Showing Rhode Island college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in Rhode Island are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
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No average: fewer than 5 Rhode Island public college sites were fully scanned (3)
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Not ranked among states and territories
3 of 3
Rhode island public college sites fully scanned
B 85
Average overall score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Rhode Island overall scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 3 fully scanned Rhode Island public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 3 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Rhode Island 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 | 1 |
| 90 to 100 | 1 |
Rhode Island by overall grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Rhode Island: 3 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 33% (1) | 67% (2) | 0% (0) |
| All education sites | 25% (659) | 73% (1,965) | 2% (63) |
Rhode Island average score by indicator, compared with all education sites
Average of the 3 fully scanned Rhode Island public college sites, score 0 to 100. The comparison covers 2687 fully scanned education sites.
- Rhode Island
- All education
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| Indicator | Rhode Island average | All education average |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | 93 | 91 |
| Botability | 84 | 89 |
| Security | 87 | 85 |
| Usability | 65 | 68 |
| Readability | 100 | 56 |
Top 3 Rhode Island public college sites by overall score
#1 in Rhode Island · U.S. education rank 5
Community College of Rhode Island
A 96 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- Readability A
#2 in Rhode Island · U.S. education rank 20
University of Rhode Island
B 81 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability D
- Security B
- Usability D
- Readability A
#3 in Rhode Island · U.S. education rank 23
Rhode Island College
C 78 overall
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability A
Most common failures by indicator
The check Rhode Island public college sites fail most often in each indicator. Each indicator page lists the top five.
- 67% (2 of 3 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.
- 67% (2 of 3 sites) fail this botability check: Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. More botability failures.
- 67% (2 of 3 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% (3 of 3 sites) fail this usability check: Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. More usability failures.
Rhode Island public 4-year institutions by overall score
2 sites, 2 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
web.uri.edu
University of Rhode Island U.S. rank 20 |
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B |
| 2 |
ric.edu
Rhode Island College U.S. rank 23 |
|
C |
Rhode Island public 2-year institutions by overall score
1 sites, 1 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ccri.edu
Community College of Rhode Island U.S. rank 5 |
|
A |
Rhode Island private nonprofit institutions by overall score
11 sites, 11 fully scanned, average overall score 85 (B). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Indicator grades | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
providence.edu
Providence College U.S. rank 7 |
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A |
| 2 |
neit.edu
New England Institute of Technology U.S. rank 9 |
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A |
| 3 |
collegeunbound.edu
College Unbound U.S. rank 12 |
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B |
| 4 |
risd.edu
Rhode Island School of Design U.S. rank 14 |
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B |
| 5 |
bryant.edu
Bryant University U.S. rank 15 |
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B |
| 6 |
brown.edu
Brown University U.S. rank 17 |
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B |
| 7 |
online.jwu.edu
Johnson & Wales University-Online U.S. rank 18 |
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B |
| 7 |
rwu.edu
Roger Williams University U.S. rank 18 |
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B |
| 7 |
salve.edu
Salve Regina University U.S. rank 18 |
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B |
| 8 |
jwu.edu
Johnson & Wales University U.S. rank 21 |
|
B |
| 9 |
law.rwu.edu
Roger Williams University School of Law U.S. rank 22 |
|
C |
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. 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.