The Pennsylvania State University: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 22 The Pennsylvania State University campus websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 22
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing The Pennsylvania State University sites. All education sites

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

C 71

Average usability score of 22 fully scanned The Pennsylvania State University campus sites

6th

of 57 systems, ranked by average usability score

22 of 22

The pennsylvania state university campus sites fully scanned

D 68

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

How The Pennsylvania State University usability scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 22 fully scanned The Pennsylvania State University campus sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • The Pennsylvania State University average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 491
50 to 590
60 to 6911
70 to 795
80 to 895
90 to 1000

The Pennsylvania State University by usability grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. The Pennsylvania State University: 22 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. The Pennsylvania 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)
The Pennsylvania State University0% (0)45% (10)55% (12)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 The Pennsylvania State University campus sites by usability score

#1 in The Pennsylvania State University · U.S. education rank 9

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks

B 81 usability

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

#1 in The Pennsylvania State University · U.S. education rank 9

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly

B 81 usability

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

#1 in The Pennsylvania State University · U.S. education rank 9

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton

B 81 usability

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

Most common usability failures among The Pennsylvania State University campus sites

Share of the 22 fully scanned The Pennsylvania 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. Open Graph image100%
  2. Open Graph image alt100%
  3. Open Graph description95%
  4. Time to First Byte (TTFB)41%
  5. Page description36%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
Open Graph image100%22
Open Graph image alt100%22
Open Graph description95%21
Time to First Byte (TTFB)41%9
Page description36%8

What each check means

  • Open Graph image. The page has a preview image for social media cards. Shared links have no image on social media.
  • Open Graph image alt. The social media preview image has alt text for screen readers. Screen readers cannot describe shared images.
  • Open Graph description. The page has a description for social media previews. Shared links have no description on social media.
  • Time to First Byte (TTFB). The server sends the first byte of content within 0.8 seconds. Slow server delays everything on your page.
  • Page description. The page has a meta description that summarizes its content for search results. Search results do not show what your page does.

Every education site with one problem

The Pennsylvania State University campuses by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 berks.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
1 fayette.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
1 hazleton.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
1 lehighvalley.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
1 shenango.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
2 altoona.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
2 dubois.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
2 behrend.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
2 montalto.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
2 newkensington.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington U.S. rank 13 		12 of 16 checks pass C
3 abington.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
3 beaver.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
3 brandywine.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
3 greatvalley.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
3 greaterallegheny.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
3 harrisburg.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
3 scranton.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
3 wilkesbarre.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
3 york.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York U.S. rank 17 		11 of 16 checks pass D
4 psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus U.S. rank 18 		10 of 15 checks pass D
5 schuylkill.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill U.S. rank 20 		10 of 16 checks pass D
6 worldcampus.psu.edu
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus U.S. rank 29 		6 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 10/27/2026 and 11/1/2026. 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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