Showing Michigan research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in Michigan, public and private together.
B 86
Average overall score of 6 fully scanned Michigan research university sites
4th
of 17 states, ranked by average overall score
6 of 8
Michigan research university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 2, so they're listed without grades
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Michigan overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 6 fully scanned Michigan research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 6 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Michigan 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 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 3 |
| 90 to 100 | 2 |
Michigan research universities by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Michigan research universities: 6 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 33% (2) | 67% (4) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Michigan average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 6 fully scanned Michigan research university sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Michigan
- All education
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| Indicator | Michigan average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 91 | 91 |
| Botability | 97 | 89 |
| Security | 92 | 85 |
| Usability | 67 | 68 |
| Readability | 60 | 56 |
Top 3 Michigan research university sites by overall score
#1 in Michigan · U.S. education rank 6
Wayne State University
A 95 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability A
- Readability F
#2 in Michigan · U.S. education rank 8
Michigan Technological University
A 93 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
#3 in Michigan · U.S. education rank 12
Western Michigan University
B 89 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability D
- Readability A
Most common failures by indicator
The check Michigan research university sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 33% (2 of 6 sites) fail this accessibility check: Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes. Accessibility attributes are not used where they are prohibited. More accessibility failures.
- 17% (1 of 6 sites) fail this botability check: Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. More botability failures.
- 33% (2 of 6 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.
- 67% (4 of 6 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. More usability failures.
- 33% (2 of 6 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 Michigan by overall score
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
wayne.edu
Wayne State University U.S. rank 6 |
|
A |
| 2 |
mtu.edu
Michigan Technological University U.S. rank 8 |
|
A |
| 3 |
wmich.edu
Western Michigan University U.S. rank 12 |
|
B |
| 4 |
cmich.edu
Central Michigan University U.S. rank 16 |
|
B |
| 5 |
oakland.edu
Oakland University U.S. rank 20 |
|
B |
| 6 |
msu.edu
Michigan State University U.S. rank 26 |
|
C |
|
emich.edu
Eastern Michigan University |
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 | - | |
|
umich.edu
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
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 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 11/4/2026. 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 2 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.