North Carolina college websites: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 72 public and 44 private college and university websites in North Carolina, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 116
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing North Carolina college and university sites. All education sites

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

D 68

Average usability score of 61 fully scanned North Carolina public college sites

7th

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average usability score

61 of 72

North carolina public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 11, so they're listed without grades

D 68

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

How North Carolina usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 61 fully scanned North Carolina public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • North Carolina average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 395
40 to 496
50 to 598
60 to 698
70 to 7912
80 to 8919
90 to 1003

North Carolina by usability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. North Carolina: 61 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. North Carolina
  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)
North Carolina5% (3)51% (31)44% (27)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 North Carolina public college sites by usability score

#1 in North Carolina · U.S. education rank 2

Nash Community College

A 93 usability

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

#1 in North Carolina · U.S. education rank 2

Rockingham Community College

A 93 usability

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

#1 in North Carolina · U.S. education rank 2

University of North Carolina Asheville

A 93 usability

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

Most common usability failures among North Carolina public college sites

Share of the 61 fully scanned North Carolina 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. Open Graph image alt93%
  2. Open Graph site name52%
  3. Open Graph description43%
  4. Open Graph image43%
  5. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)39%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image alt93%57
Open Graph site name52%32
Open Graph description43%26
Open Graph image43%26
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)39%24

What each check means

  • Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
  • Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
  • Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.
  • Open Graph image. The page has a preview image for social media cards. Shared links have no image on social media.
  • Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.

Every education site with one problem

North Carolina public 4-year institutions by usability score

18 sites, 16 fully scanned, average usability score 69 (D). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 new.unca.edu
University of North Carolina Asheville U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 ecsu.edu
Elizabeth City State University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 uncp.edu
University of North Carolina at Pembroke U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 unc.edu
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 charlotte.edu
University of North Carolina at Charlotte U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 uncw.edu
University of North Carolina Wilmington U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
5 northcarolina.edu
University of North Carolina System U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 ecu.edu
East Carolina University U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
6 uncsa.edu
University of North Carolina School of the Arts U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
7 appstate.edu
Appalachian State University U.S. rank 15 		10 of 14 checks pass C
8 wcu.edu
Western Carolina University U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
9 uncfsu.edu
Fayetteville State University U.S. rank 22 		8 of 14 checks pass F
10 ncsu.edu
North Carolina State University at Raleigh U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 wssu.edu
Winston-Salem State University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
12 ncat.edu
North Carolina A & T State University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
12 nccu.edu
North Carolina Central University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
carolinascollege.edu
Carolinas College of Health Sciences 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because its security certificate didn't pass validation. Status 993 -
uncg.edu
University of North Carolina at Greensboro 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because the page never finished loading in our browser. Status 994 -

