Showing Maryland research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in Maryland, public and private together.
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No average: fewer than 5 Maryland research university sites were fully scanned (4)
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Not ranked among states
4 of 5
Maryland research university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Maryland overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 4 fully scanned Maryland research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 4 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Maryland 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 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 2 |
| 90 to 100 | 2 |
Maryland research universities by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Maryland research universities: 4 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 50% (2) | 50% (2) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Maryland average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 4 fully scanned Maryland research university sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Maryland
- All education
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| Indicator | Maryland average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 94 | 91 |
| Botability | 93 | 89 |
| Security | 91 | 85 |
| Usability | 82 | 68 |
| Readability | 25 | 56 |
Top 3 Maryland research university sites by overall score
#1 in Maryland · U.S. education rank 4
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
A 97 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability F
#2 in Maryland · U.S. education rank 11
University of Maryland-College Park
A 90 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability F
#3 in Maryland · U.S. education rank 16
Morgan State University
B 85 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability D
- Readability F
Most common failures by indicator
The check Maryland research university sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 50% (2 of 4 sites) fail this accessibility check: Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names. A button or link's visible label matches what screen readers announce. More accessibility failures.
- 50% (2 of 4 sites) fail this botability check: Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. More botability failures.
- 50% (2 of 4 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.
- 50% (2 of 4 sites) fail this usability check: First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. More usability failures.
- 75% (3 of 4 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 Maryland by overall score
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
umbc.edu
University of Maryland-Baltimore County U.S. rank 4 |
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A |
| 2 |
umd.edu
University of Maryland-College Park U.S. rank 11 |
|
A |
| 3 |
morgan.edu
Morgan State University U.S. rank 16 |
|
B |
| 4 |
jhu.edu
Johns Hopkins University U.S. rank 17 |
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B |
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umes.edu
University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 | - |
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. We could not fully scan 1 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.