Pennsylvania college websites: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 56 public and 100 private college and university websites in Pennsylvania, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 156
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Pennsylvania college and university sites. All education sites

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

D 66

Average usability score of 51 fully scanned Pennsylvania public college sites

9th

of 48 states and territories, ranked by average usability score

51 of 56

Pennsylvania public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 5, so they're listed without grades

D 68

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

How Pennsylvania usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 51 fully scanned Pennsylvania public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Pennsylvania average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 291
30 to 392
40 to 494
50 to 597
60 to 6918
70 to 797
80 to 899
90 to 1003

Pennsylvania by usability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Pennsylvania: 51 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Pennsylvania
  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)
Pennsylvania6% (3)31% (16)63% (32)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 Pennsylvania public college sites by usability score

#1 in Pennsylvania · U.S. education rank 2

Community College of Beaver County

A 93 usability

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

#1 in Pennsylvania · U.S. education rank 2

Lancaster County Career and Technology Center

A 93 usability

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

#1 in Pennsylvania · U.S. education rank 2

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

A 93 usability

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

Most common usability failures among Pennsylvania public college sites

Share of the 51 fully scanned Pennsylvania 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 alt100%
  2. Open Graph image76%
  3. Open Graph description73%
  4. First Contentful Paint (FCP)35%
  5. Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)33%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image alt100%51
Open Graph image76%39
Open Graph description73%37
First Contentful Paint (FCP)35%18
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)33%17

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 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.
  • First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.
  • Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS). Page content stays in place as the page loads. Users click wrong buttons by mistake.

Every education site with one problem

Pennsylvania public 4-year institutions by usability score

38 sites, 35 fully scanned, average usability score 65 (D). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 kutztown.edu
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
1 berks.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
1 fayette.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
1 hazleton.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
1 lehighvalley.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
1 shenango.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
2 altoona.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
2 dubois.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
2 behrend.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
2 montalto.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
2 newkensington.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
3 millersville.edu
Millersville University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
4 cheyney.edu
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
4 abington.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
4 beaver.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
4 brandywine.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
4 greatvalley.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
4 greaterallegheny.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
4 harrisburg.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
4 scranton.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
4 wilkesbarre.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
4 york.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
5 psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
5 ship.edu
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
5 sru.edu
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
6 schuylkill.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
7 temple.edu
Temple University U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
8 esu.edu
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
8 pennwest.edu
Pennsylvania Western University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
9 lincoln.edu
Lincoln University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
9 worldcampus.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
9 pitt.edu
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
9 wcupa.edu
West Chester University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
10 greensburg.pitt.edu
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg U.S. rank 33 		5 of 15 checks pass F
11 upb.pitt.edu
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford U.S. rank 36 		4 of 15 checks pass F
commonwealthu.edu
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania 		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 -
iup.edu
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus 		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 -
pct.edu
Pennsylvania College of Technology 		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 -

Pennsylvania public 2-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 ccbc.edu
Community College of Beaver County U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 lancasterctc.edu
Lancaster County Career and Technology Center U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
1 stevenscollege.edu
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 cpi.edu
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 luzerne.edu
Luzerne County Community College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 mc3.edu
Montgomery County Community College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 dccc.edu
Delaware County Community College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
5 northampton.edu
Northampton County Area Community College U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
6 ccac.edu
Community College of Allegheny County U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
6 lccc.edu
Lehigh Carbon Community College U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
7 bucks.edu
Bucks County Community College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
7 bc3.edu
Butler County Community College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
7 hacc.edu
Harrisburg Area Community College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
7 pennhighlands.edu
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
7 westmoreland.edu
Westmoreland County Community College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
8 titusville.pitt.edu
University of Pittsburgh-Titusville U.S. rank 33 		5 of 15 checks pass F
ccp.edu
Community College of Philadelphia 		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 -
racc.edu
Reading Area 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 -

