Montana University System: usability rankings

Usability 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.

F 48

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

25th

of 57 systems, ranked by average usability score

8 of 8

Montana university system campus sites fully scanned

D 68

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

How Montana University System usability 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 291
30 to 392
40 to 491
50 to 592
60 to 691
70 to 790
80 to 891
90 to 1000

Montana University System by usability 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 System0% (0)13% (1)88% (7)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 Montana University System campus sites by usability score

#1 in Montana University System · U.S. education rank 10

The University of Montana-Western

B 80 usability

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

#2 in Montana University System · U.S. education rank 18

The University of Montana

D 66 usability

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

#3 in Montana University System · U.S. education rank 25

Great Falls College Montana State University

F 50 usability

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

Most common usability 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. Open Graph image alt100%
  2. Open Graph site name88%
  3. Open Graph type88%
  4. Open Graph description75%
  5. Open Graph image75%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image alt100%8
Open Graph site name88%7
Open Graph type88%7
Open Graph description75%6
Open Graph image75%6

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.
  • Open Graph site name. The site has a name for social media and browser display. Site name missing in social media shares.
  • Open Graph type. The page declares its content type for social media cards. Social media shows wrong content type.
  • Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.
  • Open Graph image. The page has a preview image for social media cards. Shared links have no image on social media.

Every education site with one problem

Montana University System campuses by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 umwestern.edu
The University of Montana-Western U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
2 umt.edu
The University of Montana U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
3 gfcmsu.edu
Great Falls College Montana State University U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
3 msubillings.edu
Montana State University Billings U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
4 helenacollege.edu
Helena College University of Montana U.S. rank 26 		7 of 15 checks pass F
5 milescc.edu
Miles Community College U.S. rank 33 		5 of 15 checks pass F
5 montana.edu
Montana State University U.S. rank 33 		5 of 15 checks pass F
6 msun.edu
Montana State University-Northern U.S. rank 36 		4 of 15 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 10/25/2026 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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