University System of Maryland: usability rankings

Usability scores, grades, and the most common failures for 11 University System of Maryland campus websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

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

Showing University System of Maryland sites. All education sites

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

C 71

Average usability score of 10 fully scanned University System of Maryland campus sites

6th

of 57 systems, ranked by average usability score

10 of 11

University system of maryland campus sites fully scanned. We couldn't fully scan 1, so they're listed without grades

D 68

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

How University System of Maryland usability scores are distributed

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

  • University System of Maryland average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 291
30 to 390
40 to 491
50 to 590
60 to 691
70 to 791
80 to 895
90 to 1001

University System of Maryland by usability grade, compared with all education sites

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

  1. University System of Maryland
  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)
University System of Maryland10% (1)60% (6)30% (3)
All education sites11% (289)42% (1,124)47% (1,274)

Top 3 University System of Maryland campus sites by usability score

#1 in University System of Maryland · U.S. education rank 1

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

A 100 usability

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

#2 in University System of Maryland · U.S. education rank 4

Bowie State University

B 87 usability

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

#3 in University System of Maryland · U.S. education rank 9

Frostburg State University

B 81 usability

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

Most common usability failures among University System of Maryland campus sites

Share of the 10 fully scanned University System of Maryland 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. First Contentful Paint (FCP)70%
  2. Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)70%
  3. Open Graph image alt70%
  4. Open Graph site name50%
  5. Page description30%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
First Contentful Paint (FCP)70%7
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)70%7
Open Graph image alt70%7
Open Graph site name50%5
Page description30%3

What each check means

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

University System of Maryland campuses by usability score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 umbc.edu
University of Maryland-Baltimore County U.S. rank 1 		16 of 16 checks pass A
2 bowiestate.edu
Bowie State University U.S. rank 4 		14 of 16 checks pass B
3 frostburg.edu
Frostburg State University U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
3 umd.edu
University of Maryland-College Park U.S. rank 9 		13 of 16 checks pass B
4 towson.edu
Towson University U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
4 umgc.edu
University of Maryland Global Campus U.S. rank 10 		12 of 15 checks pass B
5 salisbury.edu
Salisbury University U.S. rank 14 		11 of 15 checks pass C
6 umaryland.edu
University of Maryland, Baltimore U.S. rank 21 		9 of 15 checks pass D
7 coppin.edu
Coppin State University U.S. rank 29 		6 of 15 checks pass F
8 ubalt.edu
University of Baltimore U.S. rank 36 		4 of 15 checks pass F
umes.edu
University of Maryland Eastern Shore 		Not fully scanned, so not graded. We weren't able to fully scan your site. Status 403 -

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. We could not fully scan 1 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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