Showing Mississippi college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in Mississippi are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
F 45
Average readability score of 23 fully scanned Mississippi public college sites
25th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average readability score
23 of 25
Mississippi public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 2, so they're listed without grades
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Mississippi readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 23 fully scanned Mississippi public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 20 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Mississippi average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 11 |
| 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 | 9 |
Mississippi by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Mississippi: 23 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 39% (9) | 0% (0) | 48% (11) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 Mississippi public college sites by readability score
#1 in Mississippi · U.S. education rank 1
Holmes Community College
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security A
- Usability D
- Readability A
#1 in Mississippi · U.S. education rank 1
Itawamba Community College
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Mississippi · U.S. education rank 1
Jackson State University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability B
- Security C
- Usability D
- Readability A
What each check means
- Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. Users struggle to understand your content.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites that are hard to read: 1,110 of 2,535 fully scanned education sites (44%), with every site listed.
Mississippi public 4-year institutions by readability score
9 sites, 8 fully scanned, average readability score 63 (D). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
jsums.edu
Jackson State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
msstate.edu
Mississippi State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
muw.edu
Mississippi University for Women U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
olemiss.edu
University of Mississippi U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
usm.edu
University of Southern Mississippi U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
alcorn.edu
Alcorn State University U.S. rank 84 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
mississippi.edu
Board of Trustees-Mississippi State Institutions of Higher Learning U.S. rank 140 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
mvsu.edu
Mississippi Valley State University U.S. rank 202 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
deltastate.edu
Delta State 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 | - |
Mississippi public 2-year institutions by readability score
16 sites, 15 fully scanned, average readability score 33 (F). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
holmescc.edu
Holmes Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
iccms.edu
Itawamba Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
meridiancc.edu
Meridian Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
mgccc.edu
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 3 |
colin.edu
Copiah-Lincoln Community College U.S. rank 56 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 3 |
eastms.edu
East Mississippi Community College U.S. rank 96 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 3 |
hindscc.edu
Hinds Community College U.S. rank 88 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 5 |
jcjc.edu
Jones County Junior College U.S. rank 210 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 3 |
mccb.edu
Mississippi Community College Board U.S. rank 124 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 5 |
northwestms.edu
Northwest Mississippi Community College U.S. rank 174 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 3 |
prcc.edu
Pearl River Community College U.S. rank 88 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 5 |
smcc.edu
Southwest Mississippi Community College U.S. rank 210 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
coahomacc.edu
Coahoma Community College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 404 | - | |
| 2 |
eccc.edu
East Central Community College U.S. rank 9 |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 | - |
| 4 |
msdelta.edu
Mississippi Delta Community College U.S. rank 149 |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 | - |
| 2 |
nemcc.edu
Northeast Mississippi Community College U.S. rank 47 |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 | - |
Mississippi private nonprofit institutions by readability score
9 sites, 8 fully scanned, average readability score 57 (F). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bmc.edu
Blue Mountain Christian University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
millsaps.edu
Millsaps College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
mc.edu
Mississippi College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
wmcarey.edu
William Carey University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
belhaven.edu
Belhaven University U.S. rank 100 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
southeasternbaptist.edu
Southeastern Baptist College U.S. rank 118 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
wbs.edu
Wesley Biblical Seminary U.S. rank 46 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
rustcollege.edu
Rust College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 | - | |
| 3 |
tougaloo.edu
Tougaloo College U.S. rank 205 |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 | - |
About readability
Write content at a reading level most users can understand.
Why it's important
Plain language helps people understand services and procedures the first time, reducing calls, errors and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade readability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
Standards
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 10/27/2026 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 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.