Showing South Dakota college and university sites. All education sites
Public colleges and universities in South Dakota are ranked and averaged together; private nonprofit institutions are listed below with their own average.
A 90
Average botability score of 11 fully scanned South Dakota public college sites
6th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average botability score
11 of 13
South dakota public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 2, so they're listed without grades
B 89
Average botability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How South Dakota botability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 11 fully scanned South Dakota public college sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 11 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- South Dakota average
- All education average
View the data table
| 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 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 9 |
South Dakota by botability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. South Dakota: 11 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 Dakota | 82% (9) | 9% (1) | 9% (1) |
| All education sites | 71% (1,899) | 25% (660) | 5% (128) |
Top 3 South Dakota public college sites by botability score
#1 in South Dakota · U.S. education rank 1
Black Hills State University
A 100 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
#1 in South Dakota · U.S. education rank 1
Dakota State University
A 100 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in South Dakota · U.S. education rank 1
Lake Area Technical College
A 100 botability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability D
- Readability F
What each check means
- Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
- Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. Search engines take longer to find your pages.
- Robots valid. The site's robots.txt file is written correctly so search engines can follow it. Search engines ignore crawling rules they cannot read.
- Sitemap status. The sitemap file loads and returns a successful response. Search engines cannot find all your pages.
- Sitemap XML. The sitemap file uses the required XML format. Search engines cannot read your sitemap.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites with sitemap problems: 1,031 of 2,650 fully scanned education sites (39%), with every site listed.
- Education websites with robots.txt problems: 95 of 2,629 fully scanned education sites (4%), with every site listed.
- Education websites that need JavaScript to show their content: 68 of 2,687 fully scanned education sites (3%), with every site listed.
South Dakota public 4-year institutions by botability score
9 sites, 7 fully scanned, average botability score 96 (A). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bhsu.edu
Black Hills State University U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
dsu.edu
Dakota State University U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
sdstate.edu
South Dakota State University U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
usd.edu
University of South Dakota U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
sdsmt.edu
U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
northern.edu
Northern State University U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
sintegleska.edu
Sinte Gleska University U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
|
olc.edu
Oglala Lakota College |
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 | - | |
|
swcollege.edu
Sisseton Wahpeton College |
Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 | - |
South Dakota public 2-year institutions by botability score
4 sites, 4 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
lakeareatech.edu
Lake Area Technical College U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
mitchelltech.edu
Mitchell Technical College U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 3 |
southeasttech.edu
Southeast Technical College U.S. rank 11 |
8 of 11 checks pass | C |
| 4 |
wdt.edu
Western Dakota Technical College U.S. rank 15 |
7 of 11 checks pass | D |
South Dakota private nonprofit institutions by botability score
4 sites, 4 fully scanned. Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
kairos.edu
Kairos University U.S. rank 1 |
11 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
augie.edu
Augustana University U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
ilt.edu
Institute of Lutheran Theology U.S. rank 2 |
10 of 11 checks pass | A |
| 3 |
mountmarty.edu
Mount Marty University U.S. rank 18 |
5 of 9 checks pass | F |
About botability
Help AI and search engines discover, crawl, and index your website.
Why it's important
Smart technology can better process and share public information, making services faster and more efficient for users.
Risks
- AI tools cannot find or understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade botability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- The Web Robots Pages
- Schema.org
- sitemaps.org
- Google Search Central
Standards
- Crawlable
- Content available in document
- GovernmentOrganization Schema.org type
- Sitemap status
- Sitemap XML
- Robots valid
- Robots allowed
- Sitemap in robots.txt
- Canonical
- Link text
- hreflang
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 10/25/2026 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 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.