New York research universities: usability rankings

Usability 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.

D 64

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

11th

of 17 states, ranked by average usability score

15 of 19

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

D 68

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

How New York usability 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 491
50 to 596
60 to 694
70 to 791
80 to 892
90 to 1001

New York research universities by usability 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 York7% (1)20% (3)73% (11)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 New York research university sites by usability score

#1 in New York · U.S. education rank 2

Binghamton University

A 93 usability

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

#2 in New York · U.S. education rank 4

New York University

B 87 usability

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

#2 in New York · U.S. education rank 4

University of Rochester

B 87 usability

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

Most common usability 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 the sites failing it, or to its standard when we have no list yet.

  1. Open Graph image alt87%
  2. Open Graph site name80%
  3. Open Graph type73%
  4. Open Graph URL67%
  5. Open Graph description53%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image alt87%13
Open Graph site name80%12
Open Graph type73%11
Open Graph URL67%10
Open Graph description53%8

What each check means

  • Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
  • Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
  • Open Graph type. The page declares its content type for social media cards. Social media shows wrong content type.
  • Open Graph URL. The page has a canonical URL for social media sharing. Shared links may point to wrong page.
  • Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.

Every education site with one problem

Research universities in New York by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 binghamton.edu
Binghamton University U.S. rank 2 		15 of 16 checks pass A
2 nyu.edu
New York University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
2 rochester.edu
University of Rochester U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 tc.columbia.edu
Teachers College at Columbia University U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
4 syracuse.edu
Syracuse University U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
5 esf.edu
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
6 rpi.edu
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
6 albany.edu
University at Albany U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
7 cornell.edu
Cornell University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
7 fordham.edu
Fordham University U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
7 rit.edu
Rochester Institute of Technology U.S. rank 23 		9 of 16 checks pass F
8 clarkson.edu
Clarkson University U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
8 buffalo.edu
University at Buffalo U.S. rank 24 		8 of 15 checks pass F
9 liu.edu
Long Island University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
10 stonybrook.edu
Stony Brook University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 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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