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.
D 64
Average usability score of 11 fully scanned South Dakota public college sites
11th
of 48 states and territories, ranked by average usability score
11 of 13
South dakota public college sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 2, so they're listed without grades
D 68
Average usability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How South Dakota usability 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 | 1 |
| 40 to 49 | 1 |
| 50 to 59 | 2 |
| 60 to 69 | 3 |
| 70 to 79 | 1 |
| 80 to 89 | 3 |
| 90 to 100 | 0 |
South Dakota by usability 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 | 0% (0) | 36% (4) | 64% (7) |
| All education sites | 11% (289) | 42% (1,124) | 47% (1,274) |
Top 3 South Dakota public college sites by usability score
#1 in South Dakota · U.S. education rank 4
Black Hills State University
B 87 usability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
#2 in South Dakota · U.S. education rank 9
Western Dakota Technical College
B 81 usability
- Accessibility C
- Botability D
- Security B
- Usability B
- Readability F
#3 in South Dakota · U.S. education rank 10
Sinte Gleska University
B 80 usability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability B
- Readability F
What each check means
- Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
- First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). The page's main content loads within 2.5 seconds. Users wait too long and leave your page.
- Open Graph image. The page has a preview image for social media cards. Shared links have no image on social media.
- Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites missing Open Graph tags: 1,859 of 2,687 fully scanned education sites (69%), with every site listed.
South Dakota public 4-year institutions by usability score
9 sites, 7 fully scanned, average usability score 64 (D). Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
bhsu.edu
Black Hills State University U.S. rank 4 |
14 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
sintegleska.edu
Sinte Gleska University U.S. rank 10 |
12 of 15 checks pass | B |
| 3 |
sdstate.edu
South Dakota State University U.S. rank 18 |
10 of 15 checks pass | D |
| 4 |
usd.edu
University of South Dakota U.S. rank 20 |
10 of 16 checks pass | D |
| 5 |
sdsmt.edu
U.S. rank 23 |
9 of 16 checks pass | F |
| 5 |
dsu.edu
Dakota State University U.S. rank 23 |
9 of 16 checks pass | F |
| 6 |
northern.edu
Northern State University U.S. rank 27 |
7 of 16 checks pass | F |
|
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 usability score
4 sites, 4 fully scanned. Part of the headline average.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
wdt.edu
Western Dakota Technical College U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
mitchelltech.edu
Mitchell Technical College U.S. rank 13 |
12 of 16 checks pass | C |
| 3 |
lakeareatech.edu
Lake Area Technical College U.S. rank 17 |
11 of 16 checks pass | D |
| 4 |
southeasttech.edu
Southeast Technical College U.S. rank 34 |
5 of 16 checks pass | F |
South Dakota private nonprofit institutions by usability score
4 sites, 4 fully scanned. Ranked among themselves. Not part of the public average above.
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ilt.edu
Institute of Lutheran Theology U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 1 |
kairos.edu
Kairos University U.S. rank 9 |
13 of 16 checks pass | B |
| 2 |
augie.edu
Augustana University U.S. rank 17 |
11 of 16 checks pass | D |
| 3 |
mountmarty.edu
Mount Marty University U.S. rank 25 |
8 of 16 checks pass | F |
About usability
Optimize content structure so users quickly find what they need.
Why it's important
Well-written pages help people understand laws, services, and procedures without confusion, reducing calls and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your information.
Guidance
What we use to grade usability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Google Search Central
- Web Vitals / Core Web Vitals
- Open Graph
Standards
- Page title
- Page description
- Viewport meta tag
- www resolution
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
- First Contentful Paint (FCP)
- Interaction to Next Paint (INP)
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
- Time to First Byte (TTFB)
- Open Graph site name
- Open Graph type
- Open Graph title
- Open Graph description
- Open Graph URL
- Open Graph image
- Open Graph image alt
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.