Showing Pennsylvania research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in Pennsylvania, public and private together.
B 84
Average overall score of 10 fully scanned Pennsylvania research university sites
6th
of 17 states, ranked by average overall score
10 of 11
Pennsylvania research university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Pennsylvania overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 10 fully scanned Pennsylvania research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 10 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Pennsylvania 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 | 9 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
Pennsylvania research universities by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Pennsylvania research universities: 10 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 0% (0) | 100% (10) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Pennsylvania average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 10 fully scanned Pennsylvania research university sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Pennsylvania
- All education
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| Indicator | Pennsylvania average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 94 | 91 |
| Botability | 92 | 89 |
| Security | 83 | 85 |
| Usability | 60 | 68 |
| Readability | 20 | 56 |
Top 3 Pennsylvania research university sites by overall score
#1 in Pennsylvania · U.S. education rank 14
Duquesne University
B 87 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security D
- Usability B
- Readability F
#1 in Pennsylvania · U.S. education rank 14
Temple University
B 87 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability D
- Readability A
#2 in Pennsylvania · U.S. education rank 15
Lehigh University
B 86 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability D
- Readability F
Most common failures by indicator
The check Pennsylvania research university sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 40% (4 of 10 sites) fail this accessibility check: Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names. A button or link's visible label matches what screen readers announce. More accessibility failures.
- 60% (6 of 10 sites) fail this botability check: Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. More botability failures.
- 70% (7 of 10 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.
- 90% (9 of 10 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures.
- 80% (8 of 10 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 Pennsylvania by overall score
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
duq.edu
Duquesne University U.S. rank 14 |
|
B |
| 1 |
temple.edu
Temple University U.S. rank 14 |
|
B |
| 2 |
www2.lehigh.edu
Lehigh University U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 2 |
psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 2 |
upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 3 |
jefferson.edu
Thomas Jefferson University U.S. rank 17 |
|
B |
| 4 |
pitt.edu
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus U.S. rank 18 |
|
B |
| 5 |
drexel.edu
Drexel University U.S. rank 19 |
|
B |
| 6 |
wcupa.edu
West Chester University of Pennsylvania U.S. rank 21 |
|
B |
| 7 |
cmu.edu
Carnegie Mellon University U.S. rank 22 |
|
C |
|
iup.edu
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus |
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 10/25/2026 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 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.