Florida research universities: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 11 Florida research university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

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

Showing Florida research university sites. All education sites

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

D 69

Average usability score of 11 fully scanned Florida research university sites

7th

of 17 states, ranked by average usability score

11 of 11

Florida research university sites fully scanned

D 68

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

How Florida usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 11 fully scanned Florida research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Florida 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 692
70 to 792
80 to 894
90 to 1000

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

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Florida research universities: 11 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Florida
  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)
Florida0% (0)55% (6)45% (5)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 Florida research university sites by usability score

#1 in Florida · U.S. education rank 4

Florida International University

B 87 usability

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

#2 in Florida · U.S. education rank 9

University of Miami

B 81 usability

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

#3 in Florida · U.S. education rank 10

Florida Atlantic University

B 80 usability

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

Most common usability failures among Florida research university sites

Share of the 11 fully scanned Florida 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 alt82%
  2. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)64%
  3. First Contentful Paint (FCP)55%
  4. Open Graph site name55%
  5. Open Graph type36%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image alt82%9
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)64%7
First Contentful Paint (FCP)55%6
Open Graph site name55%6
Open Graph type36%4

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.
  • First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.
  • Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
  • Open Graph type. The page declares its content type for social media cards. Social media shows wrong content type.

Every education site with one problem

Research universities in Florida by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 fiu.edu
Florida International University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 welcome.miami.edu
University of Miami U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 fau.edu
Florida Atlantic University U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
3 ucf.edu
University of Central Florida U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
4 ufl.edu
University of Florida U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
4 unf.edu
University of North Florida U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
5 fsu.edu
Florida State University U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
6 nova.edu
Nova Southeastern University U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
7 famu.edu
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
7 fit.edu
Florida Institute of Technology U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
8 usf.edu
University of South Florida 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 11/7/2026. 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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