North Dakota University System: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 10 North Dakota University System campus websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 10
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing North Dakota University System sites. All education sites

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

D 65

Average usability score of 10 fully scanned North Dakota University System campus sites

12th

of 57 systems, ranked by average usability score

10 of 10

North dakota university system campus sites fully scanned

D 68

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

How North Dakota University System usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 10 fully scanned North Dakota University System campus sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • North Dakota University System average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 391
40 to 492
50 to 591
60 to 691
70 to 791
80 to 893
90 to 1001

North Dakota University System by usability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. North Dakota University System: 10 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. North Dakota 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)
North Dakota University System10% (1)40% (4)50% (5)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 North Dakota University System campus sites by usability score

#1 in North Dakota University System · U.S. education rank 1

Dickinson State University

A 100 usability

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

#2 in North Dakota University System · U.S. education rank 4

University of North Dakota

B 87 usability

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

#3 in North Dakota University System · U.S. education rank 9

Bismarck State College

B 81 usability

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

Most common usability failures among North Dakota University System campus sites

Share of the 10 fully scanned North Dakota 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 alt90%
  2. Open Graph site name70%
  3. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)60%
  4. Open Graph image60%
  5. First Contentful Paint (FCP)50%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image alt90%9
Open Graph site name70%7
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)60%6
Open Graph image60%6
First Contentful Paint (FCP)50%5

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.
  • 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.
  • First Contentful Paint (FCP). The page starts displaying content within 1.8 seconds. Users see blank screen and think site is broken.

Every education site with one problem

North Dakota University System campuses by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 dickinsonstate.edu
Dickinson State University U.S. rank 1 		16 of 16 checks pass A
2 und.edu
University of North Dakota U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 bismarckstate.edu
Bismarck State College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 willistonstate.edu
Williston State College U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 vcsu.edu
Valley City State University U.S. rank 11 		11 of 14 checks pass C
5 dakotacollege.edu
Dakota College at Bottineau U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
6 lrsc.edu
Lake Region State College U.S. rank 25 		8 of 16 checks pass F
7 minotstateu.edu
Minot State University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
7 ndsu.edu
North Dakota State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
8 mayvillestate.edu
Mayville State University U.S. rank 34 		5 of 16 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 10/28/2026 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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