Showing Massachusetts research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in Massachusetts, public and private together.
A 90
Average botability score of 12 fully scanned Massachusetts research university sites
6th
of 17 states, ranked by average botability score
12 of 12
Massachusetts research university sites fully scanned
B 89
Average botability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Massachusetts botability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 12 fully scanned Massachusetts research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 12 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Massachusetts 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 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 2 |
| 90 to 100 | 9 |
Massachusetts research universities by botability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Massachusetts research universities: 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 75% (9) | 25% (3) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 71% (1,899) | 25% (660) | 5% (128) |
Top 3 Massachusetts research university sites by botability score
#1 in Massachusetts · U.S. education rank 1
Clark University
A 100 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
#1 in Massachusetts · U.S. education rank 1
Harvard University
A 100 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability F
#1 in Massachusetts · U.S. education rank 1
University of Massachusetts-Boston
A 100 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability A
What each check means
- Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. Search engines take longer to find your pages.
- Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
- Sitemap status. The sitemap file loads and returns a successful response. Search engines cannot find all your pages.
- Sitemap XML. The sitemap file uses the required XML format. Search engines cannot read your sitemap.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites with sitemap problems: 1,031 of 2,650 fully scanned education sites (39%), with every site listed.
- Education websites with robots.txt problems: 95 of 2,629 fully scanned education sites (4%), with every site listed.
- Education websites that need JavaScript to show their content: 68 of 2,687 fully scanned education sites (3%), with every site listed.
Research universities in Massachusetts by botability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
clarku.edu
Clark University U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
harvard.edu
Harvard University U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
umb.edu
University of Massachusetts-Boston U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
umassd.edu
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
northeastern.edu
Northeastern University U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
tufts.edu
Tufts University U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
umass.edu
University of Massachusetts-Amherst U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
uml.edu
University of Massachusetts-Lowell U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
wpi.edu
Worcester Polytechnic Institute U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 3 |
bc.edu
Boston College U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
bu.edu
Boston University U.S. rank 7 |
9 of 11 checks pass | B |
| 4 |
web.mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology U.S. rank 11 |
8 of 11 checks pass | C |
About botability
Help AI and search engines discover, crawl, and index your website.
Why it's important
Smart technology can better process and share public information, making services faster and more efficient for users.
Risks
- AI tools cannot find or understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade botability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- The Web Robots Pages
- Schema.org
- sitemaps.org
- Google Search Central
Standards
- Crawlable
- Content available in document
- GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type
- Sitemap status
- Sitemap XML
- Robots valid
- Robots allowed
- Sitemap in robots.txt
- Canonical
- Link text
- hreflang
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 10/28/2026 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.