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.
D 63
Average usability score of 12 fully scanned North Dakota public college sites
12th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average usability score
12 of 13
North dakota public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
D 68
Average usability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How North Dakota usability 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 | 1 |
| 40 to 49 | 2 |
| 50 to 59 | 3 |
| 60 to 69 | 1 |
| 70 to 79 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 3 |
| 90 to 100 | 1 |
North Dakota by usability 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 | 8% (1) | 33% (4) | 58% (7) |
| All education sites | 11% (289) | 42% (1,124) | 47% (1,274) |
Top 3 North Dakota public college sites by usability score
#1 in North Dakota · U.S. education rank 1
Dickinson State University
A 100 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability F
#2 in North Dakota · U.S. education rank 4
University of North Dakota
B 87 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
#3 in North Dakota · U.S. education rank 9
Bismarck State College
B 81 usability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability A
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 image. The page has a preview image for social media cards. Shared links have no image on social media.
- Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description 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
- Education websites missing Open Graph tags: 1,859 of 2,687 fully scanned education sites (69%), with every site listed.
North Dakota public 4-year institutions by usability score
9 sites, 9 fully scanned, average usability score 63 (D). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
dickinsonstate.edu
Dickinson State University U.S. rank 1 |
16 of 16 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
und.edu
University of North Dakota U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
bismarckstate.edu
Bismarck State College U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 4 |
vcsu.edu
Valley City State University U.S. rank 11 |
11 of 14 checks pass | C |
| 5 |
sittingbull.edu
Sitting Bull College U.S. rank 23 |
9 of 16 checks pass | F |
| 6 |
nhsc.edu
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College U.S. rank 25 |
8 of 16 checks pass | F |
| 7 |
minotstateu.edu
Minot State University U.S. rank 29 |
6 of 15 checks pass | F |
| 7 |
ndsu.edu
North Dakota State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 29 |
6 of 15 checks pass | F |
| 8 |
mayvillestate.edu
Mayville State University U.S. rank 34 |
5 of 16 checks pass | F |
North Dakota public 2-year institutions by usability 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 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
dakotacollege.edu
Dakota College at Bottineau U.S. rank 21 |
9 of 15 checks pass | D |
| 3 |
lrsc.edu
Lake Region State College U.S. rank 25 |
8 of 16 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 usability 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 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
trinitybiblecollege.edu
Trinity Bible College and Graduate School U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
uttc.edu
United Tribes Technical College U.S. rank 13 |
12 of 16 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
umary.edu
University of Mary U.S. rank 17 |
11 of 16 checks pass | D |
|
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 usability
Optimize content structure so users quickly find what they need.
Why it's important
Well-written pages help people understand laws, services, and procedures without confusion, reducing calls and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your information.
Guidance
What we use to grade usability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Google Search Central
- Web Vitals / Core Web Vitals
- Open Graph
Standards
- Page title
- Page description
- Viewport meta tag
- www resolution
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
- First Contentful Paint (FCP)
- Interaction to Next Paint (INP)
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
- Time to First Byte (TTFB)
- Open Graph site name
- Open Graph type
- Open Graph title
- Open Graph description
- Open Graph URL
- Open Graph image
- Open Graph image alt
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.