Showing North Dakota college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in North Dakota are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
A 92
Average botability score of 12 fully scanned North Dakota public college sites
4th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average botability score
12 of 13
North dakota 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 North Dakota botability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 12 fully scanned North Dakota public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 12 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- North Dakota 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 | 2 |
| 80 to 89 | 1 |
| 90 to 100 | 9 |
North Dakota by botability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. North Dakota: 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 75% (9) | 25% (3) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 71% (1,899) | 25% (660) | 5% (128) |
Top 3 North Dakota public college sites by botability score
#1 in North Dakota · U.S. education rank 1
Bismarck State College
A 100 botability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability A
#1 in North Dakota · U.S. education rank 1
Dickinson State University
A 100 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability F
#1 in North Dakota · U.S. education rank 1
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
A 100 botability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability F
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.
- Robots allowed. The robots.txt file allows search engines and AI agents to crawl the site. Your site is blocked from search results.
- 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.
North Dakota public 4-year institutions by botability score
9 sites, 9 fully scanned, average botability score 93 (A). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bismarckstate.edu
Bismarck State College U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
dickinsonstate.edu
Dickinson State University U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
nhsc.edu
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
sittingbull.edu
Sitting Bull College U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
und.edu
University of North Dakota U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
vcsu.edu
Valley City State University U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
ndsu.edu
North Dakota State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 3 |
mayvillestate.edu
Mayville State University U.S. rank 11 |
8 of 11 checks pass | C |
| 3 |
minotstateu.edu
Minot State University U.S. rank 11 |
8 of 11 checks pass | C |
North Dakota public 2-year institutions by botability score
4 sites, 3 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
willistonstate.edu
Williston State College U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
lrsc.edu
Lake Region State College U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 3 |
dakotacollege.edu
Dakota College at Bottineau U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
|
littlehoop.edu
Cankdeska Cikana Community College |
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 | - |
North Dakota private nonprofit institutions by botability score
5 sites, 4 fully scanned. Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
uj.edu
University of Jamestown U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
trinitybiblecollege.edu
Trinity Bible College and Graduate School U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
uttc.edu
United Tribes Technical College U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
umary.edu
University of Mary U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
|
tm.edu
Turtle Mountain Community College |
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 | - |
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 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.