Showing South Carolina college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in South Carolina are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
D 61
Average readability score of 28 fully scanned South Carolina public college sites
16th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average readability score
28 of 29
South carolina public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How South Carolina readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 28 fully scanned South Carolina public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 28 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- South Carolina average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 11 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 17 |
South Carolina by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. South Carolina: 28 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
View the data table
| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 61% (17) | 0% (0) | 39% (11) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 South Carolina public college sites by readability score
#1 in South Carolina · U.S. education rank 1
Aiken Technical College
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in South Carolina · U.S. education rank 1
Citadel Military College of South Carolina
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability A
#1 in South Carolina · U.S. education rank 1
Clemson University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security C
- Usability B
- Readability A
What each check means
- Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. Users struggle to understand your content.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites that are hard to read: 1,110 of 2,535 fully scanned education sites (44%), with every site listed.
South Carolina public 4-year institutions by readability score
14 sites, 13 fully scanned, average readability score 69 (D). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
citadel.edu
Citadel Military College of South Carolina U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
clemson.edu
Clemson University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
charleston.edu
College of Charleston U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
gvltec.edu
Greenville Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
scsu.edu
South Carolina State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
uscb.edu
University of South Carolina Beaufort U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
sc.edu
University of South Carolina-Columbia U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
uscupstate.edu
University of South Carolina-Upstate U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
winthrop.edu
Winthrop University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
fmarion.edu
Francis Marion University U.S. rank 98 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
lander.edu
Lander University U.S. rank 2 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
web.musc.edu
Medical University of South Carolina U.S. rank 48 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
usca.edu
University of South Carolina Aiken U.S. rank 74 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
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coastal.edu
|
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 | - |
South Carolina public 2-year institutions by readability score
15 sites, 15 fully scanned, average readability score 53 (F). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
atc.edu
Aiken Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
denmarktech.edu
Denmark Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
midlandstech.edu
Midlands Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
octech.edu
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
ptc.edu
Piedmont Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
sccsc.edu
Spartanburg Community College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
wiltech.edu
Williamsburg Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
yorktech.edu
York Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
cctech.edu
Central Carolina Technical College U.S. rank 18 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
fdtc.edu
Florence-Darlington Technical College U.S. rank 68 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
hgtc.edu
Horry-Georgetown Technical College U.S. rank 144 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
netc.edu
Northeastern Technical College U.S. rank 74 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
tcl.edu
Technical College of the Lowcountry U.S. rank 124 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
tctc.edu
Tri-County Technical College U.S. rank 152 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
tridenttech.edu
Trident Technical College U.S. rank 16 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
South Carolina private nonprofit institutions by readability score
22 sites, 19 fully scanned, average readability score 50 (F). Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
allenuniversity.edu
Allen University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
bju.edu
Bob Jones University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
coker.edu
Coker University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
columbiasc.edu
Columbia College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
newberry.edu
Newberry College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
presby.edu
Presbyterian College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
swu.edu
Southern Wesleyan University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
smcsc.edu
Spartanburg Methodist College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
wofford.edu
Wofford College U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
acba.edu
American College of the Building Arts U.S. rank 34 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 4 |
andersonuniversity.edu
Anderson University U.S. rank 80 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 4 |
benedict.edu
Benedict College U.S. rank 102 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
claflin.edu
Claflin University U.S. rank 24 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
ciu.edu
Columbia International University U.S. rank 36 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
converse.edu
Converse University U.S. rank 18 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
furman.edu
Furman University U.S. rank 32 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 4 |
ngu.edu
North Greenville University U.S. rank 102 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 4 |
voorhees.edu
Voorhees University U.S. rank 160 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
|
erskine.edu
Erskine College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - | |
| 3 |
limestone.edu
Limestone University U.S. rank 77 |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We were able to fully scan your site. Status 200 | - |
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morris.edu
Morris College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - | |
|
sherman.edu
Sherman College of Chiropractic |
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 readability
Write content at a reading level most users can understand.
Why it's important
Plain language helps people understand services and procedures the first time, reducing calls, errors and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade readability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
Standards
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this ranking
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 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.