Minnesota college websites: botability rankings

Botability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 40 public and 31 private college and university websites in Minnesota, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 71
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Minnesota college and university sites. All education sites

Public colleges and universities in Minnesota are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.

A 90

Average botability score of 39 fully scanned Minnesota public college sites

6th

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average botability score

39 of 40

Minnesota public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades

B 89

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

How Minnesota botability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 39 fully scanned Minnesota public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Minnesota 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 691
70 to 793
80 to 896
90 to 10029

Minnesota by botability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Minnesota: 39 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Minnesota
  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)
Minnesota74% (29)23% (9)3% (1)
All education sites71% (1,899)25% (660)5% (128)

Top 3 Minnesota public college sites by botability score

#1 in Minnesota · U.S. education rank 1

Anoka Technical College

A 100 botability

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

#1 in Minnesota · U.S. education rank 1

Dakota County Technical College

A 100 botability

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

#1 in Minnesota · U.S. education rank 1

Inver Hills Community College

A 100 botability

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

Most common botability failures among Minnesota public college sites

Share of the 39 fully scanned Minnesota public college 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. Sitemap in robots.txt41%
  2. Link text31%
  3. Sitemap status10%
  4. Sitemap XML10%
  5. Canonical3%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Sitemap in robots.txt41%16
Link text31%12
Sitemap status10%4
Sitemap XML10%4
Canonical3%1

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.
  • Canonical. Each page declares a preferred URL so search engines show the right link. Search rankings split across duplicate pages.

Every education site with one problem

Minnesota public 4-year institutions by botability score

14 sites, 14 fully scanned, average botability score 90 (A). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 minnstate.edu
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System Office U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 mnsu.edu
Minnesota State University-Mankato U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 smsu.edu
Southwest Minnesota State University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 d.umn.edu
University of Minnesota-Duluth U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
2 bemidjistate.edu
Bemidji State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 fdltcc.edu
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 metrostate.edu
Metropolitan State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 mnstate.edu
Minnesota State University Moorhead U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 crk.umn.edu
University of Minnesota-Crookston U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 morris.umn.edu
University of Minnesota-Morris U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 r.umn.edu
University of Minnesota-Rochester U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 twin-cities.umn.edu
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 stcloudstate.edu
Saint Cloud State University U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
4 winona.edu
Winona State University U.S. rank 14 		6 of 9 checks pass D

Minnesota public 2-year institutions by botability score

26 sites, 25 fully scanned, average botability score 90 (A). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 anokatech.edu
Anoka Technical College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 dctc.edu
Dakota County Technical College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 inverhills.edu
Inver Hills Community College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 minnesotanorth.edu
Minnesota North College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 mnwest.edu
Minnesota West Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 northlandcollege.edu
Northland Community and Technical College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 ridgewater.edu
Ridgewater College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 saintpaul.edu
Saint Paul College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 southcentral.edu
South Central College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 sctcc.edu
St Cloud Technical and Community College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
2 anokaramsey.edu
Anoka-Ramsey Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 century.edu
Century College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 lsc.edu
Lake Superior College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 lltc.edu
Leech Lake Tribal College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 southeastmn.edu
Minnesota State College Southeast U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 minnesota.edu
Minnesota State Community and Technical College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 normandale.edu
Normandale Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 clcmn.edu
Central Lakes College-Brainerd U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 minneapolis.edu
Minneapolis Community and Technical College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 nhcc.edu
North Hennepin Community College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 ntcmn.edu
Northwest Technical College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 pine.edu
Pine Technical & Community College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 rctc.edu
Rochester Community and Technical College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 alextech.edu
Alexandria Technical & Community College U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
4 riverland.edu
Riverland Community College U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
hennepintech.edu
Hennepin Technical College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -

Minnesota private nonprofit institutions by botability score

31 sites, 28 fully scanned, average botability score 93 (A). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 augsburg.edu
Augsburg University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 bethanygu.edu
Bethany Global University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 bethel.edu
Bethel University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 carleton.edu
Carleton College U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 csp.edu
Concordia University-Saint Paul U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 dunwoody.edu
Dunwoody College of Technology U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 hazeldenbettyford.org
Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 college.mayo.edu
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 mitchellhamline.edu
Mitchell Hamline School of Law U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 nwhealth.edu
Northwestern Health Sciences University U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 css.edu
The College of Saint Scholastica U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
1 stthomas.edu
University of St Thomas U.S. rank 1 		11 of 11 checks pass A
2 bcsmn.edu
Bethlehem College & Seminary U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 csbsju.edu
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 concordiacollege.edu
Concordia College at Moorhead U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 crown.edu
Crown College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 hamline.edu
Hamline University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 luthersem.edu
Luther Seminary U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 macalester.edu
Macalester College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 northcentral.edu
North Central University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 smumn.edu
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 stkate.edu
St Catherine University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 unitedseminary.edu
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 wetcc.edu
White Earth Tribal and Community College U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 gustavus.edu
Gustavus Adolphus College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 mlc-wels.edu
Martin Luther College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
3 wp.stolaf.edu
St Olaf College U.S. rank 7 		9 of 11 checks pass B
4 mcad.edu
Minneapolis College of Art and Design U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
blc.edu
Bethany Lutheran College 		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 -
oakhills.edu
Oak Hills Christian College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
unwsp.edu
University of Northwestern-St Paul 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -

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 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.

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