New York research universities: accessibility rankings

Accessibility scores, grades, and the most common failures for 19 New York research university websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 19
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing New York research university sites. All education sites

R1 and R2 universities in New York, public and private together.

A 93

Average accessibility score of 15 fully scanned New York research university sites

5th

of 17 states, ranked by average accessibility score

15 of 19

New york research university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 4, so they're listed without grades

A 91

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

How New York accessibility scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 15 fully scanned New York research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • New York average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 591
60 to 690
70 to 790
80 to 892
90 to 10012

New York research universities by accessibility grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. New York research universities: 15 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. New York
  2. All education sites
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
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GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
New York80% (12)13% (2)7% (1)
All education sites66% (1,765)33% (888)1% (34)

Top 3 New York research university sites by accessibility score

#1 in New York · U.S. education rank 1

Binghamton University

A 100 accessibility

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

#1 in New York · U.S. education rank 1

Clarkson University

A 100 accessibility

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

#1 in New York · U.S. education rank 1

Rochester Institute of Technology

A 100 accessibility

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

Most common accessibility failures among New York research university sites

Share of the 15 fully scanned New York research university sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to its standard and how to fix it.

  1. Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names33%
  2. Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio20%
  3. Links have a discernible name20%
  4. Lists contain only li elements and script supporting elements (script and template)20%
  5. Image elements have [alt] attributes13%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names33%5
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio20%3
Links have a discernible name20%3
Lists contain only li elements and script supporting elements (script and template)20%3
Image elements have [alt] attributes13%2

What each check means

Research universities in New York by accessibility score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 binghamton.edu
Binghamton University U.S. rank 1 		30 of 30 checks pass A
1 clarkson.edu
Clarkson University U.S. rank 1 		29 of 29 checks pass A
1 rit.edu
Rochester Institute of Technology U.S. rank 1 		33 of 33 checks pass A
1 albany.edu
University at Albany U.S. rank 1 		30 of 30 checks pass A
1 rochester.edu
University of Rochester U.S. rank 1 		29 of 29 checks pass A
2 cornell.edu
Cornell University U.S. rank 3 		28 of 29 checks pass A
2 nyu.edu
New York University U.S. rank 3 		30 of 31 checks pass A
2 rpi.edu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute U.S. rank 3 		26 of 27 checks pass A
2 esf.edu
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry U.S. rank 3 		31 of 32 checks pass A
2 syracuse.edu
Syracuse University U.S. rank 3 		27 of 28 checks pass A
3 fordham.edu
Fordham University U.S. rank 6 		30 of 32 checks pass A
3 stonybrook.edu
Stony Brook University U.S. rank 6 		31 of 33 checks pass A
4 tc.columbia.edu
Teachers College at Columbia University U.S. rank 15 		28 of 33 checks pass B
5 buffalo.edu
University at Buffalo U.S. rank 16 		25 of 30 checks pass B
6 liu.edu
Long Island University U.S. rank 39 		14 of 24 checks pass F
columbia.edu
Columbia University in the City of New York 		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 -
ccny.cuny.edu
CUNY City College 		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 -
gc.cuny.edu
CUNY Graduate School and University Center 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -
newschool.edu
The New School 		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 11/8/2026. 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 4 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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