Showing Missouri research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in Missouri, public and private together.
B 85
Average overall score of 6 fully scanned Missouri research university sites
5th
of 17 states, ranked by average overall score
6 of 6
Missouri research university sites fully scanned
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Missouri overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 6 fully scanned Missouri 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.
- Missouri 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 | 2 |
| 90 to 100 | 2 |
Missouri research universities by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Missouri 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 33% (2) | 67% (4) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Missouri average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 6 fully scanned Missouri research university sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Missouri
- All education
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| Indicator | Missouri average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 93 | 91 |
| Botability | 88 | 89 |
| Security | 87 | 85 |
| Usability | 63 | 68 |
| Readability | 83 | 56 |
Top 3 Missouri research university sites by overall score
#1 in Missouri · U.S. education rank 7
University of Missouri-Kansas City
A 94 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability A
#2 in Missouri · U.S. education rank 9
Washington University in St Louis
A 92 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability A
#3 in Missouri · U.S. education rank 15
Saint Louis University
B 86 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability A
Most common failures by indicator
The check Missouri research university sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 50% (3 of 6 sites) fail this accessibility check: Links have a discernible name. Links have unique, descriptive text so users know where they go. More accessibility failures.
- 33% (2 of 6 sites) fail this botability check: Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. More botability failures.
- 67% (4 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.
- 100% (6 of 6 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures.
- 17% (1 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 Missouri by overall score
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
umkc.edu
University of Missouri-Kansas City U.S. rank 7 |
|
A |
| 2 |
washu.edu
Washington University in St Louis U.S. rank 9 |
|
A |
| 3 |
slu.edu
Saint Louis University U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 4 |
missouri.edu
University of Missouri-Columbia U.S. rank 20 |
|
B |
| 5 |
umsl.edu
University of Missouri-St Louis U.S. rank 23 |
|
C |
| 6 |
mst.edu
Missouri University of Science and Technology 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 10/28/2026 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.