Pennsylvania private nonprofit institutions by usability score

100 sites, 90 fully scanned, average usability score 72 (C). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 pafa.org
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts U.S. rank 1 		16 of 16 checks pass A
1 sju.edu
Saint Joseph's University U.S. rank 1 		16 of 16 checks pass A
1 setonhill.edu
Seton Hill University U.S. rank 1 		16 of 16 checks pass A
2 brynathyn.edu
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 bucknell.edu
Bucknell University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 cairn.edu
Cairn University-Langhorne U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 keystone.edu
Keystone College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 lackawanna.edu
Lackawanna College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 lecom.edu
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine U.S. rank 2 		14 of 15 checks pass A
2 lvc.edu
Lebanon Valley College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 lycoming.edu
Lycoming College U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 messiah.edu
Messiah University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 pcad.edu
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 pointpark.edu
Point Park University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
3 brynmawr.edu
Bryn Mawr College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 chatham.edu
Chatham University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 curtis.edu
Curtis Institute of Music U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 fandm.edu
Franklin and Marshall College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 lbc.edu
Lancaster Bible College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 pcom.edu
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 thiel.edu
Thiel College U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
4 rrc.edu
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College U.S. rank 6 		12 of 14 checks pass B
5 albright.edu
Albright College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 arcadia.edu
Arcadia University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 chc.edu
Chestnut Hill College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 drexel.edu
Drexel University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 duq.edu
Duquesne University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 geneva.edu
Geneva College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 iirp.edu
International Institute for Restorative Practices U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 moore.edu
Moore College of Art and Design U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 neumann.edu
Neumann University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 pims.edu
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 swarthmore.edu
Swarthmore College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 ursinus.edu
Ursinus College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 vfmac.edu
Valley Forge Military College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 wts.edu
Westminster Theological Seminary U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
5 wilkes.edu
Wilkes University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
6 aspiracitycollege.edu
ASPIRA City College U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
6 westminster.edu
Westminster College U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
7 cedarcrest.edu
Cedar Crest College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 harrisburgu.edu
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 kings.edu
King's College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 laroche.edu
La Roche University U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 manor.edu
Manor College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 misericordia.edu
Misericordia University U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 missio.edu
Missio Theological Seminary U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 muhlenberg.edu
Muhlenberg College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 orleanstech.edu
Orleans Technical College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 rosedaletech.edu
Rosedale Technical College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 stvincent.edu
Saint Vincent College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 tas.edu
Trinity Anglican Seminary U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 scranton.edu
University of Scranton U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 waynesburg.edu
Waynesburg University U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
7 woninstitute.edu
Won Institute of Graduate Studies U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
8 unitedlutheranseminary.edu
United Lutheran Seminary U.S. rank 15 		10 of 14 checks pass C
9 bcs.edu
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
9 gratz.edu
Gratz College U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
9 lasalle.edu
La Salle University U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
9 upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
9 ycp.edu
York College of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
10 alvernia.edu
Alvernia University U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
10 theamericancollege.edu
American College of Financial Services U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
10 holyfamily.edu
Holy Family University U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
10 www2.lehigh.edu
Lehigh University U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
10 rosemont.edu
Rosemont College U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
11 etown.edu
Elizabethtown College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 gmercyu.edu
Gwynedd Mercy University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 johnson.edu
Johnson College U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 mercyhurst.edu
Mercyhurst University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 moravian.edu
Moravian University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 rmu.edu
Robert Morris University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 jefferson.edu
Thomas Jefferson University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
11 widener.edu
Widener University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
12 dickinson.edu
Dickinson College U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
12 salus.edu
Salus University U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
13 carlow.edu
Carlow University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 desales.edu
DeSales University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 eastern.edu
Eastern University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 harcum.edu
Harcum College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 lafayette.edu
Lafayette College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 marywood.edu
Marywood University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
13 pts.edu
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
14 meterware.com
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia U.S. rank 26 		7 of 15 checks pass F
15 cmu.edu
Carnegie Mellon University U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
15 francis.edu
Saint Francis University U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
15 wilson.edu
Wilson College U.S. rank 27 		7 of 16 checks pass F
16 scs.edu
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
16 valleyforge.edu
University of Valley Forge U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
17 gettysburg.edu
Gettysburg College U.S. rank 31 		6 of 16 checks pass F
17 gcc.edu
Grove City College U.S. rank 31 		6 of 16 checks pass F
delval.edu
Delaware Valley University 		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 -
gannon.edu
Gannon University 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -
haverford.edu
Haverford 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 -
mtaloy.edu
Mount Aloysius College 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
pit.edu
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
pia.edu
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
saintvincentseminary.edu
Saint Vincent Seminary 		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 -
susqu.edu
Susquehanna University 		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 -
williamson.edu
Williamson College of the Trades 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 999 -
yeshivabethmoshe.com
Yeshivath Beth Moshe 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -

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. We could not fully scan 5 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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