Showing Illinois research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in Illinois, public and private together.
B 87
Average overall score of 10 fully scanned Illinois research university sites
3rd
of 17 states, ranked by average overall score
10 of 10
Illinois research university sites fully scanned
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Illinois overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 10 fully scanned Illinois research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 10 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Illinois average
- All education average
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| 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 | 2 |
| 80 to 89 | 5 |
| 90 to 100 | 3 |
Illinois research universities by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Illinois research universities: 10 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
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| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 30% (3) | 70% (7) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Illinois average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 10 fully scanned Illinois research university sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Illinois
- All education
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| Indicator | Illinois average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 95 | 91 |
| Botability | 85 | 89 |
| Security | 85 | 85 |
| Usability | 73 | 68 |
| Readability | 33 | 56 |
Top 3 Illinois research university sites by overall score
#1 in Illinois · U.S. education rank 5
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
A 96 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability F
#2 in Illinois · U.S. education rank 7
Loyola University Chicago
A 94 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability F
#3 in Illinois · U.S. education rank 8
Northern Illinois University
A 93 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability A
- Readability A
Most common failures by indicator
The check Illinois research university sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 20% (2 of 10 sites) fail this accessibility check: Buttons have an accessible name. Buttons have labels so screen readers can describe their action. More accessibility failures.
- 30% (3 of 10 sites) fail this botability check: Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. More botability failures.
- 70% (7 of 10 sites) fail this security check: X-Content-Type-Options. The site tells browsers not to guess the type of files it serves. More security failures.
- 70% (7 of 10 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures.
- 60% (6 of 10 sites) fail this readability check: Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. More readability failures.
Research universities in Illinois by overall score
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
illinois.edu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign U.S. rank 5 |
|
A |
| 2 |
luc.edu
Loyola University Chicago U.S. rank 7 |
|
A |
| 3 |
niu.edu
Northern Illinois University U.S. rank 8 |
|
A |
| 4 |
uchicago.edu
University of Chicago U.S. rank 14 |
|
B |
| 5 |
depaul.edu
DePaul University U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 5 |
iit.edu
Illinois Institute of Technology U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 5 |
illinoisstate.edu
Illinois State University U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 6 |
siu.edu
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale U.S. rank 18 |
|
B |
| 7 |
northwestern.edu
Northwestern University U.S. rank 22 |
|
C |
| 8 |
uic.edu
University of Illinois Chicago U.S. rank 24 |
|
C |
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 10/27/2026 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. 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.