Showing California research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in California, public and private together.
A 95
Average accessibility score of 22 fully scanned California research university sites
3rd
of 17 states, ranked by average accessibility score
22 of 25
California research university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 3, so they're listed without grades
A 91
Average accessibility score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How California accessibility scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 22 fully scanned California research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 22 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- California 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 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 5 |
| 90 to 100 | 17 |
California research universities by accessibility grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. California research universities: 22 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 77% (17) | 23% (5) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 66% (1,765) | 33% (888) | 1% (34) |
Top 3 California research university sites by accessibility score
#1 in California · U.S. education rank 1
Azusa Pacific University
A 100 accessibility
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability F
#1 in California · U.S. education rank 1
California State University-Long Beach
A 100 accessibility
- Accessibility A
- Botability B
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability F
#1 in California · U.S. education rank 1
Loyola Marymount University
A 100 accessibility
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability A
What each check means
- Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names. A button or link's visible label matches what screen readers announce. Voice control users cannot activate elements by their visible label.
- Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order. Page headings follow a logical order without skipping levels. Keyboard users cannot efficiently navigate your site.
- Image aspect ratio. Images display at their intended proportions. Images look stretched or squished.
- Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio. Text and background colors meet minimum contrast ratios. Users with low vision cannot read your text.
- Links have a discernible name. Links have unique, descriptive text so users know where they go. Screen reader users cannot identify or interact with elements.
Research universities in California by accessibility score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
apu.edu
Azusa Pacific University U.S. rank 1 |
29 of 29 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
csulb.edu
California State University-Long Beach U.S. rank 1 |
32 of 32 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
lmu.edu
Loyola Marymount University U.S. rank 1 |
31 of 31 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
sdsu.edu
San Diego State University U.S. rank 1 |
30 of 30 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
stanford.edu
Stanford University U.S. rank 1 |
31 of 31 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
berkeley.edu
University of California-Berkeley U.S. rank 1 |
25 of 25 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
ucdavis.edu
University of California-Davis U.S. rank 1 |
32 of 32 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
uci.edu
University of California-Irvine U.S. rank 1 |
27 of 27 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
sandiego.edu
University of San Diego U.S. rank 1 |
30 of 30 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
usc.edu
University of Southern California U.S. rank 1 |
29 of 29 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
fresnostate.edu
California State University-Fresno U.S. rank 3 |
31 of 32 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
sfsu.edu
San Francisco State University U.S. rank 3 |
27 of 28 checks pass | A |
| 3 |
csueastbay.edu
California State University-East Bay U.S. rank 5 |
32 of 34 checks pass | A |
| 4 |
chapman.edu
Chapman University U.S. rank 6 |
30 of 32 checks pass | A |
| 4 |
ucsb.edu
University of California-Santa Barbara U.S. rank 6 |
27 of 29 checks pass | A |
| 5 |
csusb.edu
California State University-San Bernardino U.S. rank 9 |
30 of 33 checks pass | A |
| 5 |
ucsd.edu
University of California-San Diego U.S. rank 9 |
28 of 31 checks pass | A |
| 6 |
llu.edu
Loma Linda University U.S. rank 10 |
25 of 28 checks pass | B |
| 7 |
ucla.edu
University of California-Los Angeles U.S. rank 12 |
28 of 32 checks pass | B |
| 7 |
ucr.edu
University of California-Riverside U.S. rank 12 |
28 of 32 checks pass | B |
| 8 |
caltech.edu
California Institute of Technology U.S. rank 14 |
29 of 34 checks pass | B |
| 8 |
cgu.edu
Claremont Graduate University U.S. rank 14 |
30 of 35 checks pass | B |
|
fullerton.edu
California State University-Fullerton |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - | |
|
ucmerced.edu
University of California-Merced |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - | |
|
ucsc.edu
University of California-Santa Cruz |
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 | - |
About accessibility
Meet WCAG standards so every type of user can use your website.
Why it's important
People with disabilities need equal access to information and services online.
Risks
- People with disabilities cannot use your site.
Guidance
What we use to grade accessibility:
Standards
- [accesskey] values are unique
- [aria-*] attributes match their roles
- Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
- button, link, and menuitem elements have accessible names
- ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
- Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
- Elements with role="dialog" or role="alertdialog" have accessible names
- [aria-hidden="true"] is not present on the document <body>
- [aria-hidden="true"] elements do not contain focusable descendents
- ARIA input fields have accessible names
- ARIA meter elements have accessible names
- ARIA progressbar elements have accessible names
- Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
- [role]s have all required [aria-*] attributes
- Elements with an ARIA [role] that require children to contain a specific [role] have all required children
- [role]s are contained by their required parent element
- [role] values are valid
- Elements with the role=text attribute do not have focusable descendents
- ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
- ARIA tooltip elements have accessible names
- ARIA treeitem elements have accessible names
- [aria-*] attributes have valid values
- [aria-*] attributes are valid and not misspelled
- Buttons have an accessible name
- The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
- Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio
- <dl>'s contain only properly-ordered <dt> and <dd> groups, <script>, <template> or <div> elements
- Definition list items are wrapped in <dl> elements
- Document has a <title> element
- ARIA IDs are unique
- No form fields have multiple labels
- <frame> or <iframe> elements have a title
- Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
- <html> element has a [lang] attribute
- <html> element has a valid value for its [lang] attribute
- <html> element has an [xml:lang] attribute with the same base language as the [lang] attribute
- Image elements have [alt] attributes
- Image elements do not have [alt] attributes that are redundant text
- Input buttons have discernible text
- <input type="image"> elements have [alt] text
- Form elements have associated labels
- Links are distinguishable without relying on color
- Links have a discernible name
- Lists contain only <li> elements and script supporting elements (<script> and <template>)
- List items (<li>) are contained within <ul>, <ol> or <menu> parent elements
- The document does not use <meta http-equiv="refresh">
- [user-scalable="no"] is not used in the <meta name="viewport"> element and the [maximum-scale] attribute is not less than 5
- <object> elements have alternate text
- Select elements have associated label elements
- Skip links are focusable
- No element has a [tabindex] value greater than 0
- Tables have different content in the summary attribute and <caption>
- Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing
- Cells in a <table> element that use the [headers] attribute refer to table cells within the same table
- <th> elements and elements with [role="columnheader"/"rowheader"] have data cells they describe
- [lang] attributes have a valid value
- <video> elements contain a <track> element with [kind="captions"]
- All heading elements contain content
- Identical links have the same purpose
- Document has a main landmark
- Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names
- Tables use <caption> instead of cells with the [colspan] attribute to indicate a caption
- <td> elements in a large <table> have one or more table headers
- Image aspect ratio
- Valid doctype
- Character encoding
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 10/25/2026 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 3 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.