North Carolina public 2-year institutions by usability score

54 sites, 45 fully scanned, average usability score 68 (D). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 nashcc.edu
Nash Community College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 rockinghamcc.edu
Rockingham Community College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 brunswickcc.edu
Brunswick Community College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 cfcc.edu
Cape Fear Community College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 gaston.edu
Gaston College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 martincc.edu
Martin Community College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 sccnc.edu
Southeastern Community College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 waketech.edu
Wake Technical Community College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 wilkescc.edu
Wilkes Community College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 sandhills.edu
Sandhills Community College U.S. rank 5 		13 of 15 checks pass B
4 carteret.edu
Carteret Community College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 clevelandcc.edu
Cleveland Community College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 albemarle.edu
College of the Albemarle U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 halifaxcc.edu
Halifax Community College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 spcc.edu
South Piedmont Community College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 vgcc.edu
Vance-Granville Community College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 bladencc.edu
Bladen Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 cvcc.edu
Catawba Valley Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 forsythtech.edu
Forsyth Technical Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 jamessprunt.edu
James Sprunt Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 mcdowelltech.edu
McDowell Technical Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 pamlicocc.edu
Pamlico Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 robeson.edu
Robeson Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 wilsoncc.edu
Wilson Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 cravencc.edu
Craven Community College U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
6 richmondcc.edu
Richmond Community College U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
6 waynecc.edu
Wayne Community College U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
7 durhamtech.edu
Durham Technical Community College U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
7 isothermal.edu
Isothermal Community College U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
8 edgecombe.edu
Edgecombe Community College U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
8 lenoircc.edu
Lenoir Community College U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
9 cccc.edu
Central Carolina Community College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
9 coastalcarolina.edu
Coastal Carolina Community College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
9 roanokechowan.edu
Roanoke-Chowan Community College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
10 alamancecc.edu
Alamance Community College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
10 cpcc.edu
Central Piedmont Community College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
11 johnstoncc.edu
Johnston Community College U.S. rank 26 		7 of 15 checks pass F
11 stanly.edu
Stanly Community College U.S. rank 26 		7 of 15 checks pass F
12 gtcc.edu
Guilford Technical Community College U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
12 haywood.edu
Haywood Community College U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
13 randolph.edu
Randolph Community College U.S. rank 31 		6 of 16 checks pass F
13 rccc.edu
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College U.S. rank 31 		6 of 16 checks pass F
14 mitchellcc.edu
Mitchell Community College U.S. rank 34 		5 of 16 checks pass F
14 montgomery.edu
Montgomery Community College U.S. rank 34 		5 of 16 checks pass F
14 piedmontcc.edu
Piedmont Community College U.S. rank 34 		5 of 16 checks pass F
abtech.edu
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community 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 -
blueridge.edu
Blue Ridge Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
cccti.edu
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
faytechcc.edu
Fayetteville Technical Community 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 -
mayland.edu
Mayland Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
pittcc.edu
Pitt Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
southwesterncc.edu
Southwestern Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
surry.edu
Surry Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
tricountycc.edu
Tri-County Community College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -

North Carolina private nonprofit institutions by usability score

44 sites, 38 fully scanned, average usability score 75 (C). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 campbell.edu
Campbell University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 elon.edu
Elon University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 methodist.edu
Methodist University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 montreat.edu
Montreat College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 salem.edu
Salem College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 shawu.edu
Shaw University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 wfu.edu
Wake Forest University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 wattscollegeofnursing.edu
Watts College of Nursing U.S. rank 2 		14 of 15 checks pass A
2 brevard.edu
Brevard College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 catawba.edu
Catawba College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 greensboro.edu
Greensboro College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 heritagebiblecollege.edu
Heritage Bible College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 manna.edu
Manna University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 meredith.edu
Meredith College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 charlottechristian.edu
Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary U.S. rank 5 		13 of 15 checks pass B
4 shepherds.edu
Shepherds Theological Seminary U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 warren-wilson.edu
Warren Wilson College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 carolina.edu
Carolina Christian College U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
5 sfwbc.edu
Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
6 belmontabbeycollege.edu
Belmont Abbey College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 cabarruscollege.edu
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 duke.edu
Duke University U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 guilford.edu
Guilford College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
6 queens.edu
Queens University of Charlotte U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 jungtao.edu
Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
7 st-aug.edu
Saint Augustine's University U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
8 gardner-webb.edu
Gardner-Webb University U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
8 mhu.edu
Mars Hill University U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
8 ncwu.edu
North Carolina Wesleyan University U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
9 louisburg.edu
Louisburg College U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
10 wingate.edu
Wingate University U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
11 lr.edu
Lenoir-Rhyne University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
12 jcsu.edu
Johnson C Smith University U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
13 carolinau.edu
Carolina University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 davidson.edu
Davidson College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 highpoint.edu
High Point University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
14 lmc.edu
Lees-McRae College U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
15 hoodseminary.edu
Hood Theological Seminary U.S. rank 37 		4 of 16 checks pass F
bennett.edu
Bennett College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
ccbs.edu
Carolina College of Biblical Studies 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
livingstone.edu
Livingstone College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
macuniversity.edu
Mid-Atlantic Christian University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asks crawlers to wait longer than we can. Status 997 -
umo.edu
University of Mount Olive 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
peace.edu
William Peace University 		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 11 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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