California State University: readability rankings

Readability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 23 California State University campus websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 23
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing California State University sites. All education sites

Campuses of the California State University. The system office site is listed but not averaged, since it is not a campus homepage.

D 63

Average readability score of 19 fully scanned California State University campus sites

15th

of 57 systems, ranked by average readability score

19 of 22

California state university campus sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 3, so they're listed without grades

F 56

Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites

How California State University readability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 19 fully scanned California State University campus sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • California State University average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 97
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 590
60 to 690
70 to 790
80 to 890
90 to 10012

California State University by readability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. California State University: 19 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. California State University
  2. All education sites
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
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GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
California State University63% (12)0% (0)37% (7)
All education sites53% (1,425)0% (0)41% (1,110)

Top 3 California State University campus sites by readability score

#1 in California State University · U.S. education rank 1

A 100 readability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security C
  • Usability B
  • Readability A

#1 in California State University · U.S. education rank 1

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

A 100 readability

  • Accessibility B
  • Botability A
  • Security C
  • Usability D
  • Readability A

#1 in California State University · U.S. education rank 1

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt

A 100 readability

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security B
  • Usability C
  • Readability A

Most common readability failures among California State University campus sites

Share of the 19 fully scanned California State University campus sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to the sites failing it, or to its standard when we have no list yet.

  1. Reading level37%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Reading level37%7

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

California State University campuses by readability score

22 sites, 19 fully scanned, average readability score 63 (D). Part of the headline average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 csuci.edu
U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 calpoly.edu
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 humboldt.edu
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 cpp.edu
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 csub.edu
California State University-Bakersfield U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 csuchico.edu
California State University-Chico U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 csueastbay.edu
California State University-East Bay U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 fresnostate.edu
California State University-Fresno U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 csumb.edu
California State University-Monterey Bay U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 csun.edu
California State University-Northridge U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 csusb.edu
California State University-San Bernardino U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
1 sdsu.edu
San Diego State University U.S. rank 1 		1 of 1 checks pass A
2 csulb.edu
California State University-Long Beach U.S. rank 84 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 calstatela.edu
California State University-Los Angeles U.S. rank 138 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 csus.edu
California State University-Sacramento U.S. rank 74 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 csustan.edu
California State University-Stanislaus U.S. rank 156 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 sfsu.edu
San Francisco State University U.S. rank 180 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 sjsu.edu
San Jose State University U.S. rank 18 		0 of 1 checks pass F
2 sonoma.edu
Sonoma State University U.S. rank 110 		0 of 1 checks pass F
csudh.edu
California State University-Dominguez Hills 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We didn't scan your site because its robots.txt asked us not to. Status 998 -
fullerton.edu
California State University-Fullerton 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We couldn't fully scan your site because it responded without any page content. Status 995 -
csusm.edu
California State University-San Marcos 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 408 -

System office by readability score

1 sites, 1 fully scanned. Not part of the average.

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 calstate.edu
State of California U.S. rank 178 		0 of 1 checks pass F

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 3 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.

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