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.
F 58
Average readability score of 12 fully scanned North Dakota public college sites
18th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average readability score
12 of 13
North dakota public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How North Dakota readability 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 | 5 |
| 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 | 7 |
North Dakota by readability 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 | 58% (7) | 0% (0) | 42% (5) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 North Dakota public college sites by readability score
#1 in North Dakota · U.S. education rank 1
Bismarck State College
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability A
#1 in North Dakota · U.S. education rank 1
Dakota College at Bottineau
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability B
- Security C
- Usability D
- Readability A
#1 in North Dakota · U.S. education rank 1
Lake Region State College
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability F
- 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.
North Dakota public 4-year institutions by readability score
9 sites, 9 fully scanned, average readability score 56 (F). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bismarckstate.edu
Bismarck State College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
minotstateu.edu
Minot State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
ndsu.edu
North Dakota State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
sittingbull.edu
Sitting Bull College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
vcsu.edu
Valley City State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
dickinsonstate.edu
Dickinson State University U.S. rank 4 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
mayvillestate.edu
Mayville State University U.S. rank 236 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
nhsc.edu
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College U.S. rank 198 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
und.edu
University of North Dakota U.S. rank 18 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
North Dakota public 2-year institutions by readability score
4 sites, 3 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
dakotacollege.edu
Dakota College at Bottineau U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
lrsc.edu
Lake Region State College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
willistonstate.edu
Williston State College U.S. rank 118 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
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 readability score
5 sites, 4 fully scanned. Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
trinitybiblecollege.edu
Trinity Bible College and Graduate School U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
uttc.edu
United Tribes Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
uj.edu
University of Jamestown U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
umary.edu
University of Mary U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 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 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 10/28/2026 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.