Showing Montana college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in Montana are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
B 80
Average overall score of 16 fully scanned Montana public college sites
10th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average overall score
16 of 16
Montana public college sites fully scanned
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Montana overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 16 fully scanned Montana public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 16 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Montana average
- All education average
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| 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 | 2 |
| 70 to 79 | 4 |
| 80 to 89 | 8 |
| 90 to 100 | 2 |
Montana by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Montana: 16 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
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| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 13% (2) | 75% (12) | 13% (2) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Montana average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 16 fully scanned Montana public college sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Montana
- All education
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| Indicator | Montana average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 89 | 91 |
| Botability | 86 | 89 |
| Security | 86 | 85 |
| Usability | 57 | 68 |
| Readability | 64 | 56 |
Top 3 Montana public college sites by overall score
#1 in Montana · U.S. education rank 10
The University of Montana-Western
A 91 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
#2 in Montana · U.S. education rank 11
Salish Kootenai College
A 90 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability C
- Readability A
#3 in Montana · U.S. education rank 13
Chief Dull Knife College
B 88 overall
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability D
- Readability A
Most common failures by indicator
The check Montana public college sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 50% (8 of 16 sites) fail this accessibility check: Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order. Page headings follow a logical order without skipping levels. More accessibility failures.
- 44% (7 of 16 sites) fail this botability check: Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. More botability failures.
- 63% (10 of 16 sites) fail this security check: X-Content-Type-Options. The site tells browsers not to guess the type of files it serves. More security failures.
- 100% (16 of 16 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures.
- 31% (5 of 16 sites) fail this readability check: Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. More readability failures.
Montana public 4-year institutions by overall score
9 sites, 9 fully scanned, average overall score 80 (B). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
umwestern.edu
The University of Montana-Western U.S. rank 10 |
|
A |
| 2 |
skc.edu
Salish Kootenai College U.S. rank 11 |
|
A |
| 3 |
ancollege.edu
Aaniiih Nakoda College U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 3 |
umt.edu
The University of Montana U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 4 |
stonechild.edu
Stone Child College U.S. rank 18 |
|
B |
| 5 |
mtech.edu
Montana Technological University U.S. rank 23 |
|
C |
| 6 |
msubillings.edu
Montana State University Billings U.S. rank 26 |
|
C |
| 7 |
montana.edu
Montana State University U.S. rank 35 |
|
D |
| 8 |
msun.edu
Montana State University-Northern U.S. rank 36 |
|
D |
Montana public 2-year institutions by overall score
7 sites, 7 fully scanned, average overall score 81 (B). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
cdkc.edu
Chief Dull Knife College U.S. rank 13 |
|
B |
| 1 |
fvcc.edu
Flathead Valley Community College U.S. rank 13 |
|
B |
| 2 |
dawson.edu
Dawson Community College U.S. rank 17 |
|
B |
| 3 |
gfcmsu.edu
Great Falls College Montana State University U.S. rank 18 |
|
B |
| 4 |
fpcc.edu
Fort Peck Community College U.S. rank 20 |
|
B |
| 5 |
milescc.edu
Miles Community College U.S. rank 29 |
|
C |
| 6 |
helenacollege.edu
Helena College University of Montana U.S. rank 30 |
|
C |
Montana private nonprofit institutions by overall score
4 sites, 4 fully scanned. Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
carroll.edu
Carroll College U.S. rank 12 |
|
B |
| 2 |
montanabiblecollege.edu
Montana Bible College U.S. rank 13 |
|
B |
| 3 |
rocky.edu
Rocky Mountain College U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 3 |
uprovidence.edu
University of Providence U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
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 10/25/2026 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.