Showing Texas research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in Texas, public and private together.
B 87
Average overall score of 21 fully scanned Texas research university sites
3rd
of 17 states, ranked by average overall score
21 of 22
Texas 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 Texas overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 21 fully scanned Texas research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 21 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Texas 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 | 1 |
| 70 to 79 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 14 |
| 90 to 100 | 6 |
Texas research universities by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Texas research universities: 21 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 29% (6) | 67% (14) | 5% (1) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Texas average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 21 fully scanned Texas research university sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Texas
- All education
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| Indicator | Texas average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 95 | 91 |
| Botability | 86 | 89 |
| Security | 85 | 85 |
| Usability | 71 | 68 |
| Readability | 57 | 56 |
Top 3 Texas research university sites by overall score
#1 in Texas · U.S. education rank 4
Texas Christian University
A 97 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability A
#2 in Texas · U.S. education rank 8
Rice University
A 93 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability A
#3 in Texas · U.S. education rank 9
Texas Southern University
A 92 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security D
- Usability B
- Readability A
Most common failures by indicator
The check Texas research university sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 19% (4 of 21 sites) fail this accessibility check: Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing. Buttons and interactive elements are large enough to tap easily on touch screens. More accessibility failures.
- 38% (8 of 21 sites) fail this botability check: Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. More botability failures.
- 57% (12 of 21 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.
- 81% (17 of 21 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures.
- 43% (9 of 21 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 Texas by overall score
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
tcu.edu
Texas Christian University U.S. rank 4 |
|
A |
| 2 |
rice.edu
Rice University U.S. rank 8 |
|
A |
| 3 |
tsu.edu
Texas Southern University U.S. rank 9 |
|
A |
| 4 |
utdallas.edu
The University of Texas at Dallas U.S. rank 10 |
|
A |
| 4 |
uh.edu
University of Houston U.S. rank 10 |
|
A |
| 5 |
smu.edu
Southern Methodist University U.S. rank 11 |
|
A |
| 6 |
tamucc.edu
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi U.S. rank 12 |
|
B |
| 6 |
tamu.edu
Texas A&M University-College Station U.S. rank 12 |
|
B |
| 7 |
unt.edu
University of North Texas U.S. rank 13 |
|
B |
| 8 |
tarleton.edu
Tarleton State University U.S. rank 14 |
|
B |
| 8 |
tamuk.edu
Texas A&M University-Kingsville U.S. rank 14 |
|
B |
| 8 |
uta.edu
The University of Texas at Arlington U.S. rank 14 |
|
B |
| 8 |
utrgv.edu
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley U.S. rank 14 |
|
B |
| 9 |
baylor.edu
Baylor University U.S. rank 15 |
|
B |
| 10 |
txst.edu
Texas State University U.S. rank 16 |
|
B |
| 11 |
utep.edu
The University of Texas at El Paso U.S. rank 17 |
|
B |
| 12 |
shsu.edu
Sam Houston State University U.S. rank 19 |
|
B |
| 12 |
utexas.edu
The University of Texas at Austin U.S. rank 19 |
|
B |
| 12 |
utsa.edu
The University of Texas at San Antonio U.S. rank 19 |
|
B |
| 13 |
uttyler.edu
The University of Texas at Tyler U.S. rank 20 |
|
B |
| 14 |
ttu.edu
Texas Tech University U.S. rank 32 |
|
D |
|
pvamu.edu
Prairie View A & M University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asks crawlers to wait longer than we can. Status 997 | - |
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.