Showing Virginia research university sites. All education sites
R1 and R2 universities in Virginia, public and private together.
B 86
Average overall score of 5 fully scanned Virginia research university sites
4th
of 17 states, ranked by average overall score
5 of 7
Virginia research university sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 2, so they're listed without grades
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Virginia overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 5 fully scanned Virginia research university sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 5 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Virginia 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 | 3 |
| 90 to 100 | 1 |
Virginia research universities by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Virginia research universities: 5 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 20% (1) | 80% (4) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Virginia average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 5 fully scanned Virginia research university sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Virginia
- All education
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| Indicator | Virginia average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 91 | 91 |
| Botability | 90 | 89 |
| Security | 93 | 85 |
| Usability | 69 | 68 |
| Readability | 60 | 56 |
Top 3 Virginia research university sites by overall score
#1 in Virginia · U.S. education rank 10
Virginia Commonwealth University
A 91 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability C
- Readability A
#2 in Virginia · U.S. education rank 13
University of Virginia-Main Campus
B 88 overall
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability A
#2 in Virginia · U.S. education rank 13
William & Mary
B 88 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability C
- Readability F
Most common failures by indicator
The check Virginia research university sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 40% (2 of 5 sites) fail this accessibility check: Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio. Text and background colors meet minimum contrast ratios. More accessibility failures.
- 40% (2 of 5 sites) fail this botability check: Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. More botability failures.
- 40% (2 of 5 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.
- 100% (5 of 5 sites) fail this usability check: First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. More usability failures.
- 40% (2 of 5 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 Virginia by overall score
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
vcu.edu
Virginia Commonwealth University U.S. rank 10 |
|
A |
| 2 |
virginia.edu
University of Virginia-Main Campus U.S. rank 13 |
|
B |
| 2 |
wm.edu
William & Mary U.S. rank 13 |
|
B |
| 3 |
odu.edu
Old Dominion University U.S. rank 18 |
|
B |
| 4 |
vt.edu
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University U.S. rank 23 |
|
C |
|
jmu.edu
|
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 404 | - | |
|
gmu.edu
George Mason University |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - |
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 10/28/2026. 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 2 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.