Alabama research universities: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 5 Alabama research university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 5
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Alabama research university sites. All education sites

R1 and R2 universities in Alabama, public and private together.

D 60

Average usability score of 5 fully scanned Alabama research university sites

13th

of 17 states, ranked by average usability score

5 of 5

Alabama research university sites fully scanned

D 68

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

How Alabama usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 5 fully scanned Alabama research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Alabama average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 491
50 to 592
60 to 691
70 to 790
80 to 891
90 to 1000

Alabama research universities by usability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Alabama research universities: 5 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Alabama
  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)
Alabama0% (0)20% (1)80% (4)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 Alabama research university sites by usability score

#1 in Alabama · U.S. education rank 4

Auburn University

B 87 usability

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

#2 in Alabama · U.S. education rank 18

The University of Alabama

D 66 usability

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

#3 in Alabama · U.S. education rank 23

University of Alabama in Huntsville

F 56 usability

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

Most common usability failures among Alabama research university sites

Share of the 5 fully scanned Alabama research university 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. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)80%
  3. Open Graph site name80%
  4. Open Graph URL80%
  5. First Contentful Paint (FCP)60%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image alt100%5
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)80%4
Open Graph site name80%4
Open Graph URL80%4
First Contentful Paint (FCP)60%3

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.
  • Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.
  • Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
  • Open Graph URL. The page has a canonical URL for social media sharing. Shared links may point to wrong page.
  • First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.

Every education site with one problem

Research universities in Alabama by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 auburn.edu
Auburn University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 ua.edu
The University of Alabama U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
3 uah.edu
University of Alabama in Huntsville U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
4 uab.edu
University of Alabama at Birmingham U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
5 southalabama.edu
University of South Alabama U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F

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 11/1/2026. 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. 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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