North Carolina research universities: botability rankings

Botability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 9 North Carolina research university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 9
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

R1 and R2 universities in North Carolina, public and private together.

A 93

Average botability score of 8 fully scanned North Carolina research university sites

3rd

of 17 states, ranked by average botability score

8 of 9

North carolina research university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades

B 89

Average botability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites

How North Carolina botability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 8 fully scanned North Carolina research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

Distribution of 8 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.

  • North Carolina average
  • All education average
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How North Carolina botability scores are distributed
Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 590
60 to 691
70 to 790
80 to 890
90 to 1007

North Carolina research universities by botability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. North Carolina research universities: 8 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. North CarolinaA (90 to 100): 88% (7 sites)D to F (below 70): 13% (1 sites)
  2. All education sitesA (90 to 100): 71% (1,899 sites)B to C (70 to 89): 25% (660 sites)D to F (below 70): 5% (128 sites)
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
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North Carolina research universities by botability grade, compared with all education sites
GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
North Carolina88% (7)0% (0)13% (1)
All education sites71% (1,899)25% (660)5% (128)

Top 3 North Carolina research university sites by botability score

#1 in North Carolina · U.S. education rank 1

Duke University

A 100 botability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security C
  • Usability C
  • Readability F

#1 in North Carolina · U.S. education rank 1

East Carolina University

A 100 botability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security A
  • Usability C
  • Readability A

#1 in North Carolina · U.S. education rank 1

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

A 100 botability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security B
  • Usability F
  • Readability -

Most common botability failures among North Carolina research university sites

Share of the 8 fully scanned North Carolina research university sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to the sites failing it, or to its standard when we have no list yet.

  1. Link text38% (3 of 8 sites)
  2. Robots valid13% (1 of 8 sites)
  3. Sitemap status13% (1 of 8 sites)
  4. Sitemap XML13% (1 of 8 sites)
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Most common botability failures among North Carolina research university sites
CheckShare failingSites failing
Link text38%3
Robots valid13%1
Sitemap status13%1
Sitemap XML13%1

What each check means

  • Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
  • Robots valid. The site's robots.txt file is written correctly so search engines can follow it. Search engines ignore crawling rules they cannot read.
  • 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

Research universities in North Carolina by botability score

Research universities in North Carolina ranked by botability score
Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 duke.edu
Duke University U.S. rank 1
11 of 11 checks pass A
1 ecu.edu
East Carolina University U.S. rank 1
11 of 11 checks pass A
1 ncsu.edu
North Carolina State University at Raleigh U.S. rank 1
7 of 7 checks pass A
1 unc.edu
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill U.S. rank 1
11 of 11 checks pass A
1 wfu.edu
Wake Forest University U.S. rank 1
11 of 11 checks pass A
2 ncat.edu
North Carolina A & T State University U.S. rank 2
10 of 11 checks pass A
2 charlotte.edu
University of North Carolina at Charlotte U.S. rank 2
10 of 11 checks pass A
3 uncw.edu
University of North Carolina Wilmington U.S. rank 15
7 of 11 checks pass D
uncg.edu
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't scan your site because the page never finished loading in our browser. Status 994 -

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 11/7/2026. 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. 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.

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