
5 of 7
Washington, dc-va-md-wv research university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 2, so they're listed without grades
B 89
Average botability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV botability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 5 fully scanned Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 5 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV average
- All education average
View the data table
| 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 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 2 |
| 90 to 100 | 2 |
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV research universities by botability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV research universities: 5 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV | 40% (2) | 60% (3) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 71% (1,899) | 25% (660) | 5% (128) |
Top 3 Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV research university sites by botability score
#1 in Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV · U.S. education rank 2
The Catholic University of America
A 90 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV · U.S. education rank 2
University of Maryland-College Park
A 90 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability F
#2 in Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV · U.S. education rank 7
Georgetown University
B 81 botability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security C
- Usability C
- Readability A
What each check means
- Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. Search engines take longer to find your pages.
- Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
- Sitemap status. The sitemap file loads and returns a successful response. Search engines cannot find all your pages.
- Sitemap XML. The sitemap file uses the required XML format. Search engines cannot read your sitemap.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites with sitemap problems: 1,031 of 2,650 fully scanned education sites (39%), with every site listed.
- Education websites with robots.txt problems: 95 of 2,629 fully scanned education sites (4%), with every site listed.
- Education websites that need JavaScript to show their content: 68 of 2,687 fully scanned education sites (3%), with every site listed.
Research universities in Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV by botability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
catholic.edu
The Catholic University of America U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
umd.edu
University of Maryland-College Park U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
georgetown.edu
Georgetown University U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
howard.edu
Howard University U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
gwu.edu
George Washington University U.S. rank 11 |
8 of 11 checks pass | C |
|
american.edu
American University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because it showed our bot a captcha or browser check instead of the page. Status 996 | - | |
|
gmu.edu
George Mason University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - |
About botability
Help AI and search engines discover, crawl, and index your website.
Why it's important
Smart technology can better process and share public information, making services faster and more efficient for users.
Risks
- AI tools cannot find or understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade botability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- The Web Robots Pages
- Schema.org
- sitemaps.org
- Google Search Central
Standards
- Crawlable
- Content available in document
- GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type
- Sitemap status
- Sitemap XML
- Robots valid
- Robots allowed
- Sitemap in robots.txt
- Canonical
- Link text
- hreflang
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 10/28/2026 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.