Montana University System: botability rankings

Botability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 8 Montana University System campus websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 8
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Montana University System sites. All education sites

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

B 83

Average botability score of 8 fully scanned Montana University System campus sites

15th

of 57 systems, ranked by average botability score

8 of 8

Montana university system campus sites fully scanned

B 89

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

How Montana University System botability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 8 fully scanned Montana University System campus sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Montana University System average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 590
60 to 690
70 to 794
80 to 890
90 to 1004

Montana University System by botability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Montana University System: 8 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Montana University System
  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)
Montana University System50% (4)50% (4)0% (0)
All education sites71% (1,899)25% (660)5% (128)

Top 3 Montana University System campus sites by botability score

#1 in Montana University System · U.S. education rank 1

Montana State University Billings

A 100 botability

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

#2 in Montana University System · U.S. education rank 2

Great Falls College Montana State University

A 90 botability

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

#2 in Montana University System · U.S. education rank 2

The University of Montana

A 90 botability

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

Most common botability failures among Montana University System campus sites

Share of the 8 fully scanned Montana University System 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. Sitemap status50%
  2. Sitemap XML50%
  3. Sitemap in robots.txt38%
  4. Link text25%
  5. Content available in document13%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Sitemap status50%4
Sitemap XML50%4
Sitemap in robots.txt38%3
Link text25%2
Content available in document13%1

What each check means

  • 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.
  • Sitemap in robots.txt. The robots.txt file links to the sitemap. Search engines take longer to find your pages.
  • Link text. Links use descriptive text that tells users and search engines where they go. Users cannot tell where links go.
  • Content available in document. The page's main content loads without requiring JavaScript. Bots cannot read your content.

Every education site with one problem

Montana University System campuses by botability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 msubillings.edu
Montana State University Billings U.S. rank 1 		9 of 9 checks pass A
2 gfcmsu.edu
Great Falls College Montana State University U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 umt.edu
The University of Montana U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
2 umwestern.edu
The University of Montana-Western U.S. rank 2 		10 of 11 checks pass A
3 helenacollege.edu
Helena College University of Montana U.S. rank 9 		7 of 9 checks pass C
4 milescc.edu
Miles Community College U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
4 montana.edu
Montana State University U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass C
4 msun.edu
Montana State University-Northern U.S. rank 11 		8 of 11 checks pass 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 10/25/2026 and 11/7/2026. 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.